Twin Cities food drives find new ways to reach needy families Health clinics, churches, rec centers step in to fill empty stomachs in hard times January 30, 2021 5:29pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Some St. Paul health clinics are providing more than doctor visits and flu shots this winter. They re also handing out potatoes, as well as apples, canned fruit and toilet paper.
Minnesota Community Care s clinics, which mostly support low-income people of color and immigrants, have launched new food pickups outside clinics to serve hundreds of families in need.
It s part of a broader shift to expand access to food closer to home and at familiar spots from clinics and churches to libraries and city halls during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has worsened Minnesota s hunger crisis.