In 2010, over 570 individuals and organizations held food and cash drives to support the local food shelves in the Twin Cities and surrounding communities through Emergency Foodshelf Network (EFN). All food collected through these food drives is given back to agency members for free. A total of 869,932 pounds of food was collected last year – providing an estimated 1,157,010 meals to individuals and families visiting foodshelves.
Thanks to the individuals and organizations for coordinating a food and cash drive to fight hunger in our community. Our current partners collecting over 300 pounds and/or raising over $250 in their food and cash drives as of May 2011:
Active Living Bike Expo
All God's Children Metropolitan Community Church
BAE Systems
Benjamin Franklin Plumbing
Bluestem Brands, Inc.
Border Foods
Boy Scout Troop 1047
CDW
Ceridian
Concord Elementary School
Curves For Women
Dorsey & Whitney
Dunham Associates
Edina Concord Elementary
Edina Realty
Elite Repeat
Finnegans
GE Fleet Services
Guthrie Theater
Health Partners
InVocations Concerts
Kenny Community School
Kids' Hair
Lighthouse
Little Caesars
Lurie Besikof Lapidus & Company LLP
McKesson Medical Surgical
Merrill Lynch Food Drive
Northern Star Council, BSA -Scouting for Food
Minneapolis Community & Technical College
Mrs. Meyer's Clean Day
Noodles and Company
Orion ISO
Partners in Pediatrics
Plymouth Apostolic Lutheran Church
Prairie Seeds Academy
Productivity, Inc.
Prudential Financial
Rainbow Foods
RC Dicks
Regions Hospital
Rudy Luther Toyota
Shop Hop -Yarn Quest
Step by Step Montessori School
Steven Be
Surly Brewing Company
Target Corporation/Northern Stores
Tennant
United States Postal Service -IT/ASC
Unum
Wells Fargo Treasury Management Group
West Metro Fire Rescue District
Partner with EFN and get your organization involved in supporting hunger relief, please send an email or call (763)450-3863.
Rainbow and EFN's Partnership
We are proud of our ongoing relationship with Twin Cities Rainbow Foods. Together, we have established the Give Food Give Hope program. In 2007 Rainbow employees and customers contributed 468,806 pounds of food to hunger relief. That's approximately 45,000 grocery bags of nonperishable food. These grocery items are available in $5 or $10 pre-assembled bags, and customers can purchase them at check out and drop them off in EFN Collection Containers before leaving Rainbow. Keep you eyes peeled for the Give Food Give Hope display next time you shop your friendly neighborhood Rainbow. Learn about how the Roundy's Foundation helping to feed hungry Minnesotans.