Help Souper Can in his Quest for Food!

Channel One’s super hero, Souper Can, is on a mission to feed people in need and he needs your help!  During the Rochesterfest Parade on Friday, June 22nd Souper Can and his team of volunteers will be collecting non-perishable food items along the parade route.  You can help Souper Can is his quest for food by bringing a food donation with you to the parade.  Look for the Channel One truck and our volunteers will come right to the curb to collect your contributions.  Souper Can can’t fight hunger alone!  He needs you to be the hero and to assist in his Souper Awesome Quest for Food! Click here or contact Maggie Parham for more details.

Save the Date - Empty Bowls on 10-11-12!

The eighth annual Empty Bowls event will be held on Thursday, October 11th at the Rochester Art Center. Join Channel One for this wonderful event at the Rochester Art Center from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Enjoy a simple meal of soup and bread provided by top local restaurants and bakeries. Attendance also allows participants to choose a donated hand painted bowl as a take-home memento of the event. Access to all Art Center exhibits and a silent auction will also be included. Individual tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door and family tickets are $30 in advance, $35 at the door. For more information on how you can get involved in Empty Bowls as a sponsor please contact Diana Evans at 507-424-1716.

Harvest for the Hungry - Plant a Row for Channel One

Nothing beats the taste and nutrition of fresh picked vegetables. Growing and eating from your own garden can improve your health, save you money, increase your sustainability, and decrease your carbon footprint. And most important, your garden can help feed a lot of people in need!

There are over 84 million households with a yard or garden in the U.S. If every gardener plants one extra row of vegetables and donates their surplus to local food agencies and soup kitchens, a significant impact can be made on reducing hunger. Plant a Row is a program which encourages gardeners to plant one extra row of vegetables and donate their surplus to local food banks and food shelves. No matter how little space you have to plant an additional row of vegetables for giving, you can grow a great contribution! The top ten produce items requested by Channel One clients are:

Tomatoes

Carrots

Lettuce

Green beans

Broccoli

Sweet corn

Potatoes

Onions

Watermelon

Peppers-sweet and hot

Please consider planting a row of produce or growing herbs to support Channel One. Click here to download our produce resource sheet. For more information on how Channel One can help move your extra garden produce into the hands of the people who need it most, contact Channel One Food Resource Coordinator Vince McCoy at 507-424-1722 or vincemccoy@channel-one.org.

Hunger Free Minnesota - Fight Hunger Where You Live

Channel One is a proud founding member of Hunger Free Minnesota: a movement formed by Minnesota organizations united in the common belief that food is a basic and essential human right that every Minnesotan should enjoy. Click here to visit the Hunger Free Minnesota web page and learn more about Hunger Free Minnesota and find out how you can help create a hunger-free Minnesota. For more information about the campaign click here.

Stay Connected to Channel One!

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