COMMUNITY EMERGENCY SERVICE INC
1900 11TH AVENUE SOUTH, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55404 www.cesmn.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: ROOTED IN GOD'S LOVING GRACE, COMMUNITY EMERGENCY SERVICE TRANSFORMS LIVES BY SERVING NEIGHBORS, SHARING RESOURCES AND BECOMING COMMUNITY - A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE COME HUNGRY AND LEAVE HOPEFUL.WE OPERATE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS CULTURALLY, ETHNICALLY AND RELIGIOUSLY DIVERSE. WE STRIVE TO SERVE ALL OUR NEIGHBORS IN NEED, AS CHRIST WOULD HAVE US DO, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OR TEST. WE INVITE SUPPORT FROM VOLUNTEERS AND DONORS AND ARE OPEN TO COLLABORATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES, REGARDLESS OF RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION. WE RESPECT THE DIGNITY OF EACH PERSON. WE ARE SERVANTS. WE ARE STEWARDS. WE ARE GOOD NEIGHBORS.

PROVIDE DIRECT SERVICE TO ASSIST PEOPLE IN MEETING BASIC PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL NEEDS.

FOOD SHELF: CES SERVES SOUTH, SOUTHEAST, LORING NICOLLET AND NORTH MINNEAPOLIS WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON THE HISTORICALLY CHALLENGED PHILLIPS NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS WHERE WE MAKE OUR HOME. DURING FISCAL YEAR 2020, CES HAD ALMOST 112,000 CLIENT ASSISTS AND DISTRIBUTED ALMOST 705,000 POUNDS OF FOOD. IT TAKES AROUND 2,100 VOLUNTEERS TO ASSIST THE FOOD SHELF PROGRAMS, EQUALING OVER 6,100 HOURS OF SERVICE. OUR FOOD PROGRAM INCLUDES AID FROM OUR CLIENT CHOICE FOOD SHELF FOR RECIPIENTS ONE TIME A MONTH, SPECIAL FOOD ASSISTANCE FOR THE EAST AFRICAN IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE COMMUNITY, BONUS FRIDAY FOOD DISTRIBUTION, FOOD BOXES THROUGH THE NAPS PROGRAM, OTHER SPECIAL DISTRIBUTIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND LIMITED FINANCIAL AID TO INDIVIDUALS FOR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE AFTER AN EXTENSIVE INTERVIEW PROCESS. BONUS FRIDAY DISTRIBUTION PROVIDES WEEKLY FREE PRODUCE TO ALMOST 20,000 ANNUALLY AND THE EAST AFRICAN FOOD DISTRIBUTION PROVIDES CULTURALLY SPECIFIC FOOD ASSISTANCE FOR ABOUT 1,800 PEOPLE. CES FOOD SHELF OFFERS AN EXTENSIVE INTERVIEW PROCESS WITH AN EMPHASIS ON CARING ABOUT EACH INDIVIDUAL. AS A NEWLY CERTIFIED SUPERSHELF WITH A HEALTHY FOODS POLICY, CES ENSURES MORE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY CAN EAT HEALTHY MEALS. AFTER BECOMING A CERTIFIED SUPERSHELF FOOD SHELF 2019, AS PART OF A NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH (HIH) RESEARCH EVALUATION GRANT LED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, CES CONTINUES TO OFFER MORE HEALTHY FOOD CHOICES. WE CONTINUE TO MEET SPECIFIC FOOD STOCKING STANDARDS AND VALUES. THE TRANSFORMED SPACE TO CREATE AN APPEALING ENVIRONMENT FOR CLIENTS HAS BEEN WELL RECEIVED AND WE CONTINUE TO OFFER MORE POUNDS PER PERSON.

