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The Kandiyohi County Food Shelf partnered with Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota and the Minnesota Vikings Foundation to provide additional fresh and frozen meals for Nutrition Assistance Program for Seniors clients on Tuesday at the Willmar Community Center.
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TRUMAN Spruce Up Truman committee would like donations to buy plants for their planters. Any amount of your donation would be appreciated. Donations may be sent to Profinium at P.O. Box 400, Truman, MN 56088, or left at Profinium, 414 N 5t Ave E.
Share your love for our community with friends and neighbors by helping the spruce-up group with its painting efforts. Gather a group of four or five people to help and maybe finish it off with a picnic at Graf Park. It will be fun, and you will also meet amazing people. If you would like more information or to volunteer, contact Cathy at (507) 776-3901.
Only Hackensack sees huge increase
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Travis Grimler & Nancy Vogt | Staff Writers | 3:00 am, Mar. 3, 2021 ×
Pine River Area Food Shelf Coordinator Joanna Perry stands next to the protein selection at the food shelf Tuesday morning, March 2.Travis Grimler / Echo Journal
While 2020 was tumultuous for much of the world, locally an abundance of groups worked to keep people fed and, as a result, some food shelves saw fewer people requesting their services.
Area food shelf directors attribute that to more federal money available to people, COVID-19 relief checks distributed in 2020 and popup pantries occurring in the area.
“We were always ready. We just expected this great big turnout so we were always ready. But it just never happened,” said Doris Mezzenga, Crosslake Food Shelf director.
In January, The Security State Bank Foundation made a $2,000.00 donation to the Second Harvest Northern Lakes Food Bank. The funds will be used for food rescue and distribution for