The $100,000 Challenge!
Help your local food shelf fill empty plates this summer
Too many kids in Minnesota have to worry about where their lunch will come from once school is out. Open Your Heart is committed to making sure all of our kids get enough to eat this summer, and we hope people across the state will join us.
To learn more, download our Child Hunger Fact Sheet
You can help close the kid’s summer hunger gap ~
- The more that you donate in July, the larger your food shelf’s Open Your Heart grant will be. The challenge funds will proportionally match your donation.
- Your local food shelf can leverage your donation because they have great buying power. They can purchase food from their local food bank at pennies on the pound.
Open Your Heart to the Hungry and Homeless
For 25 years Open Your Heart to the Hungry and Homeless has targeted millions of dollars to strategically fight hunger in Minnesota. Open Your Heart funds the purchase and transfer of more than one million pounds of fresh produce, meat and dairy products every year through Hunger Solutions Minnesota. Open Your Heart also provides grants for food shelves and food banks to get the equipment they need—like freezers, shelving and trucks—to be able to serve the growing number of Minnesotans who can’t afford enough food for their families.
Thank you for your help in reducing hunger in Minnesota.
Participating Food Shelves
Valley Food Shelf c/o Grace Lutheran Church Ada
Community Food Shelf at First Lutheran Aitkin
Akeley Community Food Shelf
Salvation Army Albert Lea
Annandale Community Food Shelf
ACBC Anoka
Salvation Army Austin
Avon Food Shelf, Inc.
Bemidji Community Food Shelf
Big Lake Community Food Shelf
Food in the Hood Prgram Bloomington
VEAP Bloomington
Braham Area Food Shelf
CEAP Brooklyn Park/Maple Grove
Brooten, Belgrade, Elrosa Food Shelf Brooten
360 Communities Burnsville
South Metro Vineyard Burnsville
SEMCAC Caledonia
Family Pathways Cambridge Food Pantry
Family Pathways Forest Lake
Family Pathways Hinckley
Family Pathways Lindstrom Food Pantry
Family Pathways North Branch Food Pantry
Family Pathways Onamia Food Pantry
Family Pathways Sandstone
N.A.C.E. Food Shelf, Inc Cedar
African Food Shelf Champlin
Salvation Army Cloquet
SACA Columbia Heights
Friends In Need Food Shelf Cottage Grove
Cuyuna Range Food Shelf Crosby
Crosslake Food Shelf
Deer River Area Food Shelf
Becker County Food Pantry Detroit Lakes
CHUM Emergency Food Shelf Duluth
Fruit of the Vine Duluth Duluth
Hermantown Food Shelf Duluth
Salvation Army Duluth Duluth
Union Gospel Mission Duluth
Eagan Resource Center
Shelf of Hope Eagan
East Grand Forks Food Shelf
PROP Eden Prairie
Plainview-Elgin Area Food Shelf Elgin
CAER Food Shelf Elk River
Emily Food Shelf
YWCA Cass Clay Fargo
St. Vincent de Paul Faribault
CROSS Center for Benton County Foley
Loaves and Fishes Food Shelf Fosston
Sibley County Foodshare Gaylord
McLeod Emergency Food Shelf Glencoe
PRISM Golden Valley
St. Vincent of Grand Forks
Grand Rapids Food Shelf
Yellow Medicine County/Neighbors United Food Shelf Granite Falls
Grygla-Gatzke Food Shelf Grygla
Hastings Family Service
Salvation Army Hibbing
Hill City Area Food Shelf
Hugo Community Food Shelf
Falls Hunger Coalition International Falls
Salvation Army International Falls
Jacobson Food Shelf
Janesville Foodshelf
SEMCAC Dodge County Kasson
LaCrescent Food Share Program
Lake City Food Shelf
Le Center Food Shelf
Le Sueur Food Shelf
Morrison County Food Shelf Little Falls
Longville Food Shelf
Helping Hands Emergency Services Mahnomen
Mahtomedi Area Food Shelf
ECHO Mankato
Kitchen Table Food Shelf Marshall and Tracy Marshall
McGregor Area Food Shelf
Milaca Area Pantry Milaca
Aliveness Project Minneapolis
Al-Maa-Unn Minneapolis
Brian Coyle Community Center Minneapolis
Camden’s Promise Minneapolis
CAPI Food Shelf Minneapolis
Centro Food Shelf Minneapolis
Glendale Food Shelf Minneapolis
Good Works Minneapolis
Groveland Emergency Food Shelf Minneapolis
Jericho Road Minneapolis
Joyce Food Shelf Minneapolis
Minnehaha UMC Food Shelf Minneapolis
NorthPoint Health & Wellness Center, Inc Minneapolis
Senior Food Shelf Minneapolis
Simpson Food Pantry Minneapolis
Waite House Food Shelf Minneapolis
ICA Center at St. David Minnetonka
Chippewa County Food Shelf Montevideo
Montgomery Food Shelf
Monticello Food Shelf
Dorothy Day Food Pantry Moorhead
Moose Lake Area Food Shelf
We Care Project Morgan
Westonka Food Shelf Mound
Ralph Reeder Food Shelf New Brighton
NEAR Food Shelf New Hope
North St. Paul Area Food Shelf
Ogilvie Food Shelf
Steele County Food Shelf Owatonna
Hubbard County Emergency Food Shelf Park Rapids
Paynesville Community Services
Pelican Rapids Community Food Shelf
Perham Community Food Shelf Inc
Pillager Food Shelf
Angels of Hope Pine City
Pine Community Food Shelf Pine City
Pine River Area Food Shelf
Pipestone County Food Shelf Inc
Interfaith Outreach & Community Partners Plymouth
SEMCAC Preston
Red Wing Area Food Shelf
Channel One Supplemental Food Shelf Rochester
CROSS Food Shelf Rogers
SEMCAC Rushford
CAP Agency Food Shelf Shakopee
Silver Bay Area Food Shelf
Neighbors, Inc. South St. Paul
Spring Valley Food Shelf
Catholic Charities Emergency Services St. Cloud
Salvation Army St.Cloud
Watonwan County Food Shelf St. James
STEP St. Louis Park
Hallie Q. Brown Community Center St. Paul
Keystone Community Services St. Paul
Merrick Community Services Food Shelf St. Paul
Neighborhood House Food Shelf St. Paul
Sharing Korner St. Paul
St. Peter Area Food Shelf
Staples Area Food Shelf
Valley Outreach Stillwater
Strandquist Area Food Shelf
Thief River Falls Area Food Shelf
Tower Area Food Shelf
Two Harbors Area Food Shelf
Waconia United Food Shelf
Richland Wilkin Emergency Food Pantry Wahpeton
Walker Food Shelf
Warren Emergency Food Shelf
Waseca Area Neighborhood Service Center
Traverse County Food Shelf Wheaton
White Bear Lake Emergency Food Shelf
Willmar Area Food Shelf
Winona Volunteer Services
Manna Food Pantry Inc. Worthington
Worthington Christian Church Food Shelf
Zumbrota Area Emergency Food Shelf