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UNITED WAY FUNDING HELPS CROOKSTON CARE AND SHARE SERVE COMMUNITY IN NEW WAYS

The Crookston Care & Share has had to change its approach to delivering services over the past few months in several ways, some planned and others not.  The New Hope Food Shelf opened in March, which was followed by the onset of COVID-19 with the Care and Share initially packaging 800 meals through their “food drop” program when schools closed. 

The Care and Share received a grant this year from the Crookston United Way, and Care and Share Executive Director Brian Halos said that current circumstances led to the Care and Share depending on this money more than ever. “Now more than ever, we have really come to depend on this money to deliver a much-needed service,” said Halos. “The current COVID-19 pandemic has put us all in a new and difficult situation.  We’ve had to change the way that we conduct business and deliver services.”

When the governor closed schools in March, the Care and Share created the “food drop” program to help serve the families that qualified for free or reduced lunch until the school district could resume meal preparation said, Halos. “When the schools closed in March, we got involved in a program that came to be dubbed the ‘food drop’ program,” said Halos. “There are a lot of families in the school district that qualify for free or reduced-price meals, and we felt that there was a gap created by the school closures. The purpose of that program was to fill that gap until such time as the school district could resume meal preparations.”

The Care and Share also provides meals to its residents and community members who depend on them through the soup kitchen. Because of the pandemic the Care and Share being closed to the public, community members that rely on the soup kitchen are unable to go into the building.  However, the Care and Share provides about 25 meals to go each day from the soup kitchen beyond serving 50-60 residents.

Halos thanked the United Way for the funding provided for a much-needed service in the Crookston community. “The funding provided by the United Way of Crookston helps us to deliver a much-needed service,” said Halos. “We appreciate your support and look forward to a continued partnership in the future. Thank you again for all that you do.”

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