HomeMy WebLinkAboutProclamation MN Food Share 2023
Proclamation
Declaring to Drive Out Hunger during MN FoodShare for
Hastings Family Service
WHEREAS, MN FoodShare has coordinated a March campaign for 42 years to restock food
shelves throughout the state of MN; and
WHEREAS, every day in Minnesota over 9,000 people visit a food shelf to get help meeting
their daily food needs; and
WHEREAS, Hastings Family Service serves an average of 240 families each month through
many different food programs; and
WHEREAS, 50% of those served by the Market Food Shelf at Hastings Family Service are
children; and
WHEREAS, the generosity of our community makes it possible for Hastings Family Service to
provide help and hope to our neighbors who need assistance with food, housing, clothing or
transportation; and
WHEREAS, all gifts of money and food throughout the month of March are proportionately
matched by MN FoodShare,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that I, Mayor Mary Fasbender of the City of Hastings do
hereby declare the Hastings Community will work together to Drive Out Hunger during MN
FoodShare and restock the Market Food Shelf at Hastings Family Service.
_________________________________
Mary D. Fasbender, Mayor