Bakk event raises $100,000 for northeastern Minnesota food shelves

State Sen. Tom Bakk, the DFL Senate Majority Leader from Cook in northeastern Minnesota, hosted a food shelf fundraiser Wednesday night that generated more than $100,000 for 21 food shelves in the state’s Arrowhead region.

Gov. Mark Dayton also attended the event at the Liffey Irish Pub in St. Paul. The event has raised more than $600,000 for food shelves over the past eight years.  

“Even with a recovering economy, job losses and rising food costs mean more families are stretched to the limit,” Bakk said.

Many corporate sponsors helped present the event. Food shelves benefiting from the event are:

1. Aurora-Hoyt Lakes-Biwabik Area Food Shelf
2. Babbit Food Shelf
3. Chisholm Area Food Shelf
4. Cook Community Food Shelf
5. Deer River Area Food Shelf
6. Elijah’s Pantry-Two Harbors
7. Ely Area Food Shelf
8. Falls Hunger Coalition
9. Grand Marais Food Shelf
10. Grand Rapids Food Shelf
11. Hermantown Food Shelf
12. Hibbing Food Shelf
13. Northern Itasca Emergency Food Shelf
14. Proctor Food Shelf
15. Quad City Food Shelf-Gilbert
16. Salvation Army Hibbing
17. Salvation Army International Falls
18. Salvation Army Virginia
19. Silver Bay Area Food Shelf
20. Tower Area Food Shelf
21. Two Harbors Area Food Shelf