Community Basket - Serving Seven Communities

Community Basket - Serving Seven Communities The Community Basket was created by the churches of Ida County Ministerial and Odebolt, Arthur, and Kiron Ministerial and community leaders.

Serving the communities of Arthur, Battle Creek, Galva, Holstein, Ida Grove, Kiron, and Odebolt by offering nutritional food at no cost to those in need.
**This institution is an equal opportunity provider. We serve the communities of Arthur, Battle Creek, Galva, Holstein, Ida Grove, Kiron, and Odebolt. The mobile distribution is on the 3rd Thursday of each month with doors opening at 4:30. We w

ork with both the Food Bank of Siouxland and the Food Bank of Iowa. This ministry is supported by various gifts from individuals, organizations, companies, churches, and volunteers. All of our board members are volunteers and receive no compensation for their work. The Community Basket rotates by month through our seven communities. The food banks deliver the food each month to the site of the mobile location the day of. Volunteers then help with unloading food items when needed, setting up the site for the distribution of food, and then with the distribution of the food. Volunteers also help to deliver left over items to the site pantry as well as to those in their communities who may not have been able to make it to the mobile pantry. Individuals who come are asked to sign their names, their communities, the number in their households and then using the income guidelines from the state to figure if they are above or below those guidelines. We encourage people to attend the mobile distributions as this is our main focus and distribution point. The site pantry then allows those who were not able to be at the mobile to still have a chance to receive food. They can go to the site pantry which is open the 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th Thursday. All households are able to use the site pantry and the mobile site once a month. Our program is faith based and it is surrounded by prayer both for the volunteers and for those who come through our lines. Jesus invited his disciples to come and see and so we invite you to come and see. Each community has a Community Representative that if an individual is unable to make it to the mobile they may call their community rep for a pre-order which will then be filled and delivered to them. All pre-orders need to be called in by the Friday before the mobile distribution. You will find their names and numbers below. Arthur-------------Mary Gustafson------------367-2252
Battle Creek ------Brian & Marilyn Bond-----(B) 371-2181 (M) 371-2182
Galva--------------Julie Cameron---------------282-4725
Holstein-----------Bonnie Barkema------------368-4778
Ida Grove---------Vicki Ernst-------------------364-2242
Kiron--------------Jane Gronau-----------------675-4347
Odebolt-----------Jim & Marnie Barker--------675-4741

Our July Community Basket-Ida Mobile outreach will take place on Thursday, July 16, at the Methodist Church (312 Main St...
07/13/2026

Our July Community Basket-Ida Mobile outreach will take place on Thursday, July 16, at the Methodist Church (312 Main St.) in Ida Grove. The mobile will begin at 4:30 pm until 5:30 pm. You will come in to select your food. Please bring a laundry basket or canvas bags to hold your products. We will have volunteers to help get your basket and canvas bags to your vehicle. We encourage carpooling. All clients will need to fill out a TEFAP (the Emergency Food Assistance Program) form for the new year. The Community Basket-Ida is supported by these communities: Arthur, Battle Creek, Galva, Holstein, Ida Grove, Kiron, and Odebolt. Our all volunteer mission outreach is made possible by the tremendous support these communities provide through volunteers, food collections, donations, and financial contributions. We turn no one down.
***Our Site Pantry is located in Ida Grove behind the Horn Physicians Clinic and will be opened Thuirsdays July 23rd and 29th from 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm. You are able to come to our Site Pantry once a month to receive a basket of food,too.

This is our July 2026 - June 2027 schedule with the new TEFAP (The Emergency Food Assistance Program) federally mandated...
06/28/2026

This is our July 2026 - June 2027 schedule with the new TEFAP (The Emergency Food Assistance Program) federally mandated earnings for qualification. We must have all families sign a TEFAP form to receive free federally funded USDA groceries. You will fill out a TEFAP form either at our Site Pantry located in Ida Grove or at one of our hosted mobiles. The TEFAP form is kept in our file for three years. It is to be filled out once a year.

Community Basket - Serving Seven CommunitiesOur June Community Mobile Basket outreach will take place on Thursday, June ...
06/15/2026

Community Basket - Serving Seven Communities
Our June Community Mobile Basket outreach will take place on Thursday, June 18 at the Holstein Fire Station (113 South Kiel St). The mobile will begin at 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm. You come in to select your food. Please bring a laundry basket or canvas bags to hold your products. We will have volunteers to help get your basket to your vehicle. We encourage carpooling.
The Community Basket-Ida is supported by these communities: Arthur, Battle Creek, Galva, Holstein, Ida Grove, Kiron and Odebolt. Our mission outreach is made possible by the tremendous support these communities provide us through volunteers, food collections, donations, and financial contributions. We turn no one down.
***Our Site Pantry is located in Ida Grove behind the Horn Physicians Clinic and will be opened June 25th from 2:30 - 5:30. You can come once a month to get food there, too.

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Ida Grove, IA
51445

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2:30pm - 5:30pm

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