Dear Minneapolis Market Sponsors and Volunteers,
Did you happen to catch the article in the Star Tribune about the Minneapolis Market?
Link: http://www.startribune.com/local/minneapolis/101701158.html
On September 1st, the West Metro Extra section of the Star Tribune featured an article about the Minneapolis Market. We were thrilled with the chance to share our story with more of the community around us. A member of the Upper Room Community, Cathryn Kennedy, helped us to share the Minneapolis Market story to a variety of different organizations and we were excited to be featured in the Star Trib.
Because of this article, I have been able to be in touch with a variety of people in the community who are interested in sponsoring, in need of food, and simply interested in what our community is doing with the Minneapolis Market. Again, this story continues because of your generous donations and volunteer hours.
Sponsorship Update
As of October, we are in need of new sponsors. There were about 20 sponsors who committed to sponsor a member for 6 months. We would like the members to continue to shop at the Minnneapolis Market and so we are looking for sponsors to fill those holes. If you know of anyone that would like to sponsor someone at the Minneapolis Market you can direct them to this link on our website: http://www.minneapolismarket.org/food-club-sponsorship/
Membership Update
We are currently close to 300 members at the Market and we continue to have potential members visit the Market. We are excited that the Minneapolis Market is in a community that has a need we can serve.
What is new at the Market?
This month we have two Upper Room community members who committed to picking up and delivering bread from Panera and the Franklin Street Bakery to the market. We are so thankful for these innovative ideas and actions from the community.
The vegetable boxes from Big River Farms continue to be a great addition to the Market. The produce at this time of the year is unbelievable and the members are all excited to have the fresh food available at the Market.
Redeemer Missionary Baptist Church continues to serve a dinner to the Market members and other community members on Thursday nights. The church and volunteers provide a hot meal and a chance to sit down and get to know other members of the Market. We love the partnerships that the Minneapolis Market encourages.
Volunteer Opportunities
The Minneapolis Market is run on strictly volunteer hours. Many of you are the force behind the success of this story. We have volunteers who meet the Second Harvest delivery truck, stocking teams who organize and clean the Market, Shift Managers and volunteers who work on Thursday and Saturday when the Market is open and a team of people who order the food, work with partnerships, keep up with the finances, and coordinate the volunteers. We are so thankful for the team of people behind the Minneapolis Market. We couldn’t do it with out the Sponsors and Volunteers.
If you are looking for a way to get involved volunteering we are looking for volunteers specifically on the Stocking Teams! To sign up to Volunteer visit this link: http://www.minneapolismarket.org/volunteer/
Molly Schroeder
Minneapolis Market Sponsorship Coordinator
molschroeder@gmail.com
