Food Drive Toolkit Support ICA Food Shelf and neighbors in our community! - Donate online at icafoodshelf.org
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Support ICA Food Shelf and
neighbors in our community!
Food
Drive
Toolkit
Donate online at
icafoodshelf.org
About Food Drives
Each month, ICA Food Shelf serves 800 families in our community through food services,
homelessness prevention, and employment assistance. Food is our biggest program by
far, and we need your help to meet the need in our community.
ICA partners with local businesses, schools, congregations, organizations, and
individuals to stock the food shelf, staff the food shelf with volunteers, and run our
programs.
Please consider getting involved!
You can make a huge difference in the lives of our
neighbors in need -- in your own community!
Register your food drive online at www.icafoodshelf.org/register-food-drive-here or contact
us at events@icafoodshelf.org or 952.279.0299.
Promote your food drive with our promotional posters on the ICA website.
Send us pictures from your collection process to be featured on ICA's Facebook page!
Food Shelf at K-Tel: Administrative Office:
Please bring all food donations to K-Tel. Please send checks made out to ICA to our
If donation is over 400 pounds, contact us at Administrative Office.
events@icafoodshelf.org to arrange a truck pickup
(subject to scheduling and availability). 12990 St. Davids Road, Minnetonka, MN 55305
11588 K-Tel Drive, Minnetonka, MN 55343 Contact:
Donation Hours: ICA Events Team
Monday 12:00-6:00 events@icafoodshelf.org
Tuesday 10:00-3:00
Wednesday 10:00-3:00
Thursday 10:00-3:00
Friday 10:00-3:00
Our Mission
To offer hope as we provide assistance to our neighbors in need
Our Vision
To uphold the dignity of our neighbors in need as they strive for self-
sufficiency, and share the ongoing work of assisting our neighbors in
partnership with the congregations, organizations, businesses, and
individuals in our communities
Our Belief
ICA's presence in our communities makes our neighborhoods
more stable and secure
The Need:
60% of the total individuals living in poverty in the Twin Cities metro are living in the suburbs,
not the urban core
Nearly one in five Hopkins & Minnetonka students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
Since 2008 the number of clients ICA serves has grown by 170%
Who We Serve:
Residents of Hopkins (50%), Minnetonka (33.1%), Excelsior, Shorewood, Deephaven,
Greenwood, and Woodland (last total 12.3%), homelessness/staying with others (4.6%)
Average of 687 households per month for food (total for all services: 800 families)
5,171 individuals in FY2020 for all services
383 Mobile Food Shelf & Home Delivery clients who are not physically able to visit the food shelf
What We Provide:
981,816 meals to ICA clients in FY2020
17,702 lbs of food to Hopkins & Minnetonka schools in FY2020
263 assisted with for homelessness Prevention through financial assistance for rent & utilities
Employment Assistance for those unemployed or underemployed
Outreach support for available resources such as SNAP (food support), Energy Assistance,
Hennepin County services and others
How We Make It Happen:
19 full or part-time employees
736 total volunteers, who put in 45,837 hours in FY2020
Food donations: 52% food rescue from local grocers, 42% individuals, groups & businesses
Monetary donations: 49% individuals, 23% grants, 15% businesses, 6% congregations, 4%
government support
Food and Fund
Drive Ideas
Individual or Family
Host a "theme drive"; have a different kind of food drive in your neighborhood: pet food, hygiene
products, "anything to make spaghetti," etc.
Plant a garden and donate the produce to ICA
Donate the extras to ICA; bought too much food for a grad party, birthday party, etc?
Ask for donations to ICA instead of birthday or holiday gifts
Have a garage sale; donate a percentage of the proceeds to ICA
Running a marathon or triathlon? Turn it into a fundraiser! Ask your friends or family for donations
based on your miles
Host a "fundraiser" party. Contact your local Pampered Chef, Tupperware, or Mary Kay
representative for more details
Teach your children the importance of giving to the food shelf and helping others
Smaller Group, Small Business, Large Group, Congregations,
Youth Group, or Scout Troop Business, or Corporation
Wear jeans to work day: Have employees pay to Five dollar drive, get every employee/member in
dress down for the day and donate the proceeds to donate $5 to a drive. Total it up and see the
to ICA difference you can make
Create a basket and donate it to ICA's silent Have an inner-office competition to see which
auctions! department can raise the most money in a month
Organize a competition against another Use a large thermometer as a scale to see how
neighborhood, family, youth group etc. to see who much your organization can raise
can raise the most food Set a goal to generate one ton of food for ICA
Have a different kind of food drive in your Host a bake sale or craft sale: donate a
classroom: pet food, hygiene products, "anything percentage of the proceeds to ICA
to make spaghetti," etc. Penny wars; pennies increase points, silver
Create a community garden and donate the decreases the other team's points
produce to ICA
When considering a fund vs. food drive, please remember that ICA can stretch
your dollars by up to 10x! Fund drives are an important portion of ICA’s revenue.
When doing a service project with kids, food drives tend to be more tangible and
rewarding.Host a Virtual
Fund Drive!
Organize a virtual fund drive! Instruct your group to donate using
your drive's keyword or organization's name in the company or group
box on ICA's website.
Add a little bit of body text
ICA will keep track of your drive's earnings so you know how much you've raised. Use it as
a healthy competition with your group!Serving Hopkins,
Minnetonka, Excelsior,
Shorewood, Deephaven,
Greenwood, and
Woodland since 1971.
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