Are you ill or lack transportation? We can deliver through our Mobile Food Shelf Program.
Please see our designated delivery dates for your area.
Cosmos, MN: First Wednesday morning of every month
Grove City, MN: Second Wednesday morning of every month
Watkins, MN: Third Wednesday morning of every month
Other towns within Meeker County: By request
If you would like more information or want to sign up, please call our Litchfield site at (320) 693-7661.
Our Mission: The Meeker Area Food Shelf is a cooperative venture of community partners working to provide access to healthy food for those facing food insecurity.
Our Vision: Every person in the Meeker area has access to nutritious, culturally appropriate foods that allows them to live a healthy life while removing the stigma of needing assistance.
The Meeker Area food shelf opened on August 22nd, 1983 as the community's response to an elevated unemployment rate, which was 16% higher than the national average. In 2009, the Dassel Area Food Shelf opened, as a satellite site, as the community's response to growing food insecurity in the area. In recent years, both of our sites have been transformed into certified SuperShelves. In 2017, we partnered with the Dassel Elementary School and the Dassel-Cokato Middle School and launched the Power Up Snack Pack Program which provides snack food for students on weekends and holiday breaks. We recently launched our Mobile Food Shelf Program which brings food to those in need within Meeker County.
The Meeker Area Food Shelf is an equal opportunity provider and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender expression, age, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations.
How You Can Help:
Financial donations allow us to purchase food at a discounted rate through our food bank, Second Harvest Heartland. You can donate easily online: Click Here to Donate
Food donations help us stock our shelves.
Our current Top 5 needs are:
2023 Business Drive Donors
A Special THANK YOU to our local businesses who help support our mission.
Pear Level Donors ($1,000+)
AgCountry Farm Credit Services
American Legion No. 104
Anderson Chemical Co.
Bobcat
Braun Lindberg
Center Bank
Custom Precision Tech Inc. (In Memory of Mitchell Grierson)
Dassel Pickelball Players
Eagles Aerie No. 3425
Hicks Trucking Company
Kadyl Logistics Inc.
Lions Club of Cokato-Dassel
Litchfield Lions Club
Litchfield Liquor
Sparboe Companies
SpartanNash (Litchfield Family Fare)
Tech-Etch, Inc.
Thrivent
Wat-Kim-Valley VFW Post 5460
Banana Level Donors ($500-999)
American Legion Post 364
Blue Stem Wealth Partners, LLC
Darwin Community Legacy Foundation
Greg Brock Consulting, Inc.
Home State Bank
Kielty Trucking
Lakeview Engineering, L.L.C.
Litchfield Golf Club Inc.
Litchfield V.F.W. Post 2818
Porta-Dock, Inc.
Ripley Transportation Company, Inc.
Spectralytics
Orange Level Donors ($100-499)
American Time & Signal Co.
Binsfeld Tire, Inc.
Boerner Well Co.
CDS- Conway, Deuth & Schmiesing, PLLP
Central Counties Cooperative
Citizens Bank Minnesota
Cokato-Dassel Rotary
Cokato Motor Sales, Inc.
Crest Healthcare Supply
Darwin Community Club
Felling Trailers, Inc.
Fischer Laser Eye Center
Heartthrob Exhaust, Inc.
Inselmann Concrete
IRD Glass
Jason Tibbits State Farm
Johnson-Hagggland Funeral & Cremation Services/Ertl Funeral Home
Kinsella Chiropractic Clinic
Ladie’s Auxiliary to Fraternal Order of Eagles #3424
Litchfield Building Center
Northland Body & Paint Inc.
Perennial Bank
Pierce Insurance
Precast Systems & Darwin Monument
Ramsey Printing & Design
Sibley Dental Suite, PLLC
The 1 Foundation: Remembering Dylan Falling
Thomton, Sperry, Jensen & Keithahn, LTD
Apple Level Donors ($1-99)
Litchfield Eye Center
Meeker Dairy Association
Ziegler Seamless Gutters
Egg Donors
Forsman Farms
Sparboe Farms
*Meeker Area Food Shelf Membership is awarded to individuals who annually donate a total of $250 or more and organizations, businesses and churches which annually donate $500 or more. Members have the right to vote at our Annual Meeting. Meetings are held once a year in August. Details will be posted closer to the date.*
Dassel Location:
Address:
531 Atlantic Ave. W.
Dassel, MN 55325
Phone: (320) 275-0124
Open Hours:
Tuesdays: 10am-3pm
Thursdays: 3-6pm
*Please arrive at least 15 minutes before we close to ensure service for the day.*
The Dassel Area Food Shelf is closed on the following Holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, President's Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, 4th of July, Labor Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving Day, the Friday after Thanksgiving, December 24th if a weekday, and Christmas.
Our Dassel location follows the inclement weather schedule of the Dassel-Cokato School District.
Meeker Area Food Shelf
(320) 693-7661
118 North Sibley Ave.
Litchfield, MN 55355
Hours:
Mondays- 11am-6pm
Wednesdays- 10am-3pm
Thursdays- 10am-3pm
Fridays- 10am-3pm
*Please arrive at least 15 minutes before we close to ensure service for the day.*
The Meeker Area Food Shelf is closed on the following Holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, President's Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, 4th of July, Labor Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving Day, the Friday after Thanksgiving, December 24th if a weekday, and Christmas.
The Meeker Area Food Shelf follows the inclement weather schedule of the Litchfield School District.