When Deb Gallagher Googled “Food Shelves Near Me” in 2015, she wasn’t expecting to find herself still volunteering with The Open Door in summer 2021. After starting out volunteering once a month, she now volunteers at least once a week, and is an expert at stocking shelves in a well-designed formation that allows for efficiency […]
AmeriCorps Opportunities with The Open Door!
We are so excited to announce we will be adding two AmeriCorps to our staff this summer! The Open Door is in need of two AmeriCorps members, one at our Eagan Pantry and one at our Apple Valley Mobile Distribution Center. Our Apple Valley Mobile Distribution Center AmeriCorps member will: Collect food rescue. Sort and inspect food […]
Feature: The Open Door’s Development Associate Cathy
Cathy came to The Open Door as a volunteer in 2009, after the Great Recession hit our community. She was working as a copy editor for the Pioneer Press, where “we were having all of these stories in the newspaper about the recession’s lingering effects – and all of these middle-class people were all of […]
Feature: The Open Door’s Mobile Food Program Manager Adam
What a difference a year makes. Around this time last year, Adam and his wife Elischeba had just returned from a trip visiting family in Ivory Coast, a country located in Western Africa. Coronavirus was barely heard of at that time. Adam shared that New Year’s is a very big celebration Abidjan, the capitol, […]
Feature: The Open Door’s Operation Assistant Gabby
Gabby’s first encounter with The Open Door was when she met our Executive Director, Jason Viana, working as a barista at Caribou. “Jason walked into Caribou and we started talking. Once he saw my ‘Hablo Espanol’ button he asked if I spoke Spanish.” Gabby not only speaks Spanish, but she is also a Master’s in […]