The ECHO Food Shelf's mission is to help people living in Blue Earth County and North Mankato with food assistance. Echo Food Shelf receives donations from the local community, where the food goes to less fortunate families, to help provide healthy meals for families.
At the start of Campus Kitchen at Minnesota State University, Mankato, the ECHO Food Shelf received 40 meals per week. At the end of the year, the ECHO Food Shelf is receiving 105 meals per week.
The Welcome Inn's mission is to provide housing and supportive services to low- income families and individuals. Campus Kitchen Mankato provides 30 meals per week for the Welcome Inn.
County Social Workers 'Journey Home Program' and Partners for Affordable Housing main focus is to help provide housing and supportive services to low-income families and individuals in the Mankato Area. Partners for Affordable Housing believes it is essential that affordable housing and temporary shelter be available to those in need. They also believe that the public interest is best served when all citizens have the opportunity to properly house themselves and their families in comfort and safety. They also believe that the cost of housing should not disproportionately deplete the already stretched finances of the poor and homeless.
Campus Kitchen Mankato starting delivering to 4 families in January 2006: three families of 7 and one family of 3. Campus Kitchen Mankato continues to deliver to two families of 7 and one family of 5, resulting in 38 meals per week.
The Theresa House's mission is to provide emergency shelter and short term transitional housing to families and single women, as well as assistance in meeting basic needs and accessing area social services. We bring special attentiveness to the needs of refugees and immigrants. Theresa House is an interdenominational Christian ministry, open to people of all beliefs. Campus Kitchen Mankato provides 30 meals per week for the Theresa House.
The Salvation Army is a truly international movement, sharing in the mission of Christ for the salvation and transformation of the world. Its members are at worship and at work in over a hundred countries. Salvation Army helps people in crisis during natural disasters, helps seniors, and collects money during the Christmas holiday for the people all over the country.
Campus Kitchen Mankato delivers 60 meals to the new Salvation Army Men's Shelter and will add another 10 to 40 meals starting October 2006.
