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Thank you Servant Ministries

Thank you Servant Ministries for bringing 120 backpacks to the Waconia Food Shelf for the children of our families! What a great mission and so appreciated!

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Waconia & Cologne P.O. mail carriers

Thank you to the Waconia P.O. mail carriers under the leadership of Jason Leinen for the wonderful donation of 1275 pounds of food this year! It will help so much during the summer months when food donations are lower!

Thanks, also, to the Cologne P.O. carriers for donating 544 pounds of food to us! We owe a great big thank you to all of the folks who put out food for this effort!

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Winter Needs – 2019

The Waconia Food Shelf is currently in need of the following items:

Baby Food

Priority Cold weather items: soups, stews, chili, hot cereal, cocoa, tea, and coffee. Personal care items such as toothbrushes (single pack, please, we cannot break a multiple pack apart), toothpaste, deodorant (men’s and woman’s), bar soap, shampoo, and women’s personal items such as tampax.  Many of our clients are pursuing finding work and personal hygiene care is critical.

Helpful
Hearty soups that can be added to rice or noodles to make a meal are needed.  Canned meals that children like such as Beef Ravioli are needed for the winter.  Other “kid-friendly” items are also welcomed.

Watch our sign outside on the corner of Elm and Main for item requests.

Thank you St. Boni Lions Club

Thank you to the St. Boni Lions Club for the fantastic donation of 639 pounds of food and $500! That will be a great contribution to our MnFoodShare March Campaign this year!

Summer Needs – 2018

Summer vacation for school children is in full swing and it puts a further strain on family food budgets with children home for lunch each day. At the food shelf we attempt to give families with school-age children additional food and milk, however, summer is time when our donations, both food and money decline.

Again this year we are taking part in a program offered by Hunger Solutions called the Open Your Heart Challenge Grant which raises additional dollars based on the contributions received in July. We would encourage you to make a contribution of food or money during July to assist us in covering the additional expense incurred during the summer months. Thank you for your support in this effort on behalf of families in our community.

The Waconia Food Shelf is currently in need of the following items:

Priority
Items for kids’ lunch bags:  collecting kid-friendly healthy food for summer lunches.

Priority
Personal care items such as toothbrushes (single pack, please, we cannot break a multiple pack apart), toothpaste, deodorant (men’s and woman’s), bar soap, shampoo, and women’s personal items such as tampax.  Many of our clients are pursuing finding work and personal hygiene care is critical.

Helpful
Gluten-free items such as pasta, flour, baking mixes and cereal. Hearty soups that can be added to rice or noodles to make a meal are needed.  Healthy “kid-friendly” items are also welcomed.

Watch our sign outside on the corner of Elm and Main for item requests.

March Statistics — 2018

In March we had 293 visits, served 570 clients and distributed 17,763 pounds of food.

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