The 6th Annual “Green Bean Open”, benefiting the Buffalo Food Shelf, will be on Monday, August 9th, with a shotgun start at 1pm. Contact Joe out at Wild Marsh to be a sponsor for the event or if you want to sign-up a team (682-4476).
Information about Zion’s own “Ed Blair Classic”, also in August, can be found at ZionBuffalo.org.
As seen in the Wright County Journal-Press, April 22, 2010
On behalf of the Buffalo Food Shelf Council, I would like to send out a special thank you to Roger Brenny and all those of Zion Lutheran Church who helped with the Easter Dinner Basket project that was distributed at Zion on March 30. Over 600 individuals were blessed by the work this group did to provide the makings for a ham dinner to be enjoyed this Easter Season. The families that picked up their Easter Dinner Basket were also treated to a meal at Zion.
Thanks Roger for your leadership in this project. Our community is very blessed to have people like you and your church members caring about those who are financially struggling to feed their families.
Jill Ask
Buffalo Food Shelf
A huge thank you to all who participated in the Food Shelf Easter Basket Project a couple of weeks ago. You provided enough food and money to supply a Easter meals for 245 families in the Buffalo area. It was great to see Zionaires working along side youth and the many other volunteers come forward to pack these bags in the morning and graciously help feed and distribute these baskets in the afternoon. It was an excellent example on how Zion can reach out in a positive way to care for our neighbors.
Roger & Sandy Brenny
During Lent, Zion’s Social Ministry committee will be coordinating Easter Baskets to be distributed to families in need in our community through the Buffalo Food Shelf.
Here’s how you can help:
Sign up at the information desk or in the office.
Zion is partnering with the Buffalo Food Shelf to provide Easter meals for 300 local families. Included in each bag will be a green bean casserole kit. You can help by bringing cans of green beans, cream of mushroom soup, and french fried onions. Other needed items include mashed potatoes, fruit, Jell-O, dessert mixes, and Jelly Beans. Of course, cash donations are accepted too.
There are also many volunteer needs on Tuesday, March 30, when the bags will be packed and distributed at Zion. Opportunities include both daytime (remember, it’s Spring Break) and evening spots for adults, confirmation students, and families. Sign up at the information desk.
Zion is only one of thousands of congregations, corporations, schools and civic groups running local food and fund drives to help FoodShare, the largest food drive in the state to feed families and restock more than 260 food shelves across Minnesota. Part of what this means is that the food shelf will receive incentive allocations (kind of like matching dollars) for both cash donations and the pounds of food and hygiene items donated in March.
The Buffalo Food Shelf is located at 301 12th Ave South, 3 blocks east of Highway 55 behind Super America.
This Sunday, March 7, remember to bring in some of the items needed to fill Easter baskets that will be distributed through the Buffalo Food Shelf as part of this year’s Lenten community outreach program. Some of the items needed are boxes of potatoes and dessert mixes, and they can be dropped off in the net behind the boat in the lobby/narthex or in collection bins throughout the building. Cash donations are also accepted and will be used to purchase the needed items at wholesale prices (checks should be made out to Zion with ‘food shelf’ in the memo.
Click here for the full list of items needed
After church, grab brunch at Bryan John’s Grillworks, where from 9am-2pm they are donating 20% of the day’s brunch tickets to the Buffalo Food Shelf.
In the afternoon, stop by the Food Shelf between 2-4pm for a tour of the facility and learn how the food shelf operates. The Food Shelf is hosting an Open House as part of Minnesota FoodShare’s March Campaign. Refreshments will be served!
One of every seventeen Minnesotans relies upon food shelves to help feed their families. Last year, there were 2 million food shelf visits that distributed 47,000,000 lbs of food.
Even in Buffalo, one can easily see the signs of a once robust economy turned into empty office spaces, empty retail stores, and vacant homes. This past year the Buffalo Food Shelf serviced 13,520 of our friends and neighbors with 370,000 lbs of food.
