BEMIDJI COMMUNITY
FOOD SHELF
Celebrating 41 Years of Serving the Community
OUR IMPACT IN 2023...
The Food Shelf is currently serving more families each month than we have in our history.
Over 1,000 families a month since April of this year. A 20% increase in support
"Without the food shelf, I would not be able to feed my kids. By the end of the month, we're not able to make ends meet."
food shelf customer.
As of October 1, 2023 we have served as many people as we did in all of 2022.
We are projected to see 11,000 families, consisting of 34,000 people in 2023.
For every dollar donated the Food Shelf provides 4 dollars of food to the community
The value of food support to our community in 2023 ...
$1,143,000
Bemidji Community Food Shelf completed a bit of a face lift this fall. The building was built in 1976, some 47 years ago, and was in need of a face lift. Thanks to Zetah Construction for their work and in kind donation.
