Haul Out Hunger: Stocking freezers, feeding families
Iowans across the state rely on food pantries to help make ends meet and get food on the table. Summer can be a challenging time, as many families rely on the support of school breakfast and lunch programs to help provide complete, balanced meals for their children. Food pantries throughout Iowa see an uptick in visitors with schools out of session.
Every summer, the Deb and Jeff Hansen Foundation is proud to support these vital organizations by hand-delivering frozen pork to stock freezers with a fresh protein source for the summer months. For the second year in a row, pantries were offered up to 48 cases of frozen ground pork to stock their freezers. Ground pork is versatile, easy and fast to prepare, and compatible with many food pantry staples. Alongside the pork, recipe books with affordable and easy-to-prepare ideas were distributed to each pantry to inspire meals.
In 2025, teams delivered 39,432 pounds of ground pork over 17 delivery days in June and July. The pork was delivered to 130 food pantries, representing a 23% increase from 2024. Of the 130 pantries that received ground pork, 31 were new recipients. The pantries were spread across 45 counties and were located in 96 different communities. The pork distributed through Haul Out Hunger in 2025 created 137,760 meals for Iowans in need.
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