Every Meal

Big shoutout to the amazing team at Cargill! For their Giving Week, the Food Solutions America team helped pack 3,030 food bags that kids across the state will be able to count on for the weekend. We brought the food bag assembly stations right to their headquarters, making it such a special event for them and for us. They've been a dedicated partner for 11 years (!!), and we’re so grateful for their continued support in the fight against child hunger in Minnesota. #EveryMeal #CommunityImpact #CorporateSocialResponsibility #ChildHunger

What a productive and impactful day with Ecolab! Every Meal brought the food and packing equipment to their Schuman Campus in Eagan and volunteers helped us pack a whooping 5,022 food bags in just a few hours. It was such a memorable experience. And the best part - that's 5,022 kids who will be able to count on food over the weekend! #EveryMeal #ChildHunger #Volunteer #Minnesota #CommunityImpact

Every Meal turns 14 today! We started small. Really small, actually: In 2010, we started providing food to 27 kindergarteners in Las Estrellas Dual Elementary in NE Minneapolis. It was a pilot program to get them food for the weekend. Volunteers would meet to get the food bags ready every week that school year. Our "warehouse" was in the basement of Mill City Church. Fast forward to today, and we’re grateful to operate out of our 30,000+ square foot warehouse in Roseville to match how much we’ve grown, now serving nearly 12,000 kids. And we recently purchased the full building to nearly double our space, all to double down on our impact and reach more Minnesota kids experiencing food insecurity. (Another difference between then and now: the camera quality on phones!) #EveryMeal #14YearsStrong #Nonprofit #ChildHunger #WeekendFoodGap

Every Friday morning, our network of AMAZING volunteers place food directly into kids’ backpacks. This simple act saves time for the school staff, and eliminates barriers to food access by giving kids food that’s ready to take home for the weekend. And today, we were happy to be joined at our weekly food distribution by Senator Erin Maye-Quade and Representative Robert Bierman during our weekly food distribution at Westview Elementary School. We’re so grateful to all in our community who make our Weekend Meal Program possible! #EveryMeal #VolunteerAppreciation #ChildHunger #WeekendFoodGap

Join us this fall for an informal open house at Every Meal's warehouse on October 22 from 4-5:30pm. You'll get a behind-the-scenes tour to see how we get thousands of pounds of nutritious, delicious, and relevant food to nearly 12,000 children across Minnesota every week. Come meet the team behind the mission and learn about the current state of child hunger in our communities.

Having a consistent food source for kids on the weekends is HUGE for families. And it gives peace of mind to our teachers and school social workers knowing that students will have good to eat until they come back on Monday. #EveryMeal #ChildHunger #SchoolSupport #WeekendFoodGap

With kids back in school, our food bag packing events are in high gear. We’d like to highlight one of our amazing food bag packing volunteers, Wyatt, who has a desire and passion to go into Pediatrics in hopes of helping kids get and stay healthy, which is why he’s loved volunteering with Every Meal. Hear from him about his heart behind volunteering and his favorite food tradition growing up! #EveryMeal #ChildHunger #HealthyKids #Volunteer

As part of their company-wide Day of Service, a crew of Xcel Energy team members led by Ryan Long (Regional President) volunteered their time to power our work to send food home with kids every weekend, so they have full bellies on Monday! ???? The energy was high because Frank Vascellaro, Amelia Santianello, and other team members from WCCO | CBS News Minnesota joined in to volunteer and cover the story during the news hour on Friday! Together they packed 2,988 bags. That’s a total of 11,453 meals that kids will know they’ll have for the weekend. View the story here: https://hubs.ly/Q02QbBcx0 #EveryMeal #ChildHunger #Volunteer #Minnesota

Rising grocery costs can be tough for families. It can mean having less food, less variety, or lower quality foods at home. This is why Every Meal’s food bags make a big difference. Each week, we provide school-age kids with bags filled with good food that is nutritious, delicious, and relevant for the weekend, helping to fill the weekend food gap for students in schools like Bridge View and 370+ others across Minnesota. #EveryMeal #CommunityImpact #FoodSecurity #ChildHunger

From transportation challenges to feelings of shame, families face many barriers in receiving and accepting food support. RSVP for our third Don’t Miss a Beet webinar where Anna Prescher will talk about how Every Meal is working to remove barriers so more kids across Minnesota have access to good food.?