Ritenour CoCare Food Pantry

🎃 One Final Spooktacular Thank You! 🎃

As we bring our Spooktacular sponsor spotlight series to a close, we want to take a moment to recognize our final sponsor with an extra-special THANK YOU!

❤️ We are incredibly grateful to Sunset Hills Subaru for their generous support of the Ritenour Co-Care Food Pantry and our 14th Annual Spooktacular Trivia Night!

This sponsorship represents something much bigger than one evening of trivia. It is an investment in our neighbors and in a community that believes no one should have to face food insecurity alone.

Every day, Ritenour Co-Care serves families, children, seniors, and working households who may need a little extra help. Through the pantry, neighbors can access groceries, fresh food, household essentials, and other available resources—all provided in an environment centered on dignity, respect, and compassion.

But this work doesn’t happen on its own. It happens because people care.

It happens when businesses and organizations become sponsors. When volunteers give their time. When donors contribute food, household essentials, or financial support. When someone shares our mission with a friend. And when an entire community decides to look out for its neighbors.

To Bayer, thank you for standing with Ritenour Co-Care and helping make Spooktacular Trivia Night possible. Your generosity helps strengthen our ability to serve our neighbors not just today, but throughout the year. We are deeply grateful to have you as a partner in this mission. ❤️

And to everyone who has followed along with our sponsor spotlights: the work continues after Trivia Night.

Donate. Volunteer. Share our mission. Support our events. Encourage others to get involved.

Every contribution—big or small—helps Ritenour Co-Care continue providing food, resources, dignity, hope, and a helping hand to neighbors when they need it most.

Together, we can continue building a community where neighbors take care of neighbors.

Thank you for being part of it. ❤️

🎃 A Spooktacular Thank You to the Pride and Promise Foundation! 🎃

The Ritenour Co-Care Food Pantry is incredibly grateful to the Pride and Promise Foundation for their generous sponsorship of our 14th Annual Spooktacular Trivia Night!

The impact of community support like this can be seen in the numbers. In 2025, Ritenour Co-Care served 8,100 neighbors through an incredible 48,746 pantry visits.

That’s tens of thousands of times someone in our community turned to Ritenour Co-Care for help putting food on the table—and tens of thousands of opportunities for our pantry to respond with nutritious food, choice, dignity, and compassion.

Behind every number is a person. A child who needs a nutritious meal. A senior stretching a fixed income. A working family facing rising expenses. A neighbor going through a difficult season who simply needs a little help.

Support from organizations like the Pride and Promise Foundation helps make that work possible. Their sponsorship of Spooktacular Trivia Night strengthens our ability to continue serving thousands of neighbors throughout the Ritenour community.

Thank you, Pride and Promise Foundation, for believing in our mission and helping us make a measurable difference in the lives of our neighbors. ❤️

Please join us in thanking the Pride and Promise Foundation for their commitment to our community!

🎃 A Spooktacular Thank You to The Gund Group! 🎃

The Ritenour Co-Care Food Pantry is incredibly grateful to The Gund Group for their generous sponsorship of our 14th Annual Spooktacular Trivia Night!

At Ritenour Co-Care, our mission goes beyond providing groceries. We want every neighbor who turns to us for assistance to feel welcomed, respected, and supported.

A visit to the pantry can provide much-needed food and household essentials, but it can also offer something equally important: dignity, hope, and connection. When additional needs arise, neighbors may also be connected with available resources, referrals, and other forms of support that can help them navigate difficult circumstances.

Sometimes, knowing there is a community ready to help can make all the difference.

Support from community partners like The Gund Group helps us continue creating a place where our neighbors can find not only assistance, but compassion and encouragement when they need it most.

Thank you, The Gund Group, for supporting our Spooktacular Trivia Night and helping Ritenour Co-Care continue serving our community with dignity and respect. ❤️

Together, we’re doing more than providing food—we’re reminding our neighbors that they are not alone.

🎃 A Spooktacular Thank You to Hankins Construction! 🎃

The Ritenour Co-Care Food Pantry is incredibly grateful to Hankins Construction for their generous sponsorship of our 14th Annual Spooktacular Trivia Night!

Every day, food insecurity affects people from all walks of life. The neighbors who rely on Ritenour Co-Care include families working to stretch their household budgets, seniors living on fixed incomes, children who need nutritious food to grow and thrive, and working households facing unexpected expenses or difficult circumstances.

