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A Powerful Local Presence
With over 90% of our resources dedicated to redistributing food and goods to Minnesota individuals and families in need, Hope for the City remains committed to addressing hunger and poverty in our local communities.  We continue to look for ways to expand our impact by forging new corporate partnerships for donated goods, as well as building relationships with the community-based organizations who help assure that donations get to our neighbors who need it most.

In 2010, more and more Minnesotans struggled to make ends meet due to job loss and the challenging economy.  The demand for our food and basic needs supplies was never greater.  In fact, hunger in Minnesota has doubled over the past five years and impacts more children than ever before - one in every eight Minnesota kids is now at risk for hunger.

By leveraging a network of relationships with Corporate Partners, Hope for the City receives shipments of nutritious foods like yogurt, cereal, eggs and produce that would otherwise be destined for landfills.  Our local Partnering Agencies make sure these goods, along with basic need supplies, reach the children and families who need them most.  2010 was a year of great need - but also inspiring results.

In 2010, Hope for the City:

• Collected and distributed 4,241,604 pounds of food
• Collected corporate surplus and in-kind donations from 83 companies
• Distributed 3,000 lunch boxes, each containing enough healthy meal fixings to provide two kids lunch for two weeks.  The "Lunch Box for Kids" program, in collaboration with media partner KSTP-TV,  The Nash Finch Company, Subway and others, helps families who struggle during summer months when discounted school breakfast and lunch programs aren't available.

With every $100 donated, we distribute $3300 worth of life-changing resources. And, for every $100 of food we distribute to our partners, we also distribute $150 in essential basic need supplies such as shampoo, soap, toilet tissue, office & school supplies, and clothing.

Did you know?
$2,000 will pay for a semi-truck load containing 40,000 pounds of surplus food valued at over $80,000 to be brought to the Twin Cities from a General Mills plant in Tennessee?