This Sunday, February 28, plan to grab a cup of coffee and head to Zion’s Library/Chapel at 9:45am to hear from Jill Ask, Director of the Buffalo Food Shelf, about how the Buffalo Food Shelf works and how members of Zion can get involved with helping our neighbors through the Buffalo Food Shelf beyond our current Easter Basket project.
Members of Zion have stood up and cared about the needs of others and we have increased our Food Shelf contributions tremendously in the past two years through both regular contributions and special holiday meals.Here is another great opportunity to show people in our community Zion’s continued commitment to carry out our mission ―to serve others in need. Let us again stand up and take the hand of our neighbor and say, I am with you; I care. The Social Ministry committee’s Lenten Easter Basket project is a great way to do that.
During Lent, Zion’s Social Ministry committee will be coordinating Easter Baskets to be distributed to families in need in our community through the Buffalo Food Shelf.
Here’s how you can help:
Sign up at the information desk or in the office.
Zion’s mission partner for March will be the Buffalo Food Shelf. This is a Christian based organization that provides food and hygiene items to residents of Buffalo in need. March is National Food Share Month and Zion will be collecting contents and assembling Easter Baskets containing meals to feed over one thousand men, women and children in our community. This year we will also be doing the distributing of these baskets at Zion on Tuesday, March 30. Specific food and volunteer needs will be available sometime in February.
Thanks to those who shopped at the HOH Mini-Sale on December 13. An additional $670 was raised for the for the Buffalo Food Shelf.
The Harvest of Hands Committee wishes you a Merry Christmas and a very blessed 2010 and looks forward to working with you in the new year.
Zion’s Sunday School students are working together with the Buffalo Food Shelf to provide a Christmas meal for families in Buffalo. The need has dramatically increased in Buffalo and the Food Shelf is expecting 300 family meal requests this year. Zion has committed to provide the dessert for this meal, which will include ingredients for a frosted cake and a pan of fudge. Please consider contributing one or more of the following items by December 13:
Volunteers are also invited to help make greeting cards and assemble dessert bags together on Tuesday evening, Dec. 15 at 6:30 in the Fellowship Hall.
This Sunday there will be an opportunity to help the Buffalo Food Shelf with the cost of distributing this year’s Thanksgiving meals. Stop by the display in the Narthex and give a donation of your choice and pick up a HOPE candle to light your own home this Thanksgiving. A full Thanksgiving meal for a family as provided by the Food Shelf costs about $15. Thank you for helping to feed the hungry in our community!
During the month of September, the Buffalo Food Shelf distributed 33, 671 pounds of food to help feed 1004 men, women and children. This included 127 first time recipients. This was a record month for the Food Shelf which services people in the Buffalo community and they need help to continue their efforts. Zion members have always been great contributors to the Food Shelf. You can continue to help in these ways:
Any help that you can give to feed the hungry right here in our community is appreciated!
A group of friends who will be graduating from Buffalo High School this spring will present a senior recital at Buffalo United Methodist Church at 7pm on May 30. It is free and open to the public. Donations to the food shelf will be accepted and it is hoped that cash donations received will be matched by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans (request is pending approval).
The students will be performing vocal and instrumental solos and ensembles in styles ranging from classical to jazz and pop. Students involved include: Brandon Aldrich, Emily Bischoff, Amanda Burgdorf, Alyssa Lund, Hunter Otis, Tom Polzine and Philip Rossin. They are excited to share their award winning performances with the community in thanks to all who have been so supportive through their years of development.
Zion will again this year be helping feed the hungry of our community by providing Easter Dinners. Last year we collected, gathered, decorated, and filled 180 bags for distribution by the Buffalo Food Shelf. This year, with the current economic situation, the demand has increased dramatically and we are being asked to provide 250 meals!
During the month of March, please help to meet this commitment. Fill the church food shelf baskets with:
Money contributions are also always accepted. They will be used to help buy the hams which will be included in the baskets.
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