Banta Feeds Blog

Needed: Grocery Bag Donors

Do you have brown paper grocery bags?  Do you want to help? Banta Feeds is in need of people who can save their grocery bags.  We prefer to use brown paper bags to pack our donation collections in during our neighborhood food drives.  They are sturdier than the plastic ones and better for our environment. [...]

Hilltop Neighborhood, Start Your Engines!

Hilltop, start your engines! One of the most treasured neighborhoods in the city of Valparaiso will be the first site of a Banta Feeds food drive in 2011.  Our outdoor neighborhood drives start in May, and we’re going to let Hilltop set the pace for the season. Each household of the Hilltop neighborhood will be [...]

Partnering With the Kibble Kitchen

Banta Feeds is proud to announce our new partnership with the Porter County Kibble Kitchen and Pet Pantry, Inc. They are a brand new non-profit organization located in Portage, IN that was created to serve our local families struggling to take care of their pets in these tough economic times. The new pet food pantry [...]

Banta Feeds Gearing Up & Seeking Volunteers

Banta Feeds Gears Up for New Season      Post-Tribune      March 5, 2011 VALPARAISO — Banta Feeds has a newly assembled leadership team and a new strategy for its neighborhood food drives as it gears up for another season. The grassroots community food drive organization is in its third year of service to the city of Valparaiso. [...]

On the Road Again Thanksgiving Style

On the road again. Banta Feeds is on the road again. Our food drive organization is heading eastward for the 2nd Jefferson Park Neighborhood Food Drive in Valparaiso. Jefferson Park is nestled between Glendale Boulevard and Evans Avenue from the north to south, and between Lind Lane and Silhavy Road from the west to east. [...]