FOCP NEWS

NORTH MANKATO, MN – Feeding Our Communities Partners (FOCP) hosted the 4th annual Beer, Brats, and Bourbon for BackPack presented by United Prairie Bank this past week with an interesting twist….

MANKATO , MINN. – Feeding Our Communities Partners had their fifth annual “Climb 2 Feed Kids” event on Sunday. The organization’s largest fundraiser was held in Minnesota State University- Mankato’s…

NORTH MANKATO, MINN. — The BackPack Food Program, an initiative of Feeding Our Communities Partners (FOCP) is hosting a premier fundraiser in June that promises an evening of grilled fare, fine…

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NORTH MANKATO, Minn. – Feeding Our Communities Partners has launched a pilot program to help middle school students who are food insecure. ​An  extension  of their Backpack Food Program for…

Feeding Our Communities Partners (FOCP) will be distributing more than 800 boxes of food to students in the area this week for their annual Winter Feed and Read. The boxes of food will be given to…

MANKATO, MINN. — Hy-Vee and Minnesota 93 radio are partnering to sponsor an in-store donation program that benefits the BackPack Food Program. ​The BackPack Food Program discreetly provides…

MANKATO, MN (June 8, 2016) – Feeding Our Communities Partners (FOCP) is pleased to welcome Sheri Sander-Silva as its new executive director. Sander-Silva joins the organization after serving as…

MANKATO, MN (June 3, 2016) – Archer Daniels Midland Company recently donated $6,000 to Feeding Our Communities Partners (FOCP). The donation will go toward funding the BackPack Food Program. ”This…

Thanks to the Mankato Clinic Foundation, Feeding Our Communities Partners (FOCP) is receiving $5,000 to be used for the BackPack Food Program.   “This funding is essential to sustaining the program…

MANKATO, MINN. — Climbers at the third annual Climb 2 Feed Kids fundraiser at Bresnan Arena on the campus of Minnesota State University raised $47,982.32 for the Back Pack Food Program.

Climb 2 feed Kids stepped their way up thousands of stairs starting early Sunday morning at Mankato State University.Communications Coordinator for Backpack Food Program says, “The Climb 2 Feed Kids…

MANKATO — For teachers from Mankato’s public elementary schools, strapping on a small yellow backpack and running up and down 768 stairs is a no-brainer. “We’re doing this to support kids and…

MANKATO, MINN. — With Winter Break just around the corner for school students, Feeding Our Communities Partners’ (FOCP) BackPack Food Program conducted its annual distribution of food boxes to…

MANKATO, MINN. — Hy-Vee and Minnesota 93 Radio are partnering for the sixth year to sponsor “Hy-$5 for BackPack,” an in-store donation program that benefits the BackPack Food Program.  Read more…

Wilbur Neushwander-Frink is one of two Minnesotans receiving the 2015 Virginia Mcknight Binger Unsung Hero Award. Along with other community organizations, Wilbur has been a great supporter of the…

The Blue Earth County Community Farm (BECCF) is underway on its fourth growing season, And, with a new growing season came a few transitions as well. Read the full article about the farm’s new…

Feeding Our Communities Partners received a $2,000 matching-fund grant from Crystal Valley Cooperative and the Land O’Lakes Foundation. $1,000 was given by Crystal Valley Coop and Land O’Lakes…

On Tuesday, March 31, 2015 Feeding Our Communities Partners and the BackPack Food Program opened the doors of its new facility to the public during an Open House. See  KEYC coverage  of this…