Food Banks

The Nevada Department of Health and Human Services urges Nevadans to participate in National Nutrition Month by learning about healthy food choices and portioning.

Many joys come with Christmas and the holiday season. Good food, the company of family and friends, observing the joy of children opening presents, good music and the anticipation of the new year to name just a few.

A special aspect of the season for us is the spirit of giving. We use this time to provide more help than usual for both folks less fortunate and for charitable organizations that do good works in our communities. We know we are blessed to have the means to do so.

On Veterans Day, we take time to honor those men and women that have served in our armed forces. The holiday is observed today, meaning schools and public offices will be closed. Several locations have something special for Veterans this weekend, go HERE for a list of freebies, specials and discounts good today or tomorrow.

Though the level of library support varies throughout school districts in Nevada, the Carson City School District highly values school libraries as it promotes literacy through funding, a full-time library staff at each school, and certified teacher-librarians at CHS and the middle schools.

Many amazing opportunities are going on in the CHS school library. The CHS Library is piloting the Nevada Teacher-Librarian Evaluation framework and transitioning from a “library” to a collaborative learning commons. 

With all the motorcycles on the road, you may be looking for some peace and quiet. Luckily, it’s fee-free day at all of the Nevada State Parks. Load up the kids, pack a picnic, at head to the great outdoors. Don’t miss out on the last-of-the-season Farmers Market at Third and Curry, stock up on local honey and load your basket with yummy stuff. Oktoberfest takes over the McFadden Plaza at 3 p.m. Bavarian and German beers, authentic food, and live music await. Keep reading for everything the area has to offer.

SATURDAY:

On Tuesday, Sept. 5, Chili's Bar and Grill will donate 100 percent of profits from its restaurants nationwide, including Carson City, to the relief efforts of those affected by Hurricane Harvey.

The National Feeding Pets of the Homeless Give a Dog a Bone week returns for its eighth year, August 6-12, 2017. The Carson City based nonprofit organization Pets of the Homeless, focused exclusively on feeding and providing veterinary care to pets of the homeless, leads the charge across the country to collect pet food from the public.

Carson City's Grocery Outlet will be running a food drive to benefit the Ron Wood Family Resource Center Food Bank beginning Saturday, July 1 through July 31.

Save Mart Supermarkets in Carson City are partnering with Ron Wood Community Resource Center to hold a “Peanut Butter Roundup” May 17-30. The roundups are among 83 being held at stores throughout California and Northern Nevada.

Don't forget to leave your donation of non-perishable food items at your mailbox this Saturday. Your mail carrier will pick it up and deliver it to local food pantries. Help us Stamp Out Hunger.

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the largest one day food drive in the nation. Letter carriers have collected over one billion pounds of food since the first food drive in 1998.

On Saturday, May 13, letter carriers all over the country will be collecting food for the annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the largest one day food drive in the nation. Letter carriers have collected over one billion pounds of food since the first food drive in 1998.

Pets of the Homeless, a Carson City-based, national organization has been awarded a $5,000 grant from the Petco Foundation to support its emergency veterinary care program to service and therapy animals that belong to the homeless.

MAX Casino in Carson City is hosting the Salvation Army’s annual Turkey Drop this Friday, Nov. 18 from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Salvation Army, MAX Casino and KOH Radio are rounding up turkeys to help provide a Thanksgiving meal to families in need.

In this week's edition of It's Your City, host Cortney Bloomer features Cory King of the Greenhouse Project who discusses the nonprofit program that provides school students opportunities to grow garden vegetables. The Greenhouse Project also donates produce to nonprofit food banks.

Teachers and students at Carson High School are teaming up to accomplish some amazing community projects throughout Carson City and beyond. One of Carson High School’s own counselors, Nicki Hendee, along with CHS teacher Angila Golik and her honors government class, and a host of local businesses offering support, are collecting anything and everything to do with, of all things, diapers.

Tonight, after reading about the horrible event in Nice, France, we attended the benefit for the Carson City Greenhouse. It was the Eighth Concert Under The Stars. Hundreds of us gathered to raise money for our Community Greenhouse, which produces healthy produce for our food banks, the High School Culinary Program, and supports programs for our youth, including the Future Farmers of America, and the special need program.

Friends in Service Helping, also known as FISH, has announced two job opportunities that have become available. The organization is dedicated to serving the needs of the homeless and hungry individuals and families in Carson City.

(Carson City, NV) – The week of August 7-14 is the seventh National Feeding Pets of the Homeless Give a Dog a Bone week. The national organization, Pets of the Homeless asks the public to locate a donation site in their community by visiting petsofthehomeless.org. Donations of pet food should be taken to one of the identified, local sites.

Grocery Outlet launched its 6th annual Independence From Hunger Food Drive on Friday, a campaign where customers can donate food throughout July to local community service groups and food banks.

In Carson City, Grocery Outlet has teamed up with Friends In Service Helping, also known as FISH, and will be collecting donations now through the end of July that will go directly to FISH.

Caliber Collision created Rhythm Restoration Food Drive as a way to assist our local food banks. During the summer, children who receive school lunches will turn to food banks, and collecting food for these families is one way to serve our Carson City community.

Save Mart stores in Carson City have partnered with the Ron Wood Family Resource Center for the annual "Peanut Butter Roundup" to provide local children access to food through the summer months.

Recently, an article was posted to Carson Now by University of Nevada Cooperative Extension promoting a spring plant sale fundraiser for The Greenhouse Project, located behind Carson High School.

Although the article itself seemed very non-controversial, the comments posted to it were anything but.

It is again time for the annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. This is the largest one day food drive in the nation, and helps local food banks stay stocked through the summer. All donations stay in the community in which they are collected. Last year we collected over 30,000 pounds of food for our community.

As we are starting another year of Empty Bowls in Carson City, we wanted to take a minute and ask for help ... early on.
We are currently collecting bisquited, unglazed and undecorated handmade bowls. We are also seeking cone 6 white clay, kiln firings and other materials.

Soul and funk supergroup Tower of Power will headline the 2016 Concert Under the Stars, a fundraiser for the Greenhouse Project in Carson City. The concert outside of Cafe at Adele’s, will be July 14. Ticket sales will be announced soon, said Adele’s owner Charlie Abowd via his Facebook page.

With contributions running in short supply, the Salvation Army in Carson City hopes to generate donor momentum going into the holidays with a community Kettle Kick off event this Friday, featuring an open house, and in the evening, a RSVP fundraising dinner.

Carson City's Pets of the Homeless annual food drive received record breaking donations on Monday. This national organization is dedicated to helping the homeless population provide for their pets through annual food and supply donations. The food drive generated 700 more pounds than last year's donations.

Grocery Outlet in Carson City held its 5th Annual Independence From Hunger Food Drive through July with customers donating 160 bags of groceries and giving $1,387 in cash to a local food bank.

This year's recipient of the donations was the Dayton Food Pantry. Freida Carbery, volunteer coordinator for Healthy Communities Coalition, which operates the Dayton Food Pantry, was at the Carson City Grocery Outlet Store this week and extended her thanks to store owners David and Lynne Cox, employees and the Carson City community.

If Wednesday night’s Concert under the Stars in Carson City with Ambrosia and Pablo Cruise was anything else other than a spectacular rock and roll fundraiser for the Greenhouse Project, it was also where new and old friends came together from places far and wide to celebrate.

The 23rd Annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive will be taking place Saturday, May 9th. This is the largest one day food drive in the nation and helps to restock food banks for the summer months.

Please leave your donation of non-perishable food items at your mail box and your letter carrier will pick it up and deliver it to local community outreach centers.