The Open Door - Food Shelf

Every $1 donated enables us to provide up to $10 of healthy, wholesome foods.

The Open Door is the largest non-profit food shelf in Dakota County providing food distribution across the south metro area. Through its collective programs, The Open Door serves approximately 5,500–6,000 individuals each month and distributes over 1.3 million pounds of healthy food annually.

What we do:

The Open Door—with the support of the community—is able to assist thousands of local individuals each month through a variety of programs designed to connect those in need with fresh, nutritious

options:

• Healthy food support at 2 food shelves in Eagan and Lakeville, 6 Mobile Pantry® sites, and our newest program, The Mobile Lunch Box, bringing healthy lunches and enrichment activities to low-income children during the summer months.

• Family Advocacy/Community resource referral link families to critical, stabilizing services at social service agencies.

• Garden To Table® program: 140 community garden plots, which allow families to grow the food their family needs, free of charge.