did you know
that this capital
campaign will
allow Open
Arms to more
than double
the number of
meals we can
prepare and
the number of
clients we can
serve?
The Kitchen Campaign: Building the Future of Open Arms
It seems like a simple notion that people who are confronting critical
illness shouldn’t do so alone and without one of life’s basic necessities,
food. But it happens every day.
Open Arms is committed to bringing compassion, dignity, and hope
to people living with chronic and progressive diseases by preparing
nutritious meals and delivering those meals to our clients’ doors.
Today, we have embarked on our most ambitious project to date:
an $8.1 million capital campaign to construct a new building to
serve more people who are sick and need our support. The heart
of our building, a state-of-the-art kitchen, will create a welcoming
environment where all who enter can see our mission unfold: With
open arms we nourish body, mind, and soul.
A new facility will allow us to more than double the number of meals
and the number of clients we can currently serve.
Our kitchen will have walk-in coolers and freezers that will allow us
to safely store a larger number of meals and to accept donations of
perishable food.
We will have the necessary space to increase volunteer opportunities
by adding more kitchen shifts and expanding deliveries from five to
seven days a week.
Our capital campaign was launched with the donation of property at
the intersection of Bloomington Avenue and 25th Street in the Phillips
neighborhood of Minneapolis. Our new home will be centrally located
to the freeway system, which is essential for the efficient delivery
of meals in the Twin Cities. The property is on a bus line and is just
minutes from a light rail stop and the city’s bike trails, all of which will
make us accessible to volunteers and clients.
Open Arms is at a singular moment in our history. For our vision to
become a reality we need the participation of everyone, with gifts large
and small.
With your generous support, we will do more than just build a new
home for Open Arms — we will build a future where no one who is sick
in this community will also go hungry.
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