Minnesota FoodShare 2010



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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 FoodShare Campaign a Success! Thank you to everyone who contributed to this year's FoodShare Campaign for Channel One. We raised a record $174,219 and secured 217,722 pounds, making Channel One the top Food Shelf in all of Minnesota for this year's campaign. Thank you!! Top 2010 FoodShare Campaigns FoodShare is truly a community driven food and fund drive that raises awareness about hunger in Minnesota. Channel One would like to express our appreciation for all the congregations, businesses, individuals, schools and groups that made the 2010 such a great success! Thanks to each of you, we had our most successful FoodShare Campaign in the history of Channel One. The largest campaigns for 2010 are listed below. Congregations First Presbyterian Church - $9,180 and 259 pounds of food Gloria Dei Lutheran Church - $4,999 and 90 pounds of food Good Shepherd Lutheran Church - $3,501 and 934 pounds of food Business Campaigns Eastwood Bank - $8,207 and 2,088 pounds of food Olmsted County Employees - $5,612 and 1,093 pounds of food ABC 6 News - $312 and 1,706 School Campaigns Bamber Valley - $452 and 2,662 pounds of food Schaeffer Academy - 772 pounds John Adams - 674 pounds

	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, 2010. 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”.