by Ben Fisher | Aug 7, 2023 | Food Shelf Profile
After a recent expansion of the food shelf at Hastings Family Service in the summer of 2022, Deana Dunning, Director of Operations, and Amy Schaffer, Food Shelf Manager, were operating in survival mode. Needing some support to reimagine their new space and processes,...
by graphics_intern@ffen.org | Jun 20, 2023 | Food Shelf Profile
For all 2022 Minnesota Food Shelf Survey results, visit the SuperShelf website. When Angie Cruzen became Executive Director of Gather and Grow Food Shelf and Connection Center in Waconia (previously known as Waconia United Food Shelf), she was committed to hearing...
by kristinvanheel@ffen.org | Apr 24, 2023 | Food Shelf Profile
Born in the 1970s, in a 150 square foot space under the basement stairs of Simpson United Methodist Church, Simpson Food Pantry has always been a critical resource in the Whittier neighborhood of South Minneapolis. The beautiful—but crumbling—nearly-140-year-old...
by kristinvanheel@ffen.org | Feb 21, 2023 | Food Shelf Profile
In August of 2021, in the midst of COVID-19 challenges, Houston Community Food Shelf serving the city of Houston and surrounding communities in Houston County, carefully considered the opportunity for funding provided by Channel One Regional Food Bank: they saw the...
by kristinvanheel@ffen.org | Jan 19, 2023 | Food Shelf Profile
In August 2021, the Red Wing Area Food Shelf in Goodhue County, together with the surrounding community, began a new chapter toward creating sustainable solutions to food insecurity in the area. First and foremost, that meant changing their current curbside pickup...
by kristinvanheel@ffen.org | Dec 15, 2022 | Food Shelf Profile
LeRoy Area Food Shelf, located in Mower County near Austin, needed to put healthier options and more accessible food access on the menu for their shoppers when they first connected with FFEN in July 2021. That was the first step toward improving their impact...
