Help North Country Food Bank

Donate Funds

Donate Funds

For every $1 you donate, 4 meals are provided.

End hunger by making a financial contribution to North Country Food Bank, Inc. Your tax deductible donations go further when you donate to North Country, where $1=4 meals. See all the ways you can make a financial contribution.

One-Time Donation

Your cash contribution makes a real difference to hungry neighbors across northwest and west central Minnesota.

One dollar donated to North Country Food Bank, Inc. can provide up to four meals for people in need. Your cash donations enable us to acquire and distribute millions of pounds of food across the region. Help us to keep good food from going to waste and provide hunger relief for thousands of people in northwestern Minnesota. Where else can one dollar do so much good? A $25 donation will go a long way toward ending hunger for a family, a senior citizen, or a child. Please donate today.

Send checks to:
North Country Food Bank, Inc.
1011 11th Ave NE
East Grand Forks, MN 56721

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Corporate Matching Gifts

Many employers sponsor matching gift programs and will match any charitable contributions made by their employees. If your company is eligible, request a matching gift form from your employer, and send it completed and signed with your gift to:

North Country Food Bank, Inc.
1011 11th Ave NE
East Grand Forks, MN 56721

We will take care of everything else! The effect of your gift could be doubled or possibly tripled! Some companies even match gifts made by retirees and/or spouses. If your company does not currently match employee contributions, you might consider discussing this matter with your human resources department. It may be helpful to let them know about the issues you support, and you can ask if they would consider changing their matching gift policy.

If you would like to contact us with any questions or concerns about matching gifts, please send an email with your name and contact information to  Scott Johnson at scott@www.northcountryfoodbank.org.

Employee/Workplace Giving Campaigns

North Country is always grateful to be the recipient of employee giving or workplace campaigns! If you’re organizing a workplace giving campaign at your company, consider these strategies for success:

  1. Set a goal with your employees. Establish a dollar goal. How much was raised last year? Try to increase this amount by 10 to 15 percent. You may also consider setting a participation rate—for instance, striving to have 60 percent of employees participating. You’ll find greater success if the employees are engaged in establishing these goals.
  2. If your company matches employee gifts don’t forget to tell your team. If your company does not regularly match gifts, consider setting a one-time amount for a specific time period. For example, for every $1 given to North Country Food Bank the company will match up to $25,000. Be sure to announce that employee gifts will be doubled. This can really help boost participation!
  3. Establish a campaign committee with staff from each department represented. The staff should be non-management staff and have a wide appeal to peers. This takes the appearance of management pressure out of the process. This committee can help put a tremendous amount of energy into your campaign.
  4. Have employees who have participated give testimonials. It is better coming from someone considered a peer.
  5. Stress how easy it is to give via payroll deduction.
  6. Establish rewards for participation rates such as a pizza parties, extra days off, or something of value to your employees.

If you have additional questions or want to hear more examples of how to make your campaign a success, please contact Scott Johnson at scott@www.northcountryfoodbank.org

Memorials & Tributes

Every day, more and more people are choosing alternative gift options for birthdays, holidays, memorials, and many other occasions. It’s easy to make a memorial or tribute donation to North Country Food Bank. We will mail an honor card or memorial card on your behalf.

Online
Click here to donate online. In the notes section, please indicate that your gift is in honor of or in memory of someone. You will be prompted for honoree information at that time. If requested, we will send a card notifying the honoree that a gift has been made in their honor.

By Mail
Simply include a note when you mail in your donation explaining that this gift is in honor of or in memory of someone and including any recipient information if you want us to send a card notifying him/her of the donation.

North Country Food Bank
Donor Relations
1011 11th Ave NE
East Grand Forks, MN 56721

By Phone
Please call 218-399-7360 and provide information about your memorial or tribute.

Planned Giving

Make a big impact with a future gift

Elevate and increase your impact on the fight against hunger in northwest and west central Minnesota by establishing a gift that will benefit North Country Food Bank after your lifetime. North Country would welcome the opportunity to assist you in developing a gift option that meets your philanthropic goals.

Establishing a gift allows you to both provide for your loved ones, while also ensuring North Country Food Bank has the support needed to end hunger across northwest and west central Minnesota in the future.

>If you are interested in this giving option, please fill out this interest survey. We will be in contact with you to discuss the details further!

For additional information or to learn more about available options, please email us.

Other Ways to Give

North Country relies on donations from supporters like you to make food available to the thousands of neighbors in need across northwest and west central Minnesota. It is our goal to make it easy and convenient for you to donate in whatever way is most convenient for you.

By Phone
Simply call 218-399-7360

By Check or Cash
Make checks payable to North Country Food Bank, and mail them to:
North Country Food Bank, Inc.
1011 11th Ave NE
East Grand Forks, MN 56721

By Wire Transfer
Please contact North Country at 218-399-7360 for wiring instructions.

Donor Privacy Policy

It is the policy of North Country Food Bank, Inc. to keep all donor information confidential. North Country does not rent, sell or share any personal or financial information about our donors with any other entity. For more, see our Privacy Policy.

Together we can make a difference.

Giving Hands

Donate Food

North Country Food Bank offers a variety of opportunities for individuals and organizations to get involved with hunger relief work through food donations. We depend on our amazing food industry partners for much of the food distributed to those in need throughout northwestern Minnesota.

Benefits of partnering with North Country Food Bank:

Support your local community and local neighbors via hunger relief

Cost Savings: Product disposal fees are reduced, tax savings

Free up your dry storage, refrigeration, freezer, and warehouse floor space by donating your unwanted inventory

Convenience: flexible and free pickup from a local agency or the food bank

Shows your customers your commitment to helping others

Reduce waste by donating food instead of sending it to landfills

Donate Food

Donors are Protected by the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act. The law protects good-faith food donors from civil and criminal liability.

Our warehouse handles large quantities of food, typically by the pallet. Individuals and organizations can get involved in our hunger-relief work locally. Find information on the products we accept along with how you can make a donation below.

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Types of Donations we Accept:

Close to Date items

Discontinued items

Mislabeled Product

Bulk Product

Seasonal Items

Production Overruns

Packaging Changes

Reclamation or Salvage

Frozen & Refrigerated Foods

Farm Produce

Prepared or Perishable items

Out of Code Items (with extended Use-by dates)

Test Product Inventory

Please consider donating to your local food shelf. Local food donations made to a food shelf partner by individuals and organizations/businesses should refer to our Food Donation Guidelines.

To make a donation or for more information, please contact Hannah Douglas at 218-399-7363 or hannah@www.northcountryfoodbank.org.

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Where We Serve

North Country Food Bank serves 21 counties in northwest and west central Minnesota and part of Grand Forks, North Dakota.