QC unites to feed the hungry

Million Meals Match feeds into record Student Hunger Drive

By: Kenda Burrows|November 23, 2025

|5 min read

Student Hunger Drive participants flash the tote board numbers for the 2025 food drive. The 3,038,599 meals set a new record for the 39-year community tradition. CREDIT RIVER BEND FOOD BANK

Some 20 Quad Cities businesses gobbled up the chance to join the inaugural 2025 Student Hunger Drive Million Meals Match.

As a result, the River Bend Food Bank was able to add 2.1 million more meals to the 926,393 that were raised by 16 Quad-Cities area high schools during this year’s annual food drive that ended on Thursday, Nov. 6.

That…

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