Lake City Food Shelf

CCW donates $500 to food shelf

Nov 2, 2016

The Council of Catholic Women (CCW) at St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church donated $500 to the Lake City Food Shelf on Oct. 28. Making the presentation on behalf of the CCW was Linda Harvey. Pictured, from left, are food shelf volunteers Karen and Tom Heise, Harvey, and food shelf volunteers Avis...

Golf tourney nourishes food programs

Oct 6, 2016

The first annual Nourishing the Lake on the Links Golf Tournament on Sept. 10 at the Zumbro Falls Golf Course raised $10,377 for two local food programs. Ardent Mills, which organized the tournament, donated $5,200 to the Packing for the Weekend program and the rest to the Lake City Food Shelf....

Sunday school children win Bethany Lutheran food shelf challenge

May 26, 2016

The Sunday school students at Bethany Lutheran Church challenged the congregation to see which group -- the students or the congregants -- could raise the most money and food for the Lake City Food Shelf. In the end, the students came out on top with 161 food items and $350 in cash donations. The...

Multiples abound in successful Five for Food campaign

Apr 7, 2016

Lake City Food Shelf volunteers met with representatives of the sponsoring organizations for the Five for Food Initiative to celebrate its success. Funds raised from the 1,535 contributions of $5 or more totaled $18,913.05. Seven sponsors contributed $1,000 each to bring the cash total to $25,913....

Global Catholic 'Mercy' effort has local impact

Mar 24, 2016

A statue of St. Joseph looks down upon a table full of food donations from members of St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church. The statue is the top level of a three-tiered display meant to represent the Holy Trinity. At the end of the month the donated food and money will go to the Lake City Food...

Electric co-op members donate to Food Shelf

Mar 24, 2016

Barb Kobs (left) presents a $500 check to Lake City Food Shelf Executive Director Carole Helgerson on behalf of the Goodhue County Cooperative Electric Association’s Round-Up Trust Fund. Around 75 percent of the cooperative’s members contribute to the fund by rounding up their monthly electricity...

Aktion Club honored for Five for Food support

Feb 10, 2016

Greater Lake City Community Foundation chairman Jim Schreck (far left) presents a certificate of appreciation to officers fo the Lake City Aktion Club for their participation in the Five for Food campaign supporting the Lake City Food Shelf. This is the second year the club has donated $5 for each...

Letter: Food Shelf seeks support during 'Food Share' campaign

Feb 10, 2016

To the editor: The Minnesota Food Share March Campaign is the only statewide food and fund drive of its kind in Minnesota. During March 300 food shelves around the state come together with congregations, businesses, community groups, and others to restock food shelves to help feed our neighbors in...

County rancor moves upriver in 2015

Jan 6, 2016

Donald Springer ended the last Wabasha County Board meeting of 2015 by thanking his fellow commissioners for a peaceful and productive year. 2015 followed several years of rancor and discord on the board. But two new commissioners, Cheryl Key and Brian Goihl, took office at the beginning of the...

New home, new food shelf

Dec 30, 2015

When the Lake City Food Shelf settled into its new facility at the end of 2014, it became in a sense a new food shelf. The building, in which the community food shelf is completing its first full year of operation, has allowed for several improvements, Director Carole Helgerson said. The new...