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...
by kristinvanheel@ffen.org | Nov 22, 2022 | Food Shelf Profile
Well before the COVID-19 pandemic, the Salvation Army serving the Hibbing area in St. Louis County set their sights on making some changes to their food shelf. With their day-to-day operations confined to a small space, they initially reached out to FFEN in October...
by kristinvanheel@ffen.org | Sep 15, 2022 | Food Shelf Profile
After its initial contact with FFEN in 2019, Community Action Center (CAC) in Rice County reached out once again when the COVID-19 pandemic compelled the need for increased, permanent food shelf support to augment mobile distribution and fill gaps in service within...
