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By Molly Roberts Busy. That’s the first thing Kalona City Administrator Ryan Schlabaugh said about the city’s pop-up, drive-thru food pantry on Saturday, Dec. 19. He estimated that 100 cars came through to pick up food boxes within the first 45 minutes of the event. “It was very busy,” said city councilor Joe Schmidt who helped at the pantry on Saturday. “For about the entire first hour, I don’t think we took a breath. I was really impressed by the organization. We’re becoming a well-oiled food pantry machine.” The pop-up pantry served 212 large boxes of food this time around,...

The City of Kalona is hosting a pre-Christmas “Pop Up Food Pantry” this Saturday. City Administrator Ryan Schlabaugh says they’ll have 200 food boxes available and those in need can drive-up between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. at the Public Works building at 711 A Avenue in Kalona. Schlabaugh says the City has worked to provide families with a variety of food items, “We do take a lot of pride to craft the boxes with a lot of meal options. To try to supplement them to make sure there are good items for children, for families so they’ve got some good food options in there.”

Posted By Molly Roberts It all started with a donation from Jessica Hochstedler Yoder and Yoder & Bigley Relators, who stepped forward to donate hot meals to area seniors every Thursday in January and February. That got the conversation going between Kalona City Administrator Ryan Schlabaugh and Wellman City Administrator Kelly Litwiller about how to best meet the needs of seniors in the community. The Cities of Kalona and Wellman are partnering to piggy-back off that donation to provide hot meals to seniors on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, as well. “The need for seniors was out there,” Schl...

City of Kalona Hosting Another Pop-Up Food Pantry this December

Kalona to deliver free food bags to senior citizens Riverside Mayor Allen Schneider (left) and Mid-Prairie school board member Gabrielle Frederick pack food boxes at the Kalona city shop on Saturday morning. Posted By Molly Roberts After receiving what City Administrator Ryan Schlabaugh called “overwhelming financial support” for the city’s pop-up pantries, the City of Kalona is looking to expand their food offering program to cater directly to seniors. For some seniors, the boxes provided at the city’s previous pop-up pantries have been too much food — the boxe...