Sheboygan County Food Bank is committed to making sure that Sheboygan County families facing hunger have the best opportunities to access healthy, emergency food. Next on our agenda is opening Sheboygan Cares Food Pantry, our onsite drive-thru food pantry, on Wednesday, February 2. From May 2020-June 2021, we launched and coordinated Sheboygan Cares Food Pantry offsite at Glacier Transit Storage on the southside of [...]

We want to share our gratitude for our devoted community that once again rallied to support our neighbors facing hunger. Making Spirits Bright’s holiday lights show at Evergreen Park collected 131,077 pounds of donations in its tenth year. We’re grateful for everyone who visited and generously gave food and personal care items. We also truly appreciate the of hundreds of committed volunteers who helped [...]

We are excited to share that our 4th Annual Holiday Lights Hunger Run/Walk held on Saturday, November 20 was our biggest year yet! Thanks to our community's generous support, over $75,000 was raised, which is more than the first three years of the event combined. We welcomed a total of 1,922 runners and walkers to take steps against hunger – the most ever. The [...]

We are excited to announce that Sheboygan County Food Bank (SCFB) has joined the Partnership for a Healthier America’s (PHA) Healthy Hunger Relief initiative to further uplift the health and well-being of Sheboygan County. SCFB will work with PHA, the national nonprofit organization fighting for food to address hunger, malnutrition, and chronic disease by increasing the supply of healthier options and decreasing the supply [...]

Calling all local artists! Through Monday, October 11, we are accepting submissions of original artwork, including photography, to be featured for our second annual Holiday Cards fundraiser. This year’s theme is “The Spirit of the Season”. Both amateur and professional submissions are welcome! All proceeds from our Holiday Cards sales will help make sure no one in Sheboygan County goes hungry, while promoting local [...]

Making Spirits Bright is already spreading joy and living up to its name ahead of our partnership anniversary of ten years. The organization just donated $30,000 to help purchase healthy food for our neighbors in need. From the day after Thanksgiving through December each year, Sheboygan County Rotary Clubs provide Making Spirits Bright – a drive-through holiday lights show in Evergreen Park benefiting Sheboygan [...]

Howards High School is unleashing the power of fresh food production to help Sheboygan County become a happier, healthier community. Students of Mrs. Malone's Advanced Horticulture class recently purchased three of Fork Farms fully self-contained vertical hydroponic systems called Flex Farms. Flex Farms are portable and only require a standard electrical outlet and less than 10 square feet of space to produce harvest after [...]

In 2020 we ended up serving the most Sheboygan County families in our organization's history. To make sure we met the needs of our neighbors, we responded by adding programs and staff members, helping our partner food pantries safely adjust their distribution methods, opening our Sheboygan Cares Drive-Thru Food Pantry to distribute the USDA's Farmers to Families food boxes, and purchasing tens of thousands [...]

Calling all local artists! Through Wednesday, October 7, we are accepting submissions of original artwork, including photography, to be featured for our first ever Holiday Cards fundraiser. This year’s theme is “A Sheboygan Winter Wonderland”. Both amateur and professional submissions are welcome! All proceeds from our Holiday Cards sales will be used to fight hunger in Sheboygan County while promoting local artists. Artist must: [...]

We are dedicated to addressing the emergency food needs of our neighbors in need, especially in times of uncertainty. Sheboygan County Food Bank is closely monitoring the latest reports from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, and our local Sheboygan County Division of Public Health regarding COVID-19. Sheboygan County Food Bank is a [...]