HOME DELIVERY:CES DELIVERS FREE GROCERIES FROM ITS FOOD SHELF TO HOMEBOUND SENIORS AND DISABLED NEIGHBORS HELPING THEM REMAIN INDEPENDENT. GROCERY ORDERS ARE TAKEN OVER THE PHONE; VOLUNTEERS PRE-PACK THE GROCERIES FOR EACH CLIENT AND DELIVER THEM TO RECIPIENTS ON A SPECIFIED DAY, PROVIDING FREE NUTRITIOUS FOOD ALONG WITH A FRIENDLY VISIT BY VOLUNTEERS. ALTOGETHER, IT TAKES OVER 1,160 VOLUNTEERS TO TAKE AND FILL THE ORDERS, PACK, DELIVER AND SERVE THE FOOD. THIS EQUALS ALMOST 2,750 VOLUNTEER HOURS OF SERVICE. THE RECIPIENTS RECEIVE 30-35 POUNDS OF FOOD AND HYGIENE ONCE A MONTH, INCLUDING MEAT, EGGS AND DAIRY PRODUCTS, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL FRESH PRODUCE. CURRENTLY, HOME DELIVERY PROVIDES DELIVERIES OF GROCERIES TO AROUND 320 HOMEBOUND SENIORS AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES EACH MONTH, WITH AN ONGOING WAITING LIST AS OF THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR OF OVER 75. DURING FISCAL YEAR 2020, ALMOST 3,940 INDIVIDUALS WERE SERVED, DISTRIBUTING 145,850 POUNDS OF FOOD EQUALING OVER 122,500 OF MEAL EQUIVALENTS.

MOW: THE LARGEST MEALS ON WHEELS (MOW) PROGRAM IN MINNESOTA, DELIVERS A DAILY HOT MEAL, FRIENDLY SMILE AND WELLNESS CHECK TO AN AVERAGE OF 300 HOMEBOUND SENIORS AND DISABLED ADULTS. THE PURPOSE IS TO ASSIST PEOPLE TO LIVE IN THEIR HOMES RATHER THAN INSTITUTIONS, PROVIDING THEM A QUALITY OF LIFE WHILE AT THE SAME TIME A SAVINGS TO GOVERNMENT SOCIAL PROGRAMS. CES CHOICE MEALS, OUR FROZEN MEAL PLAN, OFFERS MORE SCHEDULING FLEXIBILITY TO OUR MORE ACTIVE RECIPIENTS. APPROXIMATELY 90 PERCENT OF CES MOW'S CLIENTS ARE AT OR BELOW THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL, AND 74 PERCENT OF CLIENTS ARE SENIORS. WITHOUT CES MOW, MANY OF OUR CLIENTS WOULD EXPERIENCE HUNGER. ANI-MEALS IS A FREE FOOD DISTRIBUTION FOR AN AVERAGE OF 185 COMPANION ANIMALS OF NEARLY 110 SENIOR AND DISABLED CLIENTS WITH THE HELP OF OVER 200 VOLUNTEERS EQUALING OVER 850 HOURS OF VOLUNTEER TIME. WITHOUT THIS PROGRAM, MANY CLIENTS FOREGO SIGNIFICANT PORTIONS OF THEIR FOOD TO FEED THEIR COMPANION PETS. DURING FISCAL YEAR 2020, THERE WERE ALMOST 72,000 MEALS SERVED TO OVER 520 SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS BY OVER 4,500 VOLUNTEERS, MANY WHO COME FROM THE BUSINESS SECTOR OF DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS AS WELL AS FROM MANY CONGREGATIONS. THESE VOLUNTEERS, SOME ONCE A MONTH AND OTHERS ONCE A WEEK VOLUNTEERED OVER 5,400 HOURS. THE SERVICE AREA INCLUDES SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS, NORTH MINNEAPOLIS AND THE LORING/NICOLET NEIGHBORHOODS. CES, ALONG WITH AREA ORGANIZATIONS, OPERATE A CENTRAL COMMISSARY TO PREPARE AND PACKAGE CATERED MEALS FOR A COALITION OF MOW PROGRAMS THAT HAS SAVED COUNTLESS FUNDS.

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