The Cannon Falls Community Food Shelf is housed at
First English Lutheran Church 511 W. Belle St. - Cannon Falls, Minnesota.
The entrance to the Food Shelf during distribution hours is off the Belle Street entrance - north side of the building.
Food Shelf Distribution Schedule
1st Saturday of the Month from 10 a.m. to Noon
2nd Thursday of the Month from 10 a.m. to Noon with the WIC Clinic from 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
3rd Thursday of the Month from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
4th Thursday of the Month from 10 a.m. to Noon
Note: Some months there are FIVE weeks and there is no scheduled food distribution during those weeks whether it falls after the 1st Saturday of the month or the 4th Thursday of the month.
Food donations can be dropped off during normal church business hours Monday through Friday which are 9 a.m. - Noon and 1 p.m. -3 p.m.
Please call the church office for more information or to schedule a different drop off time.
Contact the Food Shelf at 1-507-298-1500
Save your Betty
Crocker Box Tops for Education, Kemp’s GIVE ‘EM 5 cents, Nature’s
Kwik Trip Milk MOOLAH… and from the Cannon Falls Econo Food Store—Our
Family bar codes, soup labels, and Campbell’s
Soup Labels for education. Please place them in the marked box in the
church office. Thank you!
We continue to collect
Cannon Falls Econo Foods
grocery receipts and
give the proceeds to the CCIC Good Samaritan Fund. When we save $150,000 in
receipts, we will receive $1,000.
The collection box is in
the church office.
Total
receipts received: $149,943.86
Only $56.14
to go!
Round #5Thank you!
Thank you!
The Good Sam Fund is currently housed at St. Pius V Catholic Church.
Guidelines for
Distribution of CCIC Good Samaritan Funds
1.Members of CCIC congregations should contact their own
pastor and express need for help. Their pastor will then contact the Good Sam
treasurer on their parishioner’s behalf.
2.People who are residents of the CannonFalls
area but not associated with a congregation shall be directed to contact the
Good Sam treasurer. Identification such as a driver’s license shall be asked
for as proof for local residency. If a person is not a local resident, refer to the procedures outlined under
#6 or #7. Please do not send people to our residences. We will meet people at the church.
3.A given person/family may be helped once per year. The
purpose of the Good Sam Fund is to provide emergency help in times of crisis.
The intent is not to provide ongoing monthly support.
4.Except under extremely unusual circumstance (e.g. house
fire) the maximum any family or individual may be helped in a given year is
$300.
5.To insure accountability, no one shall be given cash.
The treasurer will only make payments towards a utility bill, rent, car repair,
etc. Or arrange for credit for items such as groceries.
6.Payment for food assistance should be made with the
local grocery store.
7.People who are not residents of the CannonFalls
area will be directed to go to the CannonFalls police department
for help. Non-residents should not receive help through pastors or the Good Sam
treasurer directly. The reasoning for this is as follows:
a.Contacting the police department helps insure that we
are helping honest law abiding citizens. (e.g. we do not wish to provide gas
for someone driving a stolen car.)
b.Directing non-residents to be helped through the police
department eliminates the possibility of “double-dipping” – canvassing more
than one congregation/pastor for help.
c.Directing non-residents to the police department helps
insure the personal safety of pastors, the Good Sam treasurer, and their
families.
d.A police officer and dispatcher are on duty 24 hours
per day.
8.Good Sam funds are provided by CCIC churches, local
individuals, and organizations. Primary use of these funds is intended for
residents of this area. Therefore the police department shall be directed to
help non-residents under the following restrictions:
a.Arrange credit for a meal at the Cannon Ball/Barbara
Jean’s Restaurant.
b.Arrange for one nights lodging at the Caravan Motel.
c.Arrange credit to a maximum of $15 for gas at a gas
station (Cannon Ball).
d.Non-residents may only be helped once per year. A
record of those assisted will be kept on file.
9.The police department will direct bills resulting from
the assistance of non-residents to the attention of the Good Sam treasurer.
