Stories

Kicking off our #DriveForFood

food pantry • food drives

Help us get a strong start to our #driveforfood on Sunday, Feb. 12, by drafting your Super Bowl watch party guests to bring donations of food and personal care items for MOM's food pantry.

New Benefits Increase Access to Healthy Food for Wisconsin Kids

As the COVID-19 pandemic stretches into its second year, many Wisconsin families are still struggling with hunger. A new program, Pandemic EBT(P-EBT), provides families with students money for groceries to replace meals missed at school due to distance learning during the pandemic. Benefits will be delivered starting this month.

Free books for kids! / ¡Libros gratis para niños!

MOM News • Food Programs

We are partnering with the Middleton Public Library and the Madison Reading Project to get free books to children this summer!

Community Update - June 2020

MOM News • Businesses • Food Programs • Housing Stability • Food Drives • Pandemic • Volunteers • Seniors Program • Clothing Center • Donors • Back to School Program

What an extraordinary few months it has been! At MOM, we are doing our best to track the need and respond in the safest way we can for the overall, long-term health of our community. Learn about ongoing changes to our programs and how you can assist!

Changing a little piece of her story, together.

MOM News • Food Programs • Housing Assistance • Donors

To me, there is nothing more important than using our lives and our voices to do what we can to create an equitable community. There is nothing better we can do than to act.

Achieving a Dream

Client Stories • Food Programs • Housing Assistance • Clothing Center

When I first met Anna in 2012 she was a single mother of three kids, living in low-income housing, taking college classes, and trying to make ends meet on almost nothing.

Start a Food Buyer's Club

Food Drives • Food Programs • Donors • Organizations and Groups • Churches

Start or Join a Food Buyer’s Club, a unique and highly-effective way to address hunger in our community. The concept is easily adapted for your group (such as book clubs, scout troops, church groups, & businesses) regardless of formality, size or dollar commitment.

Family Garden update (July '16)

Food Pantry Garden • Food Programs

As we picked the cherries, we noticed a robin's nest with 3 eggs in the cherry tree! We shared with our feathered friend family, being sure not to disturb the robin eggs as we picked and leaving a few cherries behind. Respect for nature; respect for one another.

Volunteers go above and beyond

Food Programs • Food Pantry • Volunteers

"Rather than throwing the broken eggs away, they painstakingly went through dozens and dozens of eggs saving those possible, washing them carefully, and repackaging them into new egg cartons, so that those who come to MOM can have this versatile protein packed food."

Sing Out Loud

Churches • Organizations and Groups • Food Programs • Food Drives

On April 24, choirs from three congregations gathered together at St Dunstan's Episcopal Church to present their favorite anthems to help Prevent Homelessness and End Hunger in our community.