March is Food Share Month

March is Food Share Month and the Meeker Area Food Shelf welcomes any donations of non-perishable food, personal care items and cash. The Litchfield Lions Club had a food collection on Saturday at Family Fare and at Walmart and delivered the items to the Food Shelf in downtown Litchfield.

Food Shelf Coordinator Jamie Revermann says they had volunteers who unloaded the items from the Lions Club and spent time getting the shelves stocked at 118 North Sibley Avenue in Litchfield. She says they keep track of the pounds of the items that they collect and the cash that is donated from March 1st through April 6th as Minnesota Food Share gives them an extra grant based on those amounts.

Revermann says the cash donations she receives are greatly appreciated because for every $1, she can purchase about $4 worth of food at the Second Harvest Heartland Food Bank. She says food donations such as cooking supplies, soups and canned goods and personal care items like shampoo and detergent are appreciated as the need is greater than ever, and she is so grateful for the way that the community supports the Food Shelf.

Revermann says the Food Shelf in downtown Litchfield is open Mondays from 11-to-6, and Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 10-to-3 and the Food Shelf in downtown Dassel is open Tuesdays from 10-to-3 and Thursdays from 3-to-6. She says they also have a mobile unit that can deliver food to people who are homebound and they have bags that they send home with students.