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Meet Christine Page, Community Engagement Manager

Meet Christine Page, Community Engagement Manager

Christine Page, Community Engagement Manager, joined the FFEN team in 2022 with an extensive background in a range of non-profit and volunteer-based work. Most notably, her focus was on corporate social responsibility in her role as the Community Service Manager for...

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Farewell Quentin West, Program Specialist

Farewell Quentin West, Program Specialist

Quentin West, MPH, FFEN’s Program Specialist for the last year, has accepted a new position with Ramsey County and his last day at FFEN will be Monday, August 28th.  As is often the case in transitions like this, we are excited for Quentin's new opportunity and also...

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FFEN Essentials: Food Shelf Leader Cohort

FFEN Essentials: Food Shelf Leader Cohort

Food shelf leaders often wear multiple hats and enter their positions with limited previous experience in the hunger relief sector.  On a daily basis, they are responding to the constant demands of running a food shelf, leaving little time for planning, assessing...

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Hastings Family Service brings operations to the next level

Hastings Family Service brings operations to the next level

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, they reached out to FFEN to inquire about their consultation services. That was last August, and Hastings has been growing and thriving ever since.

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Meet Jenny Moore, Program Coordinator

Meet Jenny Moore, Program Coordinator

Jenny Moore, Program Coordinator, joined FFEN in 2019 providing support as FFEN’s first ever AmeriCorp VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America). In the VISTA role of Food Shelf Capacity Mobilizer, Jenny developed and administered FFEN’s first food shelf satisfaction...

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Meet Moses Viveros, Board Member

Meet Moses Viveros, Board Member

Moses Viveros, MBA, MA joins the FFEN Board of Directors with a wealth of relevant experience in the food relief sector along with a skillset and philosophy poised to support FFEN’s mission and values. As a Public Health Specialist in food security for the Minneapolis...

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