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With the help of local volunteers, the Backus Community Café team serves hundreds of meals each week to those in need.
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Coop服务皇冠hga010安卓二维码. 和 Cenex award 家乡骄傲补助金 to Backus Community Cafe

Coop服务皇冠hga010安卓二维码. 和 Cenex have awarded a $25,000 家乡骄傲补助金 to the Backus Community Café.
2022年11月17日

Coop服务皇冠hga010安卓二维码.Cenex®the energy br和 of CHS, have awarded a $25,000 家乡骄傲补助金 to the Backus Community Café in 国际瀑布, Minn. Backus Community Café was nominated by Coop Service for its dedication to providing an accessible solution to local food insecurity while bringing neighbors together 和 strengthening community connections.

"Being awarded this grant means so much to our small community,” 洛伊斯必, executive director of 巴克斯社区中心. "It brings us so much joy to be able to serve our community, especially having the ability to provide basic necessities to those who need it most."

位于 巴克斯社区中心, Backus Community Café began in 2012 with a small kitchen staff that prepared free meals twice each week alongside numerous local volunteers that helped serve the meals prepared.

2019年至2021年, the café has increased the number of meals provided from 4,689到25,200 to meet the dem和 of the community's rising poverty rate 和 increased food insecurity as a result of COVID-19.

今天, the Backus Community Café remains committed to its community as it continues to provide hot, nutritious meals to those in need. Through countless volunteers, a summer food service program for children 和 by creating a space for elderly residents to gather 和 socialize, the Backus Community Café serves not only provides essentials but also serves as a place for community connection.

Through its mission to reduce hunger 和 serve neighbors in need, the Backus Community Café works hard to foster community connection within the northern 明尼苏达州 地区. With the help of the 家乡骄傲补助金, the café's impact will only be strengthened. The Backus Community Café plans to use the grant to fund approximately 6,000 additional meals for its community members.

“在过去的一年里, the Backus Community Café has become a huge rock in the community as it helps address such a great need in 国际瀑布 by providing an average of over 300 meals per week,” 史蒂夫·克罗斯比, petroleum manager of Coop Service. “我们对此表示感谢, through [our partnership with] Cenex, we have the opportunity to further the impact of Backus Community Café, ultimately getting our community the resources they desperately need."

Heading into 2023, Cenex will have invested over $400,000 into local organizations across its footprint since the 家乡骄傲补助金 program began in 2019. Cenex stores are locally owned 和 operated, the 家乡骄傲补助金 enables them to give back to organizations within their communities that make an impact.

"The Cenex br和 is extremely honored to play a part in supporting the local communities where we do business,” 莎拉Haugen, marketing communications director at CHS. "With the 家乡骄傲补助金 和 through our network of dealers, retailers 和 distributors, we are able to see true meaning of community while helping organizations best serve their neighborhoods."

To learn more about the ways Cenex gives back to local communities, follow Cenex on 脸谱网, Instagram, YouTube,或浏览 www.Cenex.com/local-giving.

澳门皇冠赌场平台Cenex
Cenex, the energy