Accept the 2015 Food Shelf Challenge from Open Your Heart to the Hungry and Homeless and support your Annandale Food Shelf this July. Your food shelf provides food to those in need in the communities of South Haven, Annandale and Maple Lake.
You can make a difference for hungry children in our community.
Four years ago we recognized that when school is out for summer vacation, many children miss out on free school meals and their families turn to us for support. Since inception, this program has doubled, and we see an increase in child visits each summer. You can help a hungry family today by making a donation. Cash is still king, since our buying power and connections allow us to purchase food below wholesale prices.
Yes, you can make a bigger impact on hunger in the Annandale and Maple Lake School Districts this July. Are you aware that every day, Minnesota food shelves serve 9,000? Last July Annandale Food Shelf had 935 visitors. You can make a difference this year by donating throughout the month of July. The more you donate, the larger our food shelf’s grant from Open Your Heart to the Hungry and Homeless will be. The challenge funds will proportionally match your donation. Your donation will go farther due to our buying power. We can purchase food from our food bank for pennies on the pound.
Thank you Open Your Heart to the Hungry and Homeless and Hunger Solutions Minnesota. Since 1986, Open Your Heart to the Hungry and Homeless has targeted millions of dollars to strategically fight hunger in Minnesota. Open Your Heart to the Hungry and Homeless 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 to the Hungry and Homeless 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.
Hunger Solutions Minnesota has coordinated this matching grant opportunity since 2010. HSM works to end hungry via the Minnesota Food HelpLine and by advancing fair public nutrition policies on behalf of hungry Minnesotans. HSM connects Minnesota’s food shelves with funding and technical assistance to support the 9,000 daily food shelf visits.
Thank you for your past generous support in feeding our hungry and we look forward to your financial donations this July.
Ed Skomoroh is president of the Annandale Food Shelf. To donate call 274-7155 or visit the website www.annandalefoodshelf.org.
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