VEAP Food and Fund Drive – March 1 – April 11
VEAP is having a Food and Fund Drive in conjunction with the annual Minnesota FoodShare Campaign. Their goal this year is to raise $175,000 and 75,000 lbs of food. That’s quite a lot but there is a big need! In 2020 VEAP distributed 4,663,551 lbs of food (up 7.5% from 2019) to 26,630 people (up 9.5%).
For each of the next 5 weeks EMC will have a “Drive by and Donate” day when there will be volunteers outside EMC to take your donations. We will be requesting some of VEAP’s most-needed items. If you can’t get there at the designated time, you can bring your items to church during office hours. OR you can always make a monetary donation to VEAP. (If you donate directly to VEAP on their website, note in the comments box that you are an Edina Morningside Community Church member.)
Our first Drive by and Donate day will be Wednesday, March 3 from 4 pm to 6 pm. We are looking for laundry detergent (“liquid gold”, according to one VEAP volunteer) or personal care and household items – shampoo, toothpaste, soap, shaving cream, toiletries.