Bemidji Community Food Shelf celebrates volunteers

101018.n.bp.foodshelf.jpg — Food Shelf volunteers Jim Fretheim, left, and Randy Burg clean shelves during the Bemidji Community Food Shelf鈥檚 annual Fall Clean-Up Day in 2018.

By Pioneer Staff Report

September 02, 2023 at 9:30 AM

During the month of September, the Bemidji Community Food Shelf is celebrating the hundreds of volunteers who help operate the food shelf.

According to a release, over 600 volunteers from area churches, community members and businesses help in various jobs. In 2022, the food shelf served over 28,000 people from 9,200 families in Beltrami County.

Volunteers help in four specific job areas: shopper intake, helping shoppers select their food, stocking shelves and in the warehouse processing donations.

The food shelf offers two three-hour shifts a day on Monday, Wednesday and Friday that run from 9 a.m. to noon and from noon to 3 p.m.

Anyone wishing to learn about volunteering at the food shelf can call Debbi Johnson at (218) 444-6580 or email bcfsvolunteer@gmail.com.

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Bemidji Community Food Shelf celebrates volunteers

During the month of September, the Bemidji Community Food Shelf is celebrating the hundreds of volunteers who help operate the food shelf.