Lake City Food Shelf

Contributors, volunteers help food shelf help people

Nov 16, 2022

Thank you to the generous community of Lake City for your continued support of the Lake City Food Shelf. Churches, businesses, organizations, schools, and individuals continue to contribute and enable the food shelf to buy food to help people in need in Lake City. Our volunteers show up each...

Church youth to trick-or-treat for food shelf

Oct 26, 2022

After a couple-year hiatus, youth from Lake City-area churches will resume trick-or-treating for the Lake City Food Shelf this year. On Halloween (Monday, Oct. 31), people are asked to support their efforts with canned goods, dry food items, and other things suitable for the food shelf.

Food shelf seeking help with certain items

Sep 14, 2022

We are fortunate to live in such a giving, supportive community. The Lake City Food Shelf is one of the organizations that is blessed by citizens, groups, and churches who give money and food donations throughout the year, and for that, we are grateful. At the Food Shelf, we try to be good...

Pass It On donates to food shelf

Aug 17, 2022

The volunteer workers at the Lake City Food Shelf on Tuesday, August 9, paused for a photo when a donation of $3000 arrived from the Pass It On Thrift Shop in Lake City. Pictured from left to right are Diane Coombs, Ross Bendickson, Kathy Wigern, Carole Helgerson (director), and Pastor David...

Gardenaires donate $1,500 raised at garden tour

Aug 3, 2022

The Lake City Gardenaire Garden Club sponsored their first ever garden tour as part of Lake City’s sesquicentennial and they are excited to show their 150, times ten. “The garden club’s successful garden tour was on July 16,” the club said in a news release. “The garden club is happy to share that...

Food shelf stacks 150 soup cans for city 150th

Jul 20, 2022

Lake City Food Shelf volunteer Mavis Hawkins poses with a stack of 150 soup cans created by the Lake City Food Shelf for the “Show Us Your 150” challenge. “Show Us Your 150” is a year long challenge with the grand prize of $150 being awarded at the final event in December of 2022. There will be...

Lake City Federal Bank sponsors Five for Food initiative once again

Apr 13, 2022

Staff members of Lake City Federal Bank presented a check to the Lake City Food Shelf as a sponsor of the annual Five for Food Initiative. The bank was one of the original five sponsors of Five for Food and has participated as a sponsor every year. Pictured from left to right are, Carol Hoops,...

Food shelf staff thankful, relieved after successful Five for Food drive

Apr 13, 2022

A special thank you from all the staff at the Lake City Food Shelf for another Five For Food Drive through March Food Share Month. Thanks to Bruce Carlstrom for his leadership in organizing this drive for many years. Businesses, churches, schools, organizations, and individuals generously donated...

Alliance Bank sponsors Five for Food

Apr 6, 2022

Alliance Bank Lake City was once again a sponsor of Five for Food. Five for Food 2022 exceeded it $40,000 goal with total contributions of $42,259. Bank employees pictured are: Seated: Brent Meincke and Wade Carlson. Standing left to right: Tammy Roschen, Mary Harteneck, Phyllis Krause, Ellen...

Five for Food raises $42,009, exceeding goal by $2,000