Thank you to Kurt & Brenda Warner and the First Things First Foundation! Retired NFL player and native Iowan Kurt Warner is supporting this year’s Scan Away Hunger effort! Kurt and his wife, Brenda, along with their First Things First Foundation, have made a significant financial gift toward Scan Away Hunger. Kurt Warner has also recorded two public service announcements which are playing on local radio stations. Thank you so much, Warner family and First Things First Foundation! Click the links below to listen in. Learn More

Join Hope Ministries, Hy-Vee and KCCI as we help homeless and hungry men, women and children through our ninth annual Scan Away Hunger!  In the past nine years, Scan Away Hunger has raised over $397,660 as thousands of community members joined together to “fill a plate with hope.”

Scan Away Hunger 2011 begins the day after Thanksgiving – Friday, November 25 – and runs through Christmas Day. Scan Away Hunger plates will be available at participating metro Hy-Vee stores. You can also order a supply of plates for your family, church, small group, business, etc., online. Plates ordered online will be delivered or mailed during the week of Thanksgiving.

Click here to complete our online plate order form for your church/business/group!

Then, just take your plate to Hy-Vee (or pick one up at the store!) and say, “I’d like to fill a plate with hope.” Each time your checker scans the code on your Scan Away Hunger plate, $2.80 is added to your bill to feed and care for homeless and hungry people at Hope Ministries.

All funds received through Scan Away Hunger will be used to help feed and care for homeless and hungry men, women and children in Des Moines and central Iowa throughout the year. In 2010, this holiday outreach generated over $79,000!

“For hundreds of homeless and near-homeless individuals and families in our community, hope begins with a meal. That’s why I’m pleased to be a part of this year’s Scan Away Hunger effort to provide food and care for the men, women and children served by Hope Ministries. Join me and KCCI NewsChannel 8 as we ‘fill a plate with hope’ this holiday season!”

~ Andy Garman, sports director, KCCI NewsChannel 8

Hope Ministries is grateful to Hy-Vee and KCCI Channel 8 for their title sponsorship of this outreach and commitment to fight hunger and homelessness in our community. Thank you also to Nationwide for its support of Scan Away Hunger and to Christian Printers for printing this year’s plates.



Participating Metro Hy-Vee stores include:

Altoona: 108 8th Street SW                                               Ankeny: 410 N Ankeny Blvd
Des Moines 1: 3330 MLK Parkway                                 Des Moines 2: 2540 E. Euclid Ave
Des Moines 3: 3221 SE 14th St                                       Des Moines 4: 4605 Fleur Dr
Des Moines 5: 1107 SE Army Post Rd                           Indianola: 910 N Jefferson St
Johnston: 5750 Merle Hay Rd                                         Pella: 118 SE St
Pleasant Hill: 4815 Maple Dr                                           Urbandale: 8601 Douglas Ave
West Des Moines 1: 1700 Valley West Dr                    West Des Moines 2: 1990 Grand Ave
West Des Moines 3: 1725 Jordan Creek Pkwy            West Des Moines 4: 555 S 51st St
Windsor Heights: 7101 University Ave                          Ankeny DS: 849 S Ankeny Blvd
Des Moines DS: 4100 University Ave                            West Des Moines DS: 1010 60th St


Click Away Hunger
You can also click away hunger by making an online donation toward Scan Away Hunger! This is a great option for those who live outside the Des Moines metro area. You can support Scan Away Hunger and help fill a plate with hope without even leaving the house.

Click here to make your Scan Away Hunger donation online.