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Dorothy Day Food Pantry introduces Grocery Store-like Experience

The remodel helps defeat stigmas about food pantries.

November 4, 2019

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MOORHEAD, Minn. – Churches United has transformed its Dorothy Day Food Pantry into a grocery store-like experience called the SuperShelf. The SuperShelf offers the ability for Churches United to provide more well-balanced meals than they were able to before, as well as, encouraging healthier options. The remodel is also intended to destigmatize food pantries by making them look more like a…

Serve With the Herd: NDSU Celebrates Homecoming By Giving Back

More than 100 students volunteered at local organizations

October 8, 2019

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FARGO, N.D. — Homecoming week is all about celebrating the pride you have for your school. But at NDSU, students are showing off their Bison spirit by doing something nice for someone else while also changing their point of view. “Being able to go and give that relief back to others and kind of see what’s around you rather than…

Churches United Showing Off Changes Made Over Past Year in Open House

They homeless shelter opens its space to the public every other year

April 28, 2019

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MOORHEAD, Minn. — Of all the different ages, genders and races that sleep over at Churches United on any given night, there’s one thing they can all relate to. “The one common denominator that we have found in everybody who comes here is the lack of support systems,” said Babs Coler, chief development officer at Churches United. It’s something the…

Moore Engineering Donates to Churches United for the Homeless

The donation was made in advance of Giving Hearts Day

February 12, 2019

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MOORHEAD, Minn. — Moore engineering is doing its part in preparation for Giving Hearts Day by donating to Churches United for the Homeless. The company visited the Moorhead location to hand deliver a check totaling $11,880. The money was raised by Moore Engineering’s employees and then matched by the company. Donating to a worthy cause is an annual thing for Moore…

Shelters Come Together: Churches United, Dorothy Day House Merge

Churches United takes over control of both Dorothy Day House and Food Pantry

January 2, 2019

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MOORHEAD, Minn. — Two homeless shelters in Moorhead merged in order to serve more people in the community. Churches United takes control of the Dorothy Day Food Pantry and Shelter. Both the shelter and food pantry will continue to use the Dorothy Day name, but Churches United will handle all the oversight and management of its programs. Pastor Sue Koesterman, the…

Local Shelters Overflow with More People Staying Out of Blizzard

Some had to roll out extra mattresses to give people a place to sleep

December 28, 2018

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MOORHEAD, Minn. — Homeless shelters across the metro took in more people because of the blizzard. Churches United normally houses 91 people, but they had to accommodate an extra eighteen Thursday night due to the conditions. The shelter had some additional mattresses and sleeping areas throughout the building. With more people coming through the door, it was all hands on deck…

Walk Honors People in Metro Who Lost Their Lives to Homelessness

The four-block walk ended at the First Lutheran Church in Fargo

December 21, 2018

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FARGO, N.D. — Over the last ten years, more than 150 people across the metro died as a result of homelessness, according to Churches United. In order to keep their memories alive, people are walking through downtown Fargo in order to raise awareness for the plight they faced. “When you think about people’s struggles, a lot of times they have no…

Creating More Than a Mosaic: How Art is Being Used to Create a Closer Community

The mosaic will be done in six months

November 13, 2018

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MOORHEAD, Minn. — Community members are assembling pieces of glass which will end up as a mosaic inside a Moorhead apartment building. KVRR’s Danielle Church tells us why the project is about much more than creating a piece of art. Art has the power to change the way we feel. But this six feet wide by four feet tall mosaic, which…

More Than 80 Doosan Bobcat Employees Help Out Local Organizations

Doosan Bobcat divided several employees among various nonprofits across the F-M area

April 24, 2018

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MOORHEAD, Minn. — Dozens of employees at Doosan Bobcat spent their day helping several nonprofits across the Fargo–Moorhead area. As part of its annual “Doosan Days of Community Service”, eighty employees were divided among Charism, Churches United, and the Bright Sky Gardens to assist with several tasks. At the Bright Sky Gardens in Moorhead, the volunteers took down an old fence…

Giving Hearts Gave Big To Charities In The F-M Metro

One-Day Fundraising Drive Brought In Over $13.1 Million

February 12, 2018

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You really opened your wallets and purses wide on Giving Hearts Day last Thursday. The annual fundraising event raised over $13.1 million through more than 63,000 donations. Just some of the top charities included: The Arts Partnership, Emergency Food Pantry, F5 Project, Churches United for the Homeless, Great Plains Food Bank and YWCA Cass Clay. Giving Hearts Day charities have…