During the month of March, people throughout Minnesota come together to raise funds and collect food for their local food shelves. Traditionally the time of year when food shelves’ inventory was lowest, the March Campaign has become the largest grassroots food and fund drive in the state.
Please join ICA, along with your family, school, neighborhood, business, congregation, and community organization to raise funds and collect food for neighbors facing food insecurity in our community. We need your help. Every dollar donated during March will be proportionally matched, so your donation will go even further!
Here’s how you can get involved:
Donate funds. Contribute financially. Remember that all funds donated this month will be proportionally matched, so your gift will go even further. And with our buying power, we can buy more food for the same dollar.
Donate food. View our Current Needs list for a list of our most-needed items.
Host a food drive. Food drives are a great way to raise awareness of the need in our community! Collect food; donate it to ICA. View our Food Drive Toolkit filled with ideas, resources, and posters.
Host a fund drive. Gather your co-workers, congregants, classmates, friends, and neighbors to raise money to help our neighbors. “Sell” $20 certificates; $20 = 20 meals for people experiencing food insecurity. Donate here.
“Attend” our virtual Empty Bowls event. March 2 - 9. Learn more at hopkinsemptybowls.org.
Round up at the register. Lakewinds Minnetonka and Driskill's Downtown Market in Hopkins are offering roundups this month for ICA.
Involve others! Do your neighbors, coworkers, congregants, classmates, friends, and family know about the need in our community? Help us spread the word that it's easy to get involved and help. Let’s ensure all our neighbors have enough healthy food to eat.
Interested in getting involved in another way? Have questions? Please contact Patti at 952.279.0290 or patti@icafoodshelf.org.