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:
- Aurora-Hoyt Lakes-Biwabik Area Food Shelf
- Babbit Food Shelf
- Chisholm Area Food Shelf
- Cook Community Food Shelf
- Deer River Area Food Shelf
- Elijah’s Pantry-Two Harbors
- Ely Area Food Shelf
- Falls Hunger Coalition
- Grand Marais Food Shelf
- Grand Rapids Food Shelf
- Hermantown Food Shelf
- Hibbing Food Shelf
- Northern Itasca Emergency Food Shelf
- Proctor Food Shelf
- Quad City Food Shelf-Gilbert
- Salvation Army Hibbing
- Salvation Army International Falls
- Salvation Army Virginia
- Silver Bay Area Food Shelf
- Tower Area Food Shelf
- Two Harbors Area Food Shelf
