Planning to participate in Minnesota’s annual day of giving? We hope you’ll consider donating to Neighbors. Not only will you be directly helping to fund our emergency and supportive services programs for residents of northern Dakota County, but your gift will also go further! A very generous anonymous donor has offered a dollar-for-dollar match for [...]
Give back before you give thanks during the 10th annual Walk to End Hunger! At Neighbors, we serve an average of 500 families each month in the food shelf – all from northern Dakota County – and we’re currently serving more this year than we did in 2016. Will you join us as we partner [...]
Accept the 2017 Food Shelf Challenge from Open Your Heart to the Hungry and Homeless and Neighbors, Inc. this July. You can make a difference for hungry families in our community. Minnesota summers were made for trips to the cabin, boat rides on the lake, and farmers market outings, not food shelf visits. But that’s the [...]
Join us again for a fun-filled evening of beer, appetizers, lawn games and a silent auction on July 11 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Wabasha Brewing Company! Admission includes two tasty glasses of brew from Wabasha's tap selection, as well as delicious appetizers from the Neighbors 2017 Food Fight Champion - Cherokee Tavern. New [...]
Once again, we are humbled by the support we received from the community during the Minnesota FoodShare March Campaign. This year, we collected a combined total of 324,859 pounds/dollars to help feed our neighbors in need. To everyone who donated, volunteered and helped spread the word, thank you! We are so grateful.
Thank you to everyone who supported Neighbors, Inc. during Give to the Max Day! With your help, we raised $33,600 to help our neighbors in need in northern Dakota County. These funds will help provide local individuals and families with food, clothing, transportation to medical appointments and emergency assistance when they need it most.
Give back before you give thanks "Thanksgiving was never one of my favorite holidays. It just seemed to revolve only around food: prepping, eating and more eating! I was always looking for an activity to bring back the "thanks" and the "giving." The Walk to End Hunger was the perfect solution. It's a great cause [...]
Community events and drives to benefit Neighbors, Inc. Thank you to all the local organizations, businesses and community partners who are celebrating the season by helping our neighbors in need. Every Child Should Receive a New Book this Holiday Season Campaign through November 15 at the South St. Paul Public Library The South St. Paul Public [...]
Congratulations to all the winners at this year's Great Neighbors' Duck Races on October 1! Prizes may be picked up at Neighbors, Inc. during regular business hours beginning Monday, October 3. FINAL RACE One-year lease on a Jeep Renegade: Jose R. Golf package for two at Inver Wood Golf Course: Vern and Patricia W. Mall [...]
Accept the 2016 Food Shelf Challenge from Open Your Heart to the Hungry and Homeless and Neighbors, Inc. this July. You can make a difference for hungry families in our community Minnesota summers were made for trips to the cabin, boat rides on the lake and farmers market outings, not food shelf visits. But that’s [...]
Given the possibility of strong storms during the time of our Taps & Apps event this evening (June 22), we have decided to postpone since part of the space is outdoors. It has been rescheduled for Wednesday, July 27, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Wabasha Brewing Company. We apologize for the change, but hope [...]
Happy hour benefit event moves to new location Beer flights, appetizers, games and a silent auction – all in a great new space to benefit Neighbors, Inc.! Plus, the Potter’s Pasties food truck will be parked outside selling delicious pasties and pies. Join us for a fun-filled evening at Taps & Apps on Wednesday, June [...]
Check out our spring newsletter here. CORRECTION: On page 6, the "Stamp Out Hunger on May 14" article should indicate that "donations picked up in South St. Paul and West St. Paul will be delivered to Neighbors."
Saturday, May 14, is the Stamp Out Hunger food drive. Each year across the country, mail carriers help their local food shelves by collecting food donations -- and all you have to do to participate is leave a bag or box of food next to your mailbox before your mail is delivered! Your mail carrier will pick [...]
It’s time for a different kind of food fight! Did you know that one in 10 Minnesotans doesn’t have enough food? Or that Neighbors’ food shelf serves about 550 people a month? Hunger is an issue in our community that can’t be ignored. Want to help? March is the perfect time to throw some food [...]
Class Raises Money, Selects and Wraps Gifts Recently, a first grade class at Lincoln Center Elementary School in South St. Paul took on a big challenge: collect enough money to buy presents for someone else. They were encouraged to earn money by doing extra chores around the house. The students would bring in their donation [...]
***Update: Thanks to everyone who contributed! Your donations helped raised $5,000 for programs at Neighbors.*** November 12, 2015 For this year's Give to the Max Day MN, Neighbors, Inc. is throwing a Bakeless Bake Sale. Why a Bakeless Bake Sale, you ask? We thought it made sense because when your neighbor is going through a [...]
Spring 2015 Newsletter
The Star-Tribune's Janice Bitters did a nice piece on South St Paul's effort to raise our zip code (55,075 lbs.) for MN FoodShare this year. http://www.startribune.com/local/south/297856401.html?page=1&c=y
March is MN FoodShare month and all kinds of people and creatures have been coming out to help us out this year. A few sightings: Molly Guthrey of the Pioneer Press did a piece on a potbellied pig in WSP that is fundraising for Neighbors' food shelf Vivint Central Station wrapped up their efforts [...]