In 2025, BPNN provided food assistance to 100,000 individuals making up a significant part of Dane County’s food gap. Those most affected are children, seniors, the disabled, and people of color.

Badger Prairie Needs Network (BPNN) offers a grocery store style shopping experience where you can select food for your family. We are open 5 days a week. Our pantry is stocked with fresh fruits and …

In continuous operation since 1986, Badger Prairie Needs Network (BPNN) is a 100% volunteer 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting poverty and ending hunger.

Volunteers at BPNN need to be able to work independently, quickly, and safely after an orientation and a brief job-specific training session. Begin your volunteer journey by signing up for orientation.

Donate to Badger Prairie Needs Network. Our mission is to fight poverty and end hunger in Dane County, Wisconsin. BPNN is 100% volunteer operated organization so every dollar goes directly to …

BPNN offers a licensed, commercial kitchen operation serving hot lunches for 200 people and repackaging food that would otherwise go to the landfill. It’s a space for nutrition classes and an …

BPNN partners with Public Health Madison & Dane County to offer free flu/COVID vaccines and HIV testing on select Saturdays from 10am-1pm during the Community Meal.

Join us and become part of something great and make a difference in people’s lives. Volunteers are required to attend a 90-minute orientation, which includes an overview of the organization, …

Get in touch with Badger Prairie Needs Network. Here is our phone address, phone, email and operating hours.

Badger Prairie Needs Network (BPNN) is an 100% volunteer 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting poverty and ending hunger. BPNN’s food pantry opened in 1986.