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Proclamation
Declaring a City-Wide Food Fight during the month of March
For MN FoodShare and Hastings Family Service
WHEREAS, MN FoodShare has coordinated a March campaign for 37 years to restock food shelves
around the state of MN, AND,
WHEREAS, one in ten Minnesotans are food insecure and do not have access to adequate food on a
regular basis, AND,
WHEREAS, Hastings Family Service serves an average of 100 families each month in the food shelf and
has served the basic needs of our community since 1970, AND,
WHEREAS, 51% of our community members who visit Hastings Family Service food shelf indicate that
someone in the household has skipped a meal because there was not enough food, AND,
WHEREAS, the generosity of our community makes it possible for Hastings Family Service to provide
help and hope to our neighbors who lack food, housing, clothing or transportation AND,
WHEREAS, all gifts of money and food throughout the month of March are proportionately matched by
MN FoodShare, AND,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, I, Mary Fasbender, Mayor of the City of Hastings, do hereby
declare a city-wide food fight during the month of March to restock the food shelf at Hastings Family Service
and fight hunger in our community.
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Mary D. Fasbender Julie Flaten
Mayor City Clerk