Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Give to the Max Day is an annual opportunity for Minnesotans to donate to their favorite local, regional or statewide nonprofits.
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Follow Eagan Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our daily newsletter| Blog for us Last year, 47,539 people donated roughly $13.6 million to 4,000 nonprofits statewide during Minnesota's "Give to the Max Day"—an annual fundraising day coordinated by GiveMN. Those are some big numbers, and Minnesotans will get another chance to beat that mark on Nov. 15 as Give to the Max Day rolls around once again. Launched in 2009, Give to the Max Day is an annual opportunity for Minnesotans to donate to their favorite local, regional or statewide nonprofits at GiveMN's website. The event, which is in its fourth year, challenges Minnesotans to raise as much money as possible for nonprofit organizations and schools in 24 hours. GiveMN, …
Monday, September 17, 2012
The fundraising event is scheduled for Sept. 20 at the Lost Spur Golf and Event Center in Eagan.
Follow Eagan Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our daily newsletter Editor's Note: The following is a press release from the Eagan and Lakeville Resource Centers. Local celebrities, entertainers, restaurants, craft breweries, and community members are gathering to support two Twin Cities nonprofits at the creative, lively event, "ZEST! A Local Event of Global Cuisine" from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 20, at the newly renovated Lost Spur Golf and Event Center in Eagan. Robyne Robinson, local television broadcaster and entrepreneur, will emcee the event. Local foodies Elizabeth Ries, co-host of Twin Cities Live, and Amalia Moreno-Damgaard, chef entrepreneur and author, will demonstrate and sample one of their …
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Starting in September, a refurbished short bus will bring donated food to the pantry's clients across Dakota County.
Follow Eagan Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our daily newsletter Editor's Note: The following is a press release from the Eagan and Lakeville Resource Centers. What started as a conversation about how to serve clients better has turned into an innovative approach to hunger relief. The Eagan and Lakeville Resource Center’s new Mobile Pantry will be rolling out to neighborhoods with fresh, healthy foods for families in need of food support. Starting in September, the refurbished short bus will be traveling to designated neighborhood sites for clients to come and select the foods their families need. “What’s amazing about Mobile Pantry is that we are able to take food support directly to neighborhoods that need it,” said…
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Eagan High School students attending the senior party on June 2 will have the opportunity to help their community.
Follow Eagan Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our daily newsletter It's not all fun and games this year. Eagan High School seniors will get the opportunity to help a handful of local nonprofit organizations this year during the high school's senior party on June 2. The new initiative, called Wildcat CARE, is an addition to the tableau of dancing, inflatable games and contests that is the high school's annual send-off for graduating students. As part of Wildcats CARE, senior party attendees can choose to spend part of their night participating in one of two separate volunteer projects. The projects include packing 500 snack bags for the Eagan and Lakeville Resource Centers and the Ronald McDonald House or writing letters…
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The drive is scheduled to take place on Monday, June 11.
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Editor's Note: The following is a press release from the Eagan and Lakeville Resource Centers. Did you know summer vacation for school children also means a higher food budget for families who are already struggling to make ends meet? Hope Speaks! is a supplemental summer food program sponsored by the Eagan and Lakeville Resource Centers for families with children. "Hope Speaks!" is a one day food and fund drive to be held on the first full day of the first week of summer vacation, Monday June 11 from 9 a.m. – 7 p.m. Your workplace, group, or organization can help “Fill the Trailer” with kid-friendly summer foods on June 11th. There are two ways to participate: 1) Hold a food and fund drive and have volunteers deliver the food to one of …
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Monday, May 14, 2012
The YMCA broke ground Friday on a 900-square-foot community garden.
It will cover 900 square feet, it will provide an outdoorsy educational experience for area youth and it will bring together a handful of area businesses and organizations. But mostly, a new community garden at the Eagan YMCA will provide cartloads of fresh produce for needy local families, thanks to a partnership with the Eagan and Lakeville Resource Centers. On Friday, the Eagan YMCA broke ground on the 26-foot-by-36-foot community garden, which is located near the Y's childcare entrance at its facilities at 550 Opperman Drive in Eagan. Eventually, YMCA officials hope the garden can grow tomatoes, peppers, squash, zucchini and other vegetables for the food shelf for use in the nonprofit's "Gardens to Tables" program. Eagan YMCA …
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
The local food shelf prepares for a summer of sustainable community vegetable gardening.
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012
The Eagan and Lakeville Resource Centers are mobilizing the Dakota County community to provide healthy food that doesn’t come in a can for those in need. “They’re definitely in touch with the community’s need for food,” said Mary Montagne, health promotion supervisor for the Dakota County Health Department. The department was among the ELRC’s original funders, and has given them approximately $4,000 in state grant funding to support the nonprofit's Garden To Table program. Garden To Table was recently recognized by the Minnesota State Horticultural Society, when the ELRC received the St. Paul Garden Club Award for excellence in community vegetable gardening last month. The program helps to fulfill the organization's larger mission of …
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012
The Eagan and Lakeville Resource Center's annual charity event returns this Thursday.
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Editor's Note: The following is a press release from the Eagan and Lakeville Resource Centers. The Eagan and Lakeville Resource Centers welcome the community to take part in the third Annual Empty Bowls fundraiser to be held Thursday, March 22, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 3930 Rahn Road in Eagan. This unique event pairs local art with hunger relief advocates to raise money to eliminate hunger in Dakota County. Local potters have been throwing bowls throughout the year so that by March, over 800 bowls have been handcrafted. Guests of the event select a handmade bowl, make a donation (suggested $20 per bowl) to hunger relief, enjoy signature soup and bread from one of many local restaurants, and leave with an “…
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Anna Schier
5:39 pm on Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Does anyone else know of any other organizations that are hosting food drives for "Hope Speaks!"? more ›