Lori Tripp started volunteering with The Open Door in 2019 through her church, Easter Lutheran. Her first volunteer role was through Mobile Lunchbox, distributing meals to kids in the summertime. “Mobile Lunchbox is great because you can work the same route every day and you get to know the people,” Lori said. While she still […]
Volunteer Spotlight: Paulette & Friends
Paulette Krebill and her friends have been volunteering at The Open Door since 2020. For the last three years, every Wednesday, this friend group’s filled morning volunteer shifts for food sorting. While they are there to help The Open Door get ready for its daily operations, they are also there to laugh, spend time together, […]
School Food Distributions, Providing Families Convenient Access to Food Support
You may know that The Open Door brings food to senior living facilities and high-need communities with seasonal Pop Up Produce distributions and Mobile Lunchbox, but did you know we also provide food support at local schools?! The Open Door currently has three school site food distributions on the Mobile Pantry’s calendar every month, with one distribution […]
Food Rescue Operations at The Open Door Curb Food Waste and Hunger
The Open Door provides food to roughly 14,000 people every month, but where does all the food come from that gets distributed to families across Dakota County? Three main sources make up The Open Door’s food inventory and the nearly 3 million pounds of food that gets distributed annually: purchased food, donated food and rescued […]
Volunteer Spotlight: Delores Aldinger
Delores Aldinger knows The Open Door. With her volunteer experience spanning over a decade, Delores has seen The Open Door go through it all. From major moves and expansions to staff changes and turnover, to quickly adapting through the beginning of COVID-19, she never wavered as an Open Door volunteer. When asked why, “It’s just […]
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