For these neighbors, a visit to the pantry can provide groceries, fresh food, household essentials, and other available resources that can help bring a little more stability to their homes.

That’s why support from community partners like Hankins Construction matters. Their Spooktacular Trivia Night sponsorship helps Ritenour Co-Care continue providing assistance to thousands of our neighbors while treating every person who walks through our doors with dignity and respect.

Thank you, Hankins Construction, for investing in our mission and standing alongside the families, seniors, children, and working households who count on Ritenour Co-Care. ❤️

Please join us in thanking Hankins Construction for helping build a stronger, more caring community!

🎃 A Spooktacular Thank You to Bayer! 🎃

The Ritenour Co-Care Food Pantry is proud to thank Bayer for their generous sponsorship of our 14th Annual Spooktacular Trivia Night!

Support from sponsors like Bayer helps us continue serving neighbors throughout our community who are facing food insecurity. When someone visits Ritenour Co-Care, they may receive groceries to help stock their kitchen, fresh food for their family, household essentials, or other available resources designed to help meet their immediate needs.

These everyday essentials can make a meaningful difference for a family working to make ends meet. Access to food and basic necessities can help ease the pressure of having to choose between putting food on the table and paying for other important expenses.

Spooktacular Trivia Night is more than a fun evening—it is an important fundraiser that helps Ritenour Co-Care continue providing assistance with dignity and respect to the neighbors who turn to us for support.

Thank you, Bayer, for standing with Ritenour Co-Care and investing in the well-being of our community. Your generosity helps us continue putting food, resources, and hope into the hands of our neighbors. ❤️

Please join us in thanking Bayer for helping make a difference!

🎃 A Spooktacular Thank You to Axel Transportation! 🎃

The Ritenour Co-Care Food Pantry is incredibly grateful to Axel Transportation for their generous sponsorship of our 14th Annual Spooktacular Trivia Night!

Their support means so much more than helping us put on a great night of trivia—it helps us continue providing food and essential support to neighbors right here in our community.

Here’s why that matters: According to the St. Louis Area Foodbank, 1 in 7 people in Eastern Missouri and Southwestern Illinois faces hunger. Across the region, more than 434,000 people—including nearly 129,000 children—experienced food insecurity in 2024.

Behind every statistic is a neighbor who may be making an impossible choice between groceries, housing, medicine, transportation, or another basic necessity. That’s why community partnerships matter.

Thank you, Axel Transportation, for stepping up and helping the Ritenour Co-Care Food Pantry continue our mission of providing relief from the stress of food insecurity with dignity and respect. Your sponsorship helps make our Spooktacular Trivia Night possible—and helps us make a meaningful difference for families throughout the Ritenour School District. ❤️

Please join us in thanking Axel Transportation for supporting our pantry and our community!

In July 2026, the pantry welcomed 38% more new households than its typical monthly average. While we are proud to welcome every new family who needs our help, each new household also brings unexpected needs and additional resources. We are incredibly grateful to our Presenting Sponsor Subaru for partnering with us and helping us make sure these new families have the food and support they need.

🎉 TRIVIA NIGHT IS ALMOST HERE! 🧠🎉

Didn't get a table? You can still help make the night a huge success!

We’re filling our Silent Auction with some amazing items, and we need your help! ❤️

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🎁 Pick an item you’d like to donate
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Every donation helps make Trivia Night a success and supports the work of Ritenour Co-Care Food Pantry in our community.

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Thank you for helping us put the FUN in fundraising! 🎉❤️

A heartfelt thank you to First State Bank of St. Charles and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines for your generous donation through the Member Impact Fund!
We were exceedingly grateful to welcome members of the First State Bank team to the Ritenour Co-Care Food Pantry for a tour and the opportunity to share more about the work we do in our community.

We are especially grateful for First State Bank’s commitment to supporting organizations that make a lasting impact. Their generosity helps us continue our mission of reducing hunger and food insecurity by filling plates for the individuals and families who need it most.

Thank you, First State Bank, for investing in our community and helping us ensure that our neighbors have access to nutritious food. We truly appreciate your partnership and support! ❤️

Happy birthday to Francie Broderick! Thank you for choosing to spend your special day volunteering at the pantry! We’re honored to celebrate with you! 🎉