Candeo

11/14/2025

Our annual request for the holiday season 🎄❤️

11/04/2025

All of us at Candeo are so thankful for the generous outpouring of food, quick recipes and cash donations for us to take to the people we support. It is a tragedy that the SNAP benefits are interrupted, and we hope our government restores them fully very soon.

Round one of food will go out this afternoon!

Thank you, Anderson Erikson Dairy, Peggy, Matt, Ryan, Ashley, Brett, Missie, Tim, Megan, Sam, Natalie, Peter, Jess, Jacque, Brad, Michelle, and many more who contributed to this amazing effort!!

10/28/2025

We’re hiring DSPs!
Apply online at https://recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/jobs/All/183aa451-9a81-44ce-927b-cc5513ae5095/Candeo

10/24/2025

With no end in sight for the government shut down, food insecurity is a very real concern for those we serve along with our employees. Please consider donating to help us ensure nobody goes hungry.

Food Pantry Requested Items
NOTE: Candeo will have a small amount of cash available for individuals to purchase milk (for cereal and mac and cheese etc.), and we have some freezer and refrigerator space for meat and butter.
Donations may be made to:
Candeo
9550 White Oak Lane, Ste 200
Johnston, IA 50131

WWW.candeoiowa.org
Peanut butter and Jelly sandwich, mac and cheese, spaghetti, chili
• Bread
• Peanut Butter
• Jelly
• Mac and cheese
• Spaghetti
• Variety of noodles
• Spaghetti sauce
• Alfredo sauce
• Pesto sauce
• Rice (both dry and minute)
• One pound packages of ground hamburger
• Frozen chicken breasts
• Dry cereal
• Shelf stable milk (especially for cooking)
• Oatmeal packets – very popular!
• Canned fruit
• Canned vegetables (most popular are listed)
o Tomatoes
o Black or Kidney Beans
o Corn
o Green Beans
• Canned Fruit
o Peaches
o Pears
o Mandarin oranges
o Mixed fruit
o Pretty much all the fruits were popular
• Chili Seasoning (not hot)
• Juice boxes or jugs or cans (apple juice is most popular)

Fresh fruits and vegetables
• Apples
• Oranges
• Carrots
• Potatoes
• Sweet potatoes
• Onions
Miscellaneous
• Muffin mix
• Canned Soups
• Hamburger helper
• Tuna Noodle Helper
• Sugar free flavors for water
• Pancake mix
• Syrup
• Cream of mushroom soup
• Cream of celery soup
• Cream of chicken soup
• Dry soup or soup starts (Example Bear Soup)
Dairy
• Butter (for mac and cheese etc.)
• Shelf stable milk
Meat
• One pound packages of ground beef
• Frozen chicken breasts
• Frozen chicken nuggets
• Frozen vegetables
• Canned chicken
• Canned tuna
Lessons learned from the COVID Food Pantry; Items that were not picked up:
• Dry beans
• Grits
• Chic peas

Quick and easy favorite meals:
• Healthy Ramen
• Lasagna soup

Candeo is a not-for-profit focused on helping people live their best lives. This is done through services offered, professional advocacy, and community education and change.

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