In its first month of operation, June 1983, North Country Food Bank Inc. took in 33,944 pounds of food (along with a few non-food products) and distributed 10,835 pounds. With new distribution programs recently implemented or soon to kick off, the organization is on target to deliver more than 2.2 million pounds – valued at approximately $1.10 per pound – this year.

“It’s amazing how much we’ve grown in a quarter century,” said Susie Novak, who’s been the executive director for NCFB for nearly two years.

NCFB serves 21 counties in northwest Minnesota along with part of Grand Forks. This encompasses more than 155 agencies such as food shelves, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, senior centers, after school programs and others.

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