Interfaith Food Ministry

10/23/2026

Your Voice Can Help Strengthen Our Community!

The Community Resilience Center is working to build a stronger, more connected and prepared community through programs, activities and services that support local needs.

Now we want to hear from YOU! 📣

Your feedback will help us:
✨ Identify what’s working and what’s missing
✨ Shape future programs and services
✨ Support emergency preparedness and community well-being
✨ Ensure community voices help guide planning and resources

Whether you’ve participated in Community Resilience Center programs or are simply interested in what our community needs, your input matters!

📝 Take the survey and help shape the future of our community. Together, we can build a more resilient Nevada County!

Please click the link to complete this form.

10/20/2026

🎃 Making Holidays a Little More Special for Everyone! 👻

At IFM, one of our volunteers started a Halloween costume giveaway to help make sure local children can enjoy the fun and excitement of dressing up for Halloween, regardless of their family's budget. Beth created a tradition we look forward to every year! 🥰

At IFM, we're about more than providing wholesome, supplemental groceries. We're about neighbors helping neighbors and finding ways to make life's special moments a little brighter and more accessible for everyone in our community. ✨

10/16/2026

♻️ Turn Your Recycling into Food for Our Community! ♻️

Did you know your recyclables can help feed our Nevada County neighbors?

IFM’s Recycling Program is an easy, environmentally friendly way to support our mission while keeping valuable materials out of the landfill. Simply collect your recyclables, sort them, and bring them to our monthly drop-off! All proceeds go directly to IFM to help provide wholesome, supplemental groceries to local families and individuals.

📅 WHEN: Saturday, October 31 and the last Saturday of every month, 9 a.m.–12 p.m. (weather permitting!)

📍 WHERE: Peace Lutheran Church, 828 W. Main St., Grass Valley

♻️ WHAT WE ACCEPT:
🥫 CRV bottles and cans — aluminum, plastic, and glass
🔺 Plastics #1, #2, and #5 — check the recycling triangle!
🛍️ Paper and plastic grocery bags
🥚 Cardboard egg cartons

Please bring CLEAN, SORTED recyclables. Sort aluminum, glass, and plastic separately before drop-off.

A huge THANK-YOU to our dedicated volunteers and Peace Lutheran Church for helping make this program possible! Together, we're turning recycling into nourishment and everyday actions into meaningful community impact.

Recycle for the planet. Recycle for your neighbors. Recycle for IFM! 💛

10/13/2026

This Wednesday, October 14, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Gold Miners Inn is the Nevada County 4th Annual Health Fair!

With more than 45 local resource providers, this free community event offers valuable resources and health screenings for older adults and people with disabilities, including: flu shots and COVID vaccinations, A1C testing, Audiology screenings, and blood pressure checks!

📍 Gold Miners Inn, Grass Valley
📅 Wednesday, October 14, 2026
⏰ 10 a.m.–2 p.m.

Please share with someone who might benefit! 🥰

10/10/2026

✨Food Rescue Friday: Good Food, Good Neighbors!✨

Did you know that rescuing food helps feed our community while keeping good food out of the landfill? ♻️

Thanks to our local grocery stores, businesses, farms, and food partners, IFM is able to recover wholesome food that might otherwise go to waste and share it with Nevada County neighbors who need a little extra help.

A huge THANK YOU to our food rescue partners and the volunteers who help make it all happen. Together, we're turning surplus food into support for local families! If you're interested in helping with our food rescue efforts, we are in need of drivers who make it possible! You can use your personal vehicle, or you can be trained on the IFM box truck (no special license needed!)

Neighbors helping neighbors, one rescued item at a time. 🥰

10/06/2026

A little local PSA from the Food Bank of Nevada County + Interfaith Food Ministry 💛

We know, between Nevada County, the state of Nevada, the Food Bank and Interfaith Food Ministry, things can get a little confusing.

But here’s the important part: both of our organizations are right here in Nevada County, serving our neighbors and working to make sure people in our community have access to wholesome food.

So wherever you choose to give, take a moment to make sure your donation is going where you intend it to go.

Give local and make sure your donation helps feed our local community. 🥰

09/30/2026

What an incredible way to celebrate Hunger Action Month! Thanks to the generosity of our amazing community, our Fill the Truck Food Drive at Twin Cities Church collected an incredible 2,400 pounds of food and hundreds of grocery bags for IFM!

Every can, box, bag and donation will help provide wholesome, supplemental groceries to our neighbors facing food insecurity. We are so grateful to everyone who stopped by, donated, spread the word, and helped make this food drive such a success. 🥰

During Hunger Action Month, we’ve been reminded that every one of us can take action to help fight hunger, and our community showed up in a big way! 💛💛

09/25/2026

Join us for our Hunger Action Month Drive-Thru Food Drive:

📅 Friday, September 25
⏰ 8:00–10:30 AM
📍 Twin Cities Church
11726 Rough & Ready Highway

We’re especially looking for:

🥣 Gravy
🥫 Canned green beans
🥫 Canned cranberry sauce
🍠 Canned yams
🥣 Cream of mushroom or chicken soup

Just drive through, drop off your donations, and go! 🚗💨

Your generosity will help IFM provide extra holiday foods to local families, seniors, and individuals experiencing food insecurity, helping bring a little extra joy to holiday tables throughout our community. 🥰

09/23/2026

♻️ TURN YOUR RECYCLING INTO FOOD! 🥫

Did you know your empty bottles and cans can help put wholesome, supplemental groceries on the tables of local families?

Through IFM’s recycling program, you can turn your CRV bottles and cans, plus eligible #1, #2 and #5 plastics, into support for our neighbors right here in Nevada County! You can drop off your recyclables this Saturday Sept. 26th at Peace Lutheran Church (828 W. Main St.) from 9a-12p.

It’s simple:
♻️ Gather your recyclables
🚗 Drop them off at Peace Lutheran Church the last Saturday of every month from 9a-12p (weather permitting)
🥫 Your recycling helps provide food to local families

It’s a small action that can make a big difference, good for the planet, good for our community, and good for our neighbors!! 🥰