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Giving a Gift: MN Twin Cities Volunteer & Donation Spots
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items For the days you feel like making the world a little brighter, this list is full of local places that always need a helping hand! Food, blankets, time, or resources, whatever you can give, someone here will feel the love.
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Community Cupboards
A Safe Place to Land
Give Time and Lend a Hand
Community Cupboards
Local food shelves make an immediate impact by getting groceries and essentials to families right here in our community. Whether you donate a few bags of food, volunteer a shift, or support their programs, every small act helps.
ACBC is making impact in Anoka County by making sure local families have groceries, essentials, and a little extra hope when life gets tough. How to Help: donate food, volunteer, or drop off household basics. My Orangetheory studio is supporting ACBC...
ACBC Food Shelf
CROSS Services is a community-rooted nonprofit that helps local families with food, clothing, and essential support. How to Help: donate food/clothing, volunteer, support holiday/kids' programs.
CROSS Services
NEAR Food Shelf is a community-driven spot ensuring the community families never have to worry about their next meal. True MN neighborly kindness. How to Help: donate food/household basics and volunteer.
Near Food Shelf
The Good Acre is all about fresh food, local farmers, and feeding the community with mindfullness. They work with Twin Cities growers to bring healthy produce to schools, food shelves, and families who need it most. How to Help: donate, volunteer in ...
The Good Acre
A community-powered food shelf that focuses on fresh produce and supporting families in need. How to Help: Donate groceries, volunteer time, or give financially.
Community Emergency Assistance Programs (CEAP)
A Safe Place to Land
These organizations provide safety, warmth, and stability for people experiencing homelessness in our community.
Hope 4 Youth supports teens and young adults experiencing homelessness in the Anoka area. I love how much they pour into each person to help meet their immediate needs and helping them build a path toward stability and independence. How to Help: dona...
HOPE 4 Youth
People Serving People is one of the Twin Cities’ most impactful family shelters, offering safe housing, warm meals, and support for parents and kids. How to Help: donate food/essentials, volunteer, or support their programs for children and families.
People Serving People Inc
Sharing and Caring Hands provides a host of services that include food, clothing, shelter, transportation assistance, medical and dental help and much more to the over 20,000 people who come through our facility each month. How to Help: This program ...
Sharing & Caring Hands | MN
YouthLink works with young people, ages 16-24, experiencing homelessness. Whether it’s basic needs, like a shower and ameal, assistance with jobs/education goals, mental/physical health resources, or finding supportive housing, they help people at al...
YouthLink
My Very Own Bed gives children transitioning out of homelessness a real bed of their own. They provide brand-new beds, bedding, and cozy bedtime kits so kids can sleep comfortably, feel secure, and settle into their new home. How to Help: donate bedd...
My Very Own Bed
Backpack Project MN creates care kits filled with essentials like toiletries, socks, and basic self-care items for young people experiencing homelessness. How to Help: donate new toiletries/supplies, pack a backpack, or volunteer for distribution eve...
Backpack Project MN
A Minnesota furniture bank helping families furnish their homes with dignity. I was able to tour the facility and the stories they shared was so impactful! How to Help: Donate furniture, volunteer, sort goods, and spread the word about Bridging MN!
Bridging MN
Give Time and Lend a Hand
Give your time in ways that make a big difference! These opportunities let you show up, lend a hand, and directly impact lives in our local Minnesota community.
Habitat for Humanity partners with local families to build and repair safe, stable, and affordable homes. Volunteers help with everything from construction to painting. How to Help: join a build day or donate supplies! You don't need to be a pro at c...
Volunteer | Twin Cities Habitat For Humanity
Helping Paws partners people with disabilities and veterans with expertly trained service dogs. Volunteers help raise, train, and support these life-changing dogs from puppyhood to placement. How to Help: Help train or host a dog, or be a general vol...
Helping Paws Rescue
A volunteer-run program that brings holiday magic to local families. Toys for Joy provides kids with gifts, winter gear, and essentials—making sure every child feels seen and celebrated during the holiday season.
Toys For Joy MN