2016 Iron Brewer Festival to Benefit Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank

The Iron Brewer Festival is back again this year! Scheduled to take place at the Tin Roof Brewing Company brewery on Saturday, February 20 at 1 p.m., the Festival promises a wide range of craft beer from a field of local brewing teams. Each team is assigned a different style of beer

Santa Parades Coming to Local Neighborhoods

The St. George Fire Department will be hosting the annual Santa Parades during the weekends of December 5 & 6 and December 12 & 13 this year. To participate, have any food or funds you would like to donate ready and, as Santa makes his way through your neighborhood, come

Volunteer with the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank

We couldn't do what we do without so many of our wonderful volunteers. Put simply, WE NEED YOU! (more…)

Belk Charity Sale | Saturday, Nov. 7

Belk is supporting local charities and schools this Fall, and you can help! Purchase a $5.00 ticket at the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank, then attend a private shopping event on Saturday, Nov. 7 from 6-10 a.m. When you purchase your ticket from the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank ahead

National Rice Month Event Downtown

The Louisiana Rice Industry and the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank are partnering to proclaim September as National Rice Month and Hunger Action Month.This year the media event will be held at the Capitol Park Museum on Thursday, Sept. 10 at 11 a.m. Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner

Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank Celebrates 30 Year Anniversary

    This year, your Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank is celebrating thirty years of serving those in need. What started as a small distribution of collected food items in a church parking lot has now evolved into the distribution of millions of meals across eleven Louisiana parishes each year.

Kendra Gives Back To Support Food Bank

For the second year in a row, Kendra Scott Perkins Rowe is hosting a Kendra Gives Back event to support the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank as part of Redstock; this campaign is focused on raising food, funds and awareness throughout the challenging summer months. The 2015 Kendra Gives Back

Sparkhound Supports Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank

In April 2015, the Sparkhound Foundation named the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank as the benefiting organization of the 2015 Sparkhound Invitational Golf Tournament. Teams gathered to enjoy a day outdoors while also supporting the Food Bank's mission to feed the hungry in its 11 parish service area. "The Sparkhound

Summer Heats Up With Check Out Hunger Campaign

Check Out Hunger is back! From June 29 - August 9, you can make a donation at the grocery store register to contribute to the fight against hunger. Read on to find out how! As summertime rolls through, multiple factors have a negative effect on those that the Food Bank

BASF Donates $25,000 to Fight Childhood Hunger

BATON ROUGE, LA – In recognition of BASF's 150th anniversary, the company's Geismar site donated $25,000 to the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank to bring the BackPack child nutrition program to Ascension Parish. The donation will provide backpacks filled with nutritious food for 100 low-income students for the 2015-16 school