In Minnetonka, the Intercongregation Communities Association Food Shelf has seen a 114-percent increase in demand since 2008. It's why the ICA opened another shelter in Excelsior recently.  

More than 3,000 community activists laced up their shoes at the Mall of America (MOA) Thursday morning and walked more than three miles to feed Minnesota's hungry.

The record number of participants raised more than $306,000 in the fifth annual Walk to End Hunger, presented by Greater Twin Cities United Way and the Mosaic Company.  

The mayors of Shorewood, Excelsior and Tonka Bay had just three minutes to race around the Shorewood Cub Foods store and load up their shopping carts on Thursday.

Their haul totaled more than $4,700.  

ICA has launched its newest tactic to reach more people in need - a mobile food truck. The truck is serving members of the senior community at Dow Towers in Hopkins and Hopkins Village Apartments 

In November 2011, ICA Food Shelf, which for 40 years has been assisting needy families in the West Metro, found the money to purchase a refrigerated truck that could deliver groceries to low income seniors. St. Luke Presbyterian Church in Wayzata and corporate partners Park Nicollet and Allianz provide the money needed to purchase groceries, load the truck and do the deliveries.



 

Beautiful Smiles Orthodontics in Minnetonka collected 675 pounds of candy to support troops overseas and the ICA Food Shelf in Minnetonka.

Minnetonka, Minn. — The number of people struggling to feed themselves and their families is on the rise in the Twin Cities suburbs, including the middle class and affluent communities of Minnetonka, Eagan and Lakeville — places you might not associate with food insecurity. To read or listen

Hunger has doubled in the past five years in the Twin Cities. Eighty-Five percent of food shelves have seen the increase in demand.… To see more