March is Food Share Month

March is Food Share Month and it’s an important time for the Meeker Area Food Shelf to receive donations. Minnesota Food Share provides grants to food shelves around the state based on the number of pounds of food and cash donations received from March 1st through April 6th.

Meeker Area Food Shelf Coordinator Jamie Revermann says we are blessed to be in a community that is so supportive. She says there is a significant amount of people who rely on the Food Shelf.

Revermann says cash donations – which may be sent to 118 North Sibley Avenue in Litchfield – are very important as she’s able to get about $4 worth of food for every $1 donated from Second Harvest food bank. She says if people want to donate actual items, they can always use cooking supplies, condiments, healthy snacks, peanut butter and home and personal cleaning items. A needs list is posted at meekercountyfood.org and on the Meeker Area Food Shelf Facebook page.

Jena Levandowski says she and her husband, Aron, are coordinating the Empty Bowl fundraiser again at the Dassel History Center on March 16th from 11-to-1:30 to help raise funds for the Meeker Area Food Shelf. She says a $15 donation will get you a bowl of soup – and you get to keep the bowl, bread, cookie and beverage. She says this will be their 3rd time hosting the event.

Levandowski says they will also be collecting items for the Food Shelf at the Empty Bowl fundraiser. The Meeker Area Food Shelf in Litchfield is open Mondays from 11-to-6 and Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 10-to-3, and in Dassel on Tuesdays from 10-to-3 and Thursdays from 3-to-6. There’s also a mobile food shelf. For more details, call 693-7661.