My Nonprofit Reviews

WeCAN is a great resource in our community for many needs meeting people in western Hennepin County. Since our area is so far away from the core of Hennepin county, WeCAN is available to clients who need help navigating programs and resources that are available. It offers more than most people are aware of. It has job counseling services to help with writing resumes and interview coaching along with computers available for clients to fill out job applications. They provide food in many ways: a mobile market that brings food to areas where people have no transportation, they provide and deliver meals on wheels, they offer food bags to families with school children over long weekends or breaks, they do food rescue from area grocery stores and have this food available for clients to come and pick up, and they accept home grown produce from gardens for clients to pick up. WeCAN collects and distributes: school supplies to families, winter coats, birthday shelf items (including cake mixes and frosting, decorations, party supplies and gifts), personal care and cleaning products, blankets, and the Adopt a Family for gifts at Christmas. They have office space that counselors can use with clients, Hennepin county reps use with clients. They also are a huge resource to advocate for families and help them navigate funding and programs that are available to them for rent and utility assistance and other programs.
Our community is very lucky and fortunate to have WeCAN. It is a great place to volunteer and feel helpful and needed in assisting families and see the smiles, and sometimes tears of joy and relief, when they receive something new and receive it with dignity. The staff at WeCAN are all compassionate and caring and definitely go above and beyond in treating their clients with dignity and treating the volunteers as special and valuable.

WeCAN is a wonderful service provider in our community! The staff and volunteers are so caring and concerned for community members. I have been a volunteer with WeCAN in different capacities for almost 20 years so have seen all the good works they do under different directors and all have been outstanding. I have been a Meals on Wheels driver to deliver hot meals to shut-ins, I have helped collect warm coats, hats, mittens from community members and helped with distribution to families in need. I have helped with the adopt a family program during the holidays to receive bags and bags of gifts from giving families and have helped when the families come in to receive the bags of gifts for their kids to have on Christmas mornings. I received hugs and wiped away tears from thankful mothers for this gift, all coordinated from the staff at WeCAN. They help people find jobs and work with them to polish their resume and interview skills. They have a wonderful Mobile Market which brings fresh foods to people who have no transportation. I could go on and on with all the programs WeCAN provides in our community. We would truly be lost without their services and caring hearts.