Open Your Heart Summer Challenge Grant

You don’t have to clear your schedule,
you don’t have to walk or run,
you don’t have to dress-up...but you are still invited to
help feed the hungry in our community with your important contribution.

Your gift in July means even more to us because of matched funding from Open Your Heart to the Hungry and Homeless Summer Challenge Grant.

Summer is here and that means children are facing several months without a school lunch or breakfast which puts additional pressure on the Food Shelf to feed local families.

The Food Shelf experiences a shortage of food and funds throughout the summer months when demand is up and resources dwindle.

More working families than ever receive help from the Grand Rapids Food Shelf as the price of food and fuel escalates and unemployment rates remain high.

What if you had to choose between feeding your children
or putting gas in your car to make it to your job?

These are the challenges facing 1 in 5 Minnesota families.