Apollo Glass Gives Back: Buffalo Food Shelf
At Apollo Glass, we believe that businesses have a responsibility to give back to their communities. That’s why as part of our Apollo Glass Gives Back initiative, we’re proud to partner with Buffalo Food Shelf, an incredible organization fighting food insecurity right here in Buffalo, MN. In the first of two blog posts dedicated to our partnership, we will be sharing a bit about this wonderful organization. Next time, we will talk about how you can get involved as well.
Why We Choose to Support Buffalo Food Shelf
Food insecurity is an issue that affects families in our community and beyond. While we may not see the struggles firsthand every day, we know that countless individuals rely on the Buffalo Food Shelf for essential support. Apollo Glass aims to play a role in addressing this challenge by committing a portion of our profits to the Buffalo Food Shelf.
About Buffalo Food Shelf
Buffalo Food Shelf is a Christian, non-profit, community-based organization serving individuals and families that receive limited financial assistance or are going through a crisis and need help feeding their family. Additionally, to act as a referral, information, and assistance center between persons or families in need and social agencies that can best fill and/or meet these needs.
The food shelf distributes food and hygiene products to families the first Monday morning of each month, Tuesday and Thursday evenings, and Friday mornings. Boxes of produce and bakery goods are available to anyone in need at the Friday drive-thru events.
Along with the normal hours of operation, there are other programs offering extra food during Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter, as well as during summer and other school breaks for children in the Kid’s Choice program. Other events include Fare-For-All at Zion Lutheran Church, the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive in May, and more. You can find their hours and distribution events here.
Buffalo Food Shelf By The Numbers
During the regular Buffalo Food Shelf operating hours in 2023, Buffalo Food Shelf served 699 individual families, including 737 children, 1,163 adults, and 189 seniors, distributing 351,108 pounds of food.
At other food distribution events during the year, such as holidays or school breaks, there were 4,539 family visits, including 4,673 children, 5,560 adults, and 2,931 seniors, distributing an additional 170,856 pounds of food.
The need in 2024 is even greater, with a 17% increase in visits to the food shelf and an additional 24% increase during the other events. Through the end of August 2024, the number of children, adults, and seniors served during the regular distribution and other events is nearly equal to the number served over all of 2023.
Apollo Glass is proud of our commitment to give back to the community and support a wonderful program like Buffalo Food Shelf. We thank our customers for helping us in our mission to fight hunger in our community. In our next post, we will talk about how you can get involved as well.
