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White Bear Area
<br />Food Shelf
<br />Founded in 1977 and is currently located at 1884 Whitaker Street in WBL
<br />Mission: To provide food and support to our neighbors in need.
<br />Vision: To end food insecurity in the White Bear Area
<br />5 Year Impact: Served over 250,00 people and provided over 3.2 million meals.
<br />Annual Budget: $1,591,215 in 2020-2021 ($750,270 in income and $840,945 in food donated)
<br />Staff: 7 staff (6.0 FTE)
<br />Food Insecurity
<br />• 1 in 9 Minnesotans, including 1 in 6 MN Kids, are food insecure.
<br />• Visits to food shelves in MN increased 7% from 2019 to 2020. The greatest increase in visits
<br />came from Seniors (31%) and Children (7%).
<br />COVID Response
<br />• Discontinued boundaries/barriers to programs -Open to anyone in need as often as needed.
<br />• 50% increase in visits in 2020.
<br />• Visits increased from 1200 to 1800 visits each month
<br />• Over 66,000 people served in 2020 with 36% children and 14% seniors
<br />Current Services
<br />• All programs offer choices of fresh produce, frozen meat, milk, eggs, and an abundance of
<br />groceries.
<br />• Curbside Pickup program is open three hours a day Monday through Friday (including two
<br />evenings) and is open to anyone in need.
<br />• Our Mobile Market program serves people experiencing barriers with transportation.
<br />• Kid Packs & school pantries provide students food over the weekend.
<br />• The Food Shelf connects neighbors to local resources like housing and energy assistance
<br />and other support as needed.
<br />• Our Emergency Fund helps provide small grants to neighbors experiencing an unexpected
<br />financial crisis.
<br />Community Support
<br />• 500 dedicated volunteers
<br />• A broad base of individual donors with the average gift being $200 in 2020. For every $1
<br />donated we can buy $8 worth of groceries.
<br />• 51% of the food distributed is food rescue from local grocery stores-Kowalskis, Lunds &
<br />Byerlys, Target, Fresh Thyme, Kwik Trip.
<br />• Strong partnerships in the area including area churches, WBL Lions Club, WBL Rotary Club,
<br />& the WBL Area Public School District.
<br />2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 5 yr Total
<br />Visits/
<br />Households
<br />Total
<br />7,643
<br />11,921
<br />14,405
<br />14,678
<br />22,009
<br />70,656
<br />Per mth
<br />636
<br />993
<br />1,200
<br />1,223
<br />1,834
<br />Individuals
<br />Served
<br />Total
<br />34,856
<br />48,438
<br />53,110
<br />54,096
<br />66,119
<br />256,619
<br />Per mth
<br />2,905
<br />4,037
<br />4,425
<br />4,508
<br />5,509
<br />Meals
<br />Total
<br />461,942
<br />602,605
<br />702,295
<br />749,187
<br />741,238
<br />3,257,267
<br />Per mth
<br />38,495
<br />50,217
<br />58,525
<br />62,432
<br />61,769*
<br />KidPacks/School
<br />Pantries
<br />Total
<br />11,311
<br />13,336
<br />12,751
<br />10,474
<br />8,293
<br />56,165
<br />Per mth
<br />943
<br />1,111
<br />1,063
<br />873
<br />691
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