For the past few years, Inver Hills Community College has been developing a food pantry for their students, and Thursday, August 26 marked their grand opening. According to Inver Hills […]
Board Member Spotlight: Jen Joly by Kelli Martin
Jen Joly has been a Board Member since 2017 following a conversation with Executive Director Jason Viana in which he asked her if hunger mattered to her. After some self-reflection, […]
Staff Stoplight: Intern Jessica Bruggen by Kelli Martin
Jessica Bruggen has been working at The Open Door as our Dietetics Intern as one of many stops on her path to becoming a Registered Dietician at Illinois State University. […]
Volunteer Spotlight: Dana Birk by Kelli Martin
For Dana Birk, one of the positive things that came from the COVID-19 crisis was discovering a passion for volunteering at The Open Door. Last spring, she recalls a time […]
Client Spotlight: Ruta Bubliauskiene by Kelli Martin
Ruta is one of our Garden to Table clients here at The Open Door. She started going to the Eagan Pantry several years ago after hearing about it through St. […]