Our Initiatives
Helping our community come together through local business partnerships to help ensure more people have access to the food they need.
Helping our community come together through local business partnerships to help ensure more people have access to the food they need.
Plates for a Purpose is a community initiative, launched in March 2026, that partners with local restaurants to help fight food insecurity across our 16-county service area. At participating locations, customers will see table and menu materials inviting them to take a simple step to support children, families, and seniors who may not know where their next meal will come from. Participating restaurants are recognized with a social media post and logo placement on the Food Bank’s website.
If you’re a customer, we hope you’ll consider making a gift while you’re out enjoying a meal, because not everyone can afford to do the same.
Restaurants within our 16-county service area interested in joining Plates for a Purpose can contact Abby Turpin, Director of Development, Marketing, and Communications, at aturpin@neifb.org, or Megan Beaman, Donor Relations Manager, at mbeaman@neifb.org.
We launched Driving Out Hunger in December 2025 as a cause marketing initiative that partners with local auto dealerships to help fight food insecurity during the holiday season. Participating dealerships pledge a portion of oil change proceeds throughout the month of December, inviting customers to turn a routine service appointment into support for those facing hunger across our 16-county service area. Driving Out Hunger offers a simple way for local businesses and customers to come together in support of the NEIFB’s mission during a very busy time of year. Participating dealerships receive recognition across our four social media platforms, a check presentation visit with photo acknowledgement, and inclusion in our annual press release.
Thank you to the dealerships that took part in our inaugural year:
We introduced Team NEIFB in March 2024 to grow monthly support from community members and to remind our region that it takes a true team effort to help feed people facing food insecurity across our 16-county service area. For just $15 a month, you become part of a collective group of supporters who help sustain the Northeast Iowa Food Bank’s mission and serve children, families, and seniors throughout the year.
Monthly giving helps us plan ahead and keep food moving to local partners and programs all year long.
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