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Each March, Minnesota FoodShare, a program of the Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches, organizes Minnesota's largest drive for the hungry:  the March Campaign.  Thousands of corporations, congregations, civic groups, and individuals raise millions of pounds of food and millions of dollars to feed families who need help. Channel One has participated in FoodShare since its inception in 1982.

 

 

Channel One 2011 FoodShare Campaign!

During March, Channel One joins with food shelves across Minnesota to collect donations of money and food that support our local efforts to help feed people in need and reduce hunger in our community. When your congregation, business, school or service club participates in the March FoodShare campaign, we make sure that the food and money collected provides food assistance for local people who need it.

The demand for assistance from Channel One continues to rise. Over the past six months, the Channel One Supplemental Food Shelf has averaged almost 3,600 visits, and nearly 200 new households have registered each month. In order to help meet this rising need we have set a goal for our 2011 March FoodShare Campaign of $175,000 and 200,000 pounds of food. To view our Minnesota FoodShare Food and Fund Drive Kit click here. Congregations seeking additional FoodShare resources please click here.

With your help we can achieve this "Mission Impossible!"
 
 

Feinstein Challenge

In conjunction with FoodShare, Channel One Food Bank and Food Shelf also participates in the “Feinstein Challenge” during March and April. Rhode Island philanthropist Alan Shawn Feinstein will donate $1 million to hunger relief agencies nationwide through his Challenge to Help Fight Hunger initiative.

Mr. Feinstein asks food banks, food shelves, and other hunger-relief organizations to use his donation to help raise additional funds from other sources. Nationwide, these organizations raise as much money as possible between March 1 and April 30, 2011. The more money we raise, the larger our share of the $1 million donation from this initiative. The results from the community's FoodShare activities and all donations that Channel One receives during the months of March and April are part of our eligibility for the “Feinstein Challenge.”