WayForward Resources

09/02/2026

We're jump-starting Hunger Action Month with a generous food donation from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This donation, which weighs in at 33,724 pounds, will help more people in our community have access to nutritious food. It also serves as the backdrop for our Hunger Action Month Kickoff event today—keep an eye out for more photos soon! Special thanks goes to Springs Window Fashions, who helped WayForward receive and unload this donation.

09/01/2026

𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵!
Hunger Action Month is a national campaign held every September to raise awareness and inspire action to end hunger in America.

12.6% of people in Dane County are experiencing food insecurity. You can take action with WayForward to ensure our neighbors have access to enough nutritious food, raise awareness about hunger in our community, and help gather 25,000 pounds of food!

Make your plan for September:
🔸 Organize a food drive with friends, family, colleagues, and neighbors!
🔸 Drop off a donation or shop our online wishlist
🔸 Follow us on social media and share WayForward's Hunger Action Month posts

Visit wayforwardresources.org/action for more details about how you can make a difference during Hunger Action Month.

08/31/2026

Thanks to all our friends and neighbors who joined WayForward at the Middleton Good Neighbor Festival! We were so glad to march in the Sunday parade, Spin the Wheel with the support of W***y Street Co-op, and boost awareness about Hunger Action Month this September and what's possible when our community comes together to create food security. A surprise visit from Bucky Badger topped off this fantastic weekend!

08/29/2026

Thank you to UW Health for their recent unrestricted $15,000 donation for WayForward's food and housing programs. Together we are partnering to create stability in our community!

08/28/2026

Look for WayForward Resources at the Middleton Good Neighbor Festival Spin the Wheel booth, sponsored by W***y Street Co-op, during select hours throughout the weekend and in Sunday's 12 pm parade. Be sure to grab a "Take Action Against Hunger" sticker we'll be handing out as we march down Franklin Ave. See you there, neighbors!

Middleton's Good Neighbor Festival has been held for over six decades bringing together friends and neighbors for a 3 day festival of live music, great food, carnival rides, and free entertainment for the whole family.

08/26/2026

Walk with WayForward this Sunday at the Middleton Good Neighbor Festival! Join staff, community members, and other volunteers in the Sunday parade to create visibility for WayForward on August 30. We will lineup between 11:15 and 11:45 am and expect to be finished by 1:30-2:00 pm. For more details and to sign up, head to our volunteer registration page for this event: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E4CAFA72AA5FC1-64797951-support #/

08/26/2026

Thank you Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District community for partnering to ensure our students are ready to start the school year with the healthy food needed to learn and succeed.

Many of our schools will host Back-to-School Nights on Aug. 26 and 27, and we're sharing a friendly reminder about our partnership with WayForward Resources and the Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District Education Foundation!

We're holding food drives at each school's Back-to-School Night. Look for a donation bin at your school to drop off non-perishable food items or to scan the QR code on the bin to make a financial contribution.

It's heartbreaking that 17% of children in Dane County, including children in our schools, are food insecure. Join us in supporting WayForward Resources and the MCPASD Education Foundation, which supports the Weekend Food Program, to collect as much food as possible for families in need!

08/25/2026

Thank you to the Village of Cross Plains Board for proclaiming September as Hunger Action Month, and for their partnership in creating awareness of food insecurity in our community.

08/24/2026

Do you have a student in the Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District? WayForward Resources is proud to partner with Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District and the Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District Education Foundation (which supports the Weekend Food Program for MCPASD students) to pre-kick off Hunger Action Month. This school year, all MCPASD schools will have donation bins at their respective Back to School nights in August and September. You can support students having the nutritious food needed to fuel learning by dropping off non-perishable items at your student’s Back to School night.

See Top 10 Lists for Most Needed Items
WayForward Food Pantry: https://www.wayforwardresources.org/support-us/donate-food/
Weekend Food Program: https://www.mcpasd.k12.wi.us/o/edfound/page/weekend-food

08/21/2026

Our collaboration with five other large Dane County food pantries (The River Food Pantry, Badger Prairie Needs Network, Goodman Community Center, Society of St. Vincent de Paul, and Sunshine Place) and Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin continues to work together to source food in the most effective and efficient ways possible during this time of intense demand. Thank you to the Dan & Patti Rashke (TASC) Family Foundation for their generous support, which allowed for a collaborative bulk order of beef earlier in the year and, more recently, to order cases of shredded cheese together, totaling 14,940 pounds! WayForward Resources received 394 cases of shredded cheese from the order. We are thrilled to be providing this important source of protein to people in our community. It's amazing the impact we can have together!