Thank you for investing in The Open Door’s mission – we are grateful for you! Because of the outpouring of support from you and others like you, we have been able to take bold steps to address the impacts of COVID-19 in our community. I ask you to consider a Thanksgiving gift to help us continue providing fresh and healthy food to more people than ever.
As we've reached the 90 day mark of the COVID-19 crisis, we wanted to share with you what your support has made possible! Thank to you, our team has more than doubled the number of families we are supporting with fresh and healthy food!
In a normal month pre-covid, we served 7,000 people. During the month of May, you helped us provide fresh and healthy food to more than 18,000 of our community members. Within the last 90 days more than 60,000 people in Dakota County have filed for unemployment benefits leaving more people than ever before needing support. It is heartbreaking that so many in our community are in need of food support, but it is inspiring how you have helped our team respond. CONTINUE READING - CLICK HERE Happy Monday!
We at The Open Door want to start your week with some inspiring news about the impact you have made in our community over the first 30 days of this crisis response. We asked for more support during this crisis and you responded in a remarkably generous way. Because you gave more, we are doing more. You helped us not only meet our $200,000 goal for the Minnesota FoodShare March Campaign but exceed it. Your infusion of generosity has helped us serve more people in more places at a time when it’s needed most. In the last 30 days our volunteers and staff have provided fresh and healthy food to nearly 10,000 of our neighbors. We started our summer meals program early and have already served more than 5,000 meals to low-income students directly in their neighborhoods. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO KEEP READING... For the third year in a row, we've expanded the Mobile Lunch Box program. As of this week, our Mobile Lunch Box has already served more free, fresh and healthy meals to kids than we did all of last summer - and there are still five weeks to go!
With your help, we've invested in this program because we know our community leads the state* in the number of missed meals among children during the summer months, when they're unable to access free and reduced cost meal programs. In response, we're working hand in hand with ISD 196 and ISD 191 to identify the neighborhoods with greatest need and take food directly to the kids who need it most. Our volunteers are on the road five days a week, making sure our kids have access to the fresh and healthy foods they need. Please give now to support our important programs like the Mobile Lunch Box and help us raise $25,000 to finish our Summer Campaign strong! Give before July 31 and your dollar goes further! Your generosity will be proportionally matched up to $4,000 by a grant from Open Your Heart to the Hungry and Homeless. Every $1 you give stays here in our community. We need your help right now. With your support, we can keep our innovative programs running and continue to fight hunger through access to healthy food. With gratitude, Jason Viana Executive Director |
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