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Duluth:Demand at region’s food shelves Increases by 22 percent
November 19, 2008 - 6:07pm inIt’s no surprise that during the first nine months of the year use at the 31 northeastern Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin food shelves served by Second Harvest Northern Lakes Food Bank had increased. In fact 22 percent more people are receiving assistance from Northland food shelves than a year ago.
Eagan, Burnsville food shelves see dramatic increase in use
November 17, 2008 - 9:08am inFor some, donations are barely keeping pace with demand
by Erin Johnson
Thisweek Newspapers
Food shelves in Eagan and Burnsville have seen a dramatic increase in demand this year as more and more families struggle to make ends meet in a tough economy.
Even as demand has grown, supplies are often merely holding steady, and many food shelves are struggling to keep up.
The Family Resourc
NY Mills Food Shelf in need of cash, food donations
November 14, 2008 - 3:24pm inPerham Enterprise Bulletin
Heading into what is traditionally the busy season, food shelf director Connie Warner is concerned about a depleted food supply and money running dangerously low.
Warner says she likes to see the food shelf’s check book carry a balance of around $4,000 to $5,000.
Project Bookshelf
November 14, 2008 - 3:22pm inAnoka County libraries seek book donations for food shelf clients
Thanks to the Anoka County Library, kids who can’t afford to own a book will have one in time for the holidays.
Anoka County libraries are seeking donations of new books this year in its annual Project Bookshelf.
The books will be delivered to area food shelves and distributed to clients’ children in time for the
Stuff the SUV, stock the semi, fill the food shelf
November 13, 2008 - 7:51am inVADNAIS HEIGHTS — How many groceries can fit into an SUV? Exactly 2,854.
Every Thanksgiving, leaders of First Lutheran Church of White Bear Lake challenge their parishioners and the greater community to fill a semi trailer with food for the White Bear Lake Area Food Shelf.
Greg Nuss, a business owner from Grant, takes the challenge to the extreme.
Need up, donations down at local food shelves
November 13, 2008 - 7:30am inLayoffs, higher gas, and food prices combined has forced more Minnesotans to ask for help.
Now the number of people going to food shelves is skyrocketing, while donations dwindle.
Second Harvest trying to offset drop in local food donations
November 12, 2008 - 8:37am inRob Zeaske is trying to increase his waste line.
Zeaske is executive director of Second Harvest Heartland, a hunger-relief organization that’s having trouble keeping up with the demand for food, in part, because there’s less waste from companies that produce and supply food.
The amount of food donated by local food manufacturers and distributors to Second Harvest has declined from 8.8 mi
Technology and Food Yield Choice at Charity
November 11, 2008 - 8:48pm inUntil now, at the pantry at Bread and Life and countless other organizations, volunteers have handed out bags or boxes of presorted soup cans, rice, bread and other mainstays whether or not the recipient needed or wanted it all.
“It’s not dignified,” Anthony Butler, the executive director, said.
TRAVELING FOOD BANK DELIVERS TO RISING NEED
November 11, 2008 - 8:23am inUntil last summer, a discounted food program run by the Emergency Foodshelf Network sent its trucks to senior centers and social service agencies, offering meat, fresh vegetables and other items to the public at up to 50 percent off grocery store prices.
Then, after a request from Ford Motor workers, the automaker’s assembly plant in St.
DM&E joins CP Holiday Train in a decade of giving
November 10, 2008 - 4:24pm in“The Holiday Train event has become our largest fundraiser,” said Michelle Rageth, Director of the Friends in Need Food Shelf in Cottage Grove, MN. “We serve over 15,000 people each year and we would not be able to do that without the amazing support of Canadian Pacific and our wonderful community.
