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During the 2019 holiday season, BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo invited community members to celebrate the holidays with their annual Zoolights event. This event is a festive mile-long trail through the Zoo featuring more than 50 illuminated display sculptures of animals and traditional holiday spectacles. For the second year, the Zoo... Read Holiday Tradition at Baton Rouge Zoo Provides Food for the New Year's Story

Valentine’s Day is coming up! When thinking about the perfect date night, think about how serving others is a great way to show love. We have created a new twist to our Sort and Repack volunteer opportunity for February: Couples Night. “We are excited to offer this opportunity as a... Read Volunteer for Valentine’s Day 2020!'s Story

Get ready Baton Rouge, because DIG’s Restaurant Week is back! From Monday, January 27, to Saturday, February 1, diners will be able to enjoy three-course meals at 50+ of Baton Rouge’s best restaurants for a fraction of the cost. Prices range from $15 – $40 per person. Even better? Snap... Read Restaurant Week 2020: Jan. 27 – Feb. 1's Story

On Monday, November 11, 2019 the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank and Capitol City Produce held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Vince Ferachi Community Garden. The Vince Ferachi Community Garden’s purpose is to provide fresh produce, harvested by Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank volunteers, to those in need in... Read Local Farms Help Need for Fresh Produce in Partnership with Capitol City Produce's Story

The Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank is always trying to expand our outreach to serve those in our 11-parish service area. Recently, we began our Mobile Pantry Program with the goal of helping those in need that live in areas that are harder to serve than others. For instance, many... Read Mobile Pantry Program Pilot Serves New Clients's Story

The holiday season can be a difficult time for those who are food insecure. You can help by donating just one non-perishable food item for the next 12 days as a part of our reverse advent calendar. Fortunately, you probably already have these items in your pantry. If you start... Read 2019 Reverse Advent Calendar to #FightHunger's Story

Everyone knows about Black Friday, Cyber Monday, even Small Business Saturday. Still, many are unaware of the global day of giving, #GivingTuesday! Giving Tuesday falls on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving every holiday season; however, we are putting our own spin on this movement to inspire others to give, collaborate and... Read Give to Fight Hunger this Feeding Tuesday – December 3, 2019's Story

Mr. Albert Fraenkel was presented the 2019 Spirit of Giving Award by the Association of Fundraising Professionals Greater Baton Rouge Chapter at its annual National Philanthropy Day Luncheon on Tuesday, November 12, 2019. The Spirit of Giving Award is awarded to an individual who exemplifies leadership in philanthropy to impact... Read Food Bank Donor Awarded the Spirit of Giving Award's Story

Hosting a food drive is the perfect way to support the community this holiday season. Even after food bank support, there is still a 22-million meal gap throughout our service area. Help us fill the gap this holiday season. Below are four simple steps for having a successful food drive... Read Four Steps to Having a Successful Food Drive this Holiday Season's Story

Join us Saturday, October 19th, @ 4 pm in Downtown Baton Rouge!  The Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank truck leads this "parade with a purpose"; our staff and their families actively take non-perishable food donations straight from the crowd! Parading krewes, dancers and bands entertain the crowd with incredible costumes and candy... Read 10/31 Consortium Halloween Parade's Story