Feeding Others One Pantry at a Time
During each Christmas Holiday Season, Rum River has provided financial gifts to various community food shelf organizations serving the jurisdictions we work with since our outreach began in 2019. These funds have been given in honor of the great staff we have the pleasure of working with while administering the building code in those municipalities. The following organizations received donations in 2023.
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ACBC Food Shelf
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Becker Food Shelf
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Braham Area Food Shelf
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Centennial Community Food Shelf
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Christian Food Shelf
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CROSS Services
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Family Pathways Food Shelf
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Friends in Need, Cottage Grove
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Hope for the Community, Blaine
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Keystone Community Services Food Shelf
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Monticello Help Center
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North Anoka County Emergency Food Shelf
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Princeton Pantry
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Ralph Reeder Food Shelf
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Southern Anoka Community Assistance
For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me.
- Matthew 25:35
Through our involvement with Rotary International's local chapter in Cambridge and Isanti, Ben and Andy were able to donate some of their time this December to bring cheer to shoppers by ringing the Salvation Army bell at Cub Foods in Cambridge.
They were greeted with smiles from many while they ringed the bell of hope for those in need this holiday season.
Let all you do be done in love.
- 1 Corinthians 16:14
Rum River understands the importance of sharing our blessings with others.
RRC's philanthropy went International with the development of the Mango Community Family Farm in Lagosette, Haiti. Andy visited Haiti for the first time in May 2021 utilizing his company's insights with code administration and building science to help consult on various buildings for the community farm. The Mango Family Farm will provide nourishment, income, and purpose to many in Haiti through community education, food accessibility and modeling stewardship of our land and water resources.
Haiti was recently visited again in February 2024 by three of our staff members along with a local carpenter to assist with converting shipping containers into habitable space. The design will incorporate a sleeping area for guests visiting the farm to work side by side with those tending to the farm animals and gardens along with providing a library for education/workshops to encourage sustainability.
Please visit the Facebook page for photos and updates.
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Immaculate Heart
of Mary Academy
is located in Oak Grove, one of our Municipal partners. IHM Academy is a private Catholic school which offers a K-12 education for girls and K-8 education for boys.
IHM Academy has increased their enrollment by 42% since 2021. They are looking to expand their educational offerings for their students and their families.
Rum River was one of the supporters of their Fall Jog-A-Thon fundraisers in 2022 and 2023 where they received $185,000+ each year!!!
Please visit their website to learn more.
Helping Raise Healthy Families
Rum River Life Choices Center is committed to supporting women and men in unplanned and unexpected pregnancy situations.
At Life Choices Center a lasting impact is made on each woman and man that comes through their doors with a message of hope, healing and life. They inspire women and men to make good choices for their future, the future of their children and our communities.
Rum River Consultants Staff have been blessed to have children in our lives, nieces and nephews to dote on, and many others we are happy to claim as "our unofficial adopted children" through the years. We were happy to donate to this life giving organization that helps parents, children, and community have hope for the future.
RRC is helping sponsor their Fall Fundraising Picnic again in September 2024 at the Rec Park in Milaca. For more information, please visit rumriverforlife.org to donate or rumriverlifechoices.org for resources.
Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.
- Psalm 127:3