NEW Feature Event!
Sign up for a cooking event, Oct 8 @ 10:00 AM CST hosted by our very own Chef Gilles and Andrew from ALN!
We’ll be making one of Andrew’s favorite recipes (Japanese Curry) while learning how to use up those leftovers!
Gilles Stassart
Associate Culinary Manager
Andrew Loo
Sr D&T Project Manager
Volunteer In-Person
Now more than ever the Twin Cities need community members to come together to enact sustainable change, for the flourishing of all life.
Explore the virtual and in-person, group opportunities that we have organized for both individuals and teams.
MGO Onsite
We welcome volunteers to join us onsite at the HQ cafeteria to help assemble a special project for our food security partners. Join us in reaching our goal of creating 400 "Spice Kits". It is crucial that our neighbors facing hunger have access to foods, flavors, and spices that are familiar and important to their cultures!
In addition to creating these kits, our team will go the extra mile by creating "well-wished" cards that will go directly to each recipient. With this project, we will not only be alleviating costs for families supported by our partners, but adding additional sentimental value to these staples in a time of need.
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Location: Onsite (1 General Mills Blvd, Golden Valley, MN 55426, HQ cafeteria)
The Good Acre
The Good Acre has invited the General Mills team to aide in a variety of tasks. Volunteers will assist in food packing for their Community Support Agriculture (CSA) program, and help in cleaning up their onsite garden. If weather permits, we may also be asked to help plant garlic.
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Location: 1790 Larpenteur Ave W, Falcon Heights, MN 55113
Second Harvest Heartland
At their Brooklyn Park Facility, volunteers assist with sorting, labeling, weighing, and packing various food items to meet immediate needs and help feed our hungry neighbors! The projects vary from day to day and volunteers regularly work with fresh produce, dry goods, bread, and various donations. This volunteer position requires volunteers are able to twist and bend down, stand for the duration of their shift, and lift up to 5 pounds. Some positions require the ability to lift 40 pounds.
If you're interested in this opportunity, please sign up for this opportunity by 9/25/24. After this date, our reserved group shifts will be released to the general public to ensure they can fulfill their volunteer needs.
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Location: 7101 Winnetka Ave N, Brooklyn Park, MN 55428
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Beverage Dabbler Fundraiser
Join us on Thursday, Oct. 10 at the Exchange for our annual Action Against Hunger Beverage Dabbler Fundraiser. Beverage Dabbler jars will be available for purchase at the Exchange and can be used to sample beer, wine, and non-alcoholic beverages. All proceeds from the event will support our partner Second Harvest Heartland.
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Location: Onsite (1 General Mills Blvd, Golden Valley, MN 55426
How many people in Minnesota are facing hunger?
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In Minnesota, 537,890 people are facing hunger - and of them 183,480 are children.
Individual Leadership Opportunities
Change begins with us! There are many ways volunteers, young and old, can contribute to the immediate needs of your community just by discovering what you can offer. Learn more about how you can make a change in your community from home.
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Partners in Food Solutions is a nonprofit organization that works to improve food security in Africa by linking the expertise from General Mills employees with small-and-growing food companies in Africa. Employees remotely provide ~1 hour/week of pro-bono consulting services to help an African food company address some of their biggest challenges.
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51% of all food programs rely entirely on volunteers. Find a volunteer opportunity near you.
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Join the movement to end food insecurity and become a Hunger Volunteer! Hunger Free America needs your help creating the most current database of food resources.
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Food drives are a great way to involve your friends and family in the fight to end hunger. There are two main ways to host a food drive: collecting canned goods and food donations in-person or collecting funds on behalf of a food charity.
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Explore hundreds of volunteering opportunities through the HandsOn Twin Cities volunteer database. Nonprofits list their needs and connections, with YOU only a click away! There is an at-home volunteering option for everyone, just search for it!
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Deliver meals over the lunch hour or sign up for a shift in our kitchen and know you are doing your part to bring nutritious food and a social connection to your neighbors.
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Link Up! Sponsor a family in need with a monthly box of groceries. Choose one of the five options below and help ease the burden of hunger and poverty in one of America's poorest communities.
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Hunger-Free Schools is dedicated to providing access to school meals for each and every student in Minnesota. Learn how you can help push hunger off the table for all Minnesota students.
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Explore hundreds of volunteering opportunities through the Points of Light volunteer database. Nonprofits list their needs and connections, with YOU only a click away! There are volunteering options for everyone, just search for them! *Type in ‘at home’ in the Keywords section and your specific location to narrow your search.
“My expectations were exceeded, I loved the variety of options for group, family, and single activities.”
-General Mills Participant
Household Food Insecurity Rates (2019-2021)
Learn
Volunteering encompasses so much more than just in-person opportunities. Learning is a critically important part of giving back to our community. Check out these resources to broaden and contextualize your volunteer experience.
Volunteer Guides
Access our volunteer guides, which will guide you in creating high-need items for our community. Each link will take you to instruction pages with everything you need to complete these activities including a purchase list, suggested types of nonprofit recipients and why these items are a priority in our communities.
Become an advocate!
Join the movement to end food insecurity and become a Hunger Volunteer!
A Place at the Table
A documentary that investigates hunger in the US, and proposed solutions to the problem.
Facts about Hunger in America
53 million people turn to food banks and community programs for help putting food on the table.
Volunteering at General Mills
As leaders, we count on you to take action & stand for good! Use the Playbook below to learn more, get involved, volunteer, promote and lead volunteering wherever you are.