Recent News from FFEN

Navigating the Sector for Sustained Community Impact The hunger relief system is a vast evolving sector. Today's food shelf leaders, to...

Volunteer Name: Asmita Kerkar FFEN Volunteer Role: Layout Design How did you get involved with FFEN? I was always looking for...

Volunteer Name: Holly Halter FFEN Volunteer Role: Grant Writing Volunteer Current Professional Title: Merchandise Planner How did you get...

In June 2021, FFEN was enlisted to help meet the challenges faced by the McLeod Emergency Food Shelf’s Glencoe location (one of two...

Before moving to Minneapolis in 2017, Quentin graduated from Indiana University with a Masters in Public Health. After traveling with...

Lonsdale Area Food Shelf (LAFS) is a volunteer-run organization serving the Lonsdale, Veseli and Webster communities in southeastern...

Volunteer Name: Chris Roberts FFEN Volunteer Role: Data Analysis Current Professional Title: Data Scientist and Consultant How did you...

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Salvation Army (SA) Noble food shelf, located in Brooklyn Park had been extremely limited in their...

Join us for an Introduction to FFEN to learn how you can get involved in reshaping the hunger relief sector! FFEN is an entrepreneurial,...

We are excited to kick off our very first Project Management Cohort this month. In addition to our three current Project Managers, we are...

We’re excited to announce that the next statewide food shelf survey will be happening this year! The 2019 Minnesota Food Shelf Survey...

Over the last year, FFEN has been working with New Creation Baptist Church (NCBC) Food Shelf in South Minneapolis to redesign the food...

A small, rural Minnesota town with just over 2,000 people call Eyota home. And the community support is strong. In 2017, a girl scout...

FFEN’s work supporting improved operations and services at local MN food shelves would not be possible without the hours of time and...

Rock County Food Shelf in Luverne, Minnesota has continued to evolve to meet community needs since its founding. Originally created as a...

Foundation for Essential Needs (FFEN) is focused on reshaping the Minnesota hunger relief sector - to ensure all food shelf shoppers...

Tomorrow is Give to the Max Day! We have a BIG fundraising goal of $70,000 and we know that it will make a BIG IMPACT for local food...

The MN Giving Holiday is one week away and FFEN still needs your help to reach our Give to the Max Day match of $30,000. Now is an...

It’s already November and that means Give to the Max early giving has started. FFEN has a goal of raising $70,000 from now through...