Community, nonprofits step up to help Brooklyn Center residents Multiple organizations are distributing donated food, household supplies. April 16, 2021 — 6:00pm Text size Copy shortlink: Rachel Nelson prepared barbecued chicken, burgers and hot dogs to be served Friday afternoon outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department. Nelson, founder and president of Twin Cities Relief Initiative, said her group began handing out free essential items, including food, after George Floyd's killing last spring. The group's mission has expanded to Brooklyn Center — aiding protesters, residents and anyone else in need — since 20-year-old Daunte Wright was shot and killed by police officer Kimberly Potter in that suburb on Sunday.