Grocery Distribution Event for All Households In-Need

April 16, 2020 By Sarah

Organized by Incarnation Church/Sagrado de Corazon | 38^th & Pleasant (SW corner)

Sunday April 19, 10:30 AM- 12:30 PM

If you are experiencing, or anticipating, a shortage of grocery staples in the coming week, please know you are invited to participate in the Incarnation/Sagrado de Corazon Grocery Distribution Event this coming Sunday. Intended for low-income households, or those that have difficulties accessing food, there is no cost to participate in this event. Enough groceries will be available to provide food-security for the coming week to 700 families.

Participants are asked to arrive by car, if possible. Four lanes will be formed and be directed to enter the parking lot from Pleasant Avenue. Boxes of groceries will be placed in your car by volunteers. Each box contains enough calories of food to feed a family of four for an entire week. Much of the food is dried or canned so will be shelf-stable.

Please know that you are welcome to share this information with others in our broader community. Zip codes will be collected at the event to allow for increased food distribution at this location in the coming weeks.

If you are interested in supporting this outreach you can make direct financial donations to the Incarnation/Sagrado COVID-19 Food Shelf at this link: http://bit.ly/IncarnationFoodShelf

Considering Stimulating the Economy by Donating to Local Nonprofits?

April 16, 2020 By Sarah

Currently many households are receiving “stimulus checks” in the mail (or direct deposited right into their bank accounts), as part of the economic recovery plan related to the impact of COVID-19. We understand that many families and individuals really need this money. We at KFNA are hopeful that this payment may help them stabilize their housing situation, buy some groceries, or pay other outstanding bills at this difficult time.

Other families and individuals, however, have been able to continue to work from home for the last month and while things are far from “normal”, they are still “alright”. Many of these households are talking about donating some, or all, of their stimulus checks to benefit those who are struggling more than they are in this pandemic. Donating to local nonprofit organizations is one way to do this. Many nonprofits have been working overtime to create new, safe systems to continue to feed, provide health services, and care for some of our most vulnerable populations including seniors, children, low-income families, and those struggling with mental health or chronic health issues.

If you don’t already have a “favorite” organization who is doing this work in our community, we encourage you to visit this spreadsheet that KFNA put together and learn more about some of these fantastic groups and the work they are doing. This week KFNA is highlighting many of these groups via social media; besides supporting them financially, we encourage you to both like, and share, our Tweets & Instagram (Twitter @Kingfield_KFNA) and Facebook Posts, and also encourage others you know to give generously in this time of unprecedented need.

Some of the frontline organizations that are seeking donations include:

Aliveness Project

American Red Cross

Avivo

Catholic Charities of St. Paul and Minneapolis

Lutheran Social Services of Minnesota

Memorial Blood Centers

Metro Meals on Wheels

Sagrado de Corazon

Second Harvest Heartland

Sheridan Story

St. Stephen’s Human Services

TRUST

Second Harvest Heartland Feeds the Hungry

April 14, 2020 By Sarah

In 2019, Second Harvest Heartland helped provide more than 97 million meals to hungry people. The need for meals has more than doubled since the COVID-19 outbreak began. Donate now and your contribution will be doubled as well. https://www.2harvest.org

Looking for Ways to Help in the Community?

April 1, 2020 By Sarah

If you are looking for ways to help in our community please visit this link of local nonprofits working on the front lines of helping to feed and support individuals and families in this time.

Thank you to volunteer and neighbor Brad Hilsabeck for helping Kingfield Neighborhood Association to compile this resource!

Can you smell it in the air? Kingfield Empty Bowls is tonight!

February 6, 2020 By Sarah

Vegetables being chopped, meat being seared, soup beginning to simmer, bread being baked, sugar being spun…and friends texting and calling friends to make plans for dinner tonight at MLK Park. The sounds and smells of activity and excitement…

The neighborhood is busy getting ready for Kingfield Empty Bowls Tonight!

A huge shout our to our restaurant partners who sustain us today at our Community Center…and many, many other days each year in their own spaces. Today they donate their time and talents to support youth in our community who have experienced homelessness and reside at Nicollet Square, a project of Beacon Interfaith.

Bring your neighbors, bring your family, bring your checkbook/cash/creditcards and join KFNA at MLK Park from 4-8 PM tonight, Thursday February 6!

Thanks go to: Butter Bakery Cafe, The Lowbrow, Cafe Ena, Patisserie 46, Baker’s Field Flour & Bread, Nighthawks, Kyatchi, Apoy, Seward Co-op Friendship Store, Curran’s, Gigi’s, Pat’s Tap, La Fresca, Clancey’s Meat & Fish, Lake Country School, Breadsmith, Sun Street Breads, and Victor’s 1959 Cafe!