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- EIN 39-1947827
- 6087931002
- 1240 Clinton St. La Crosse WI 54603 USA
- http://www.lacrossehtf.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Food, Food Banks & Pantries, Food Programs
Mission: The Hunger Task Force of La Crosse is the area's only Free and Local Food Bank. We provide food to a network of partnering food pantries, meal sites and youth programs, now numbering over 90. And we do this for free to the non-profits we serve.
Programs: Our FREE and LOCAL Food Bank provides The Food Recovery Program, which began in 2000 to safely "recover" nutritious perishable and non-perishable foods for distribution to agencies with meal sites and food pantries in the coulee region. We now serve over 90 programs in La Crosse, Monroe, Trempeleau and Vernon counties in Wisconsin and Houston and Winona counties in Minnesota. We do not serve individuals, but rather are the "umbrella" organization that helps the hunger agencies serve individuals by providing them surplus food items.
Kane Street Community Garden - Hunger Task Force of La Crosse operates the community garden at the corner of Kane and St. Cloud streets on the north side. (north of Menards) the garden was established in 1998 on city-owned property and began with producing 5000 lbs. Today, the garden produces over 30,000 pounds of produce each year which is distributed to people needing food assistance. Volunteers and the community are also invited to take home free, fresh produce daily volunteers prepare, plant, maintain, and harvest the fruits and vegetables beginning in mid- march. Every Monday, Thursday, and Saturday during the harvest season, which begins in June, volunteers assist in picking vegetables which are then distributed on site to individuals and through the Food Recovery network of food pantries and meal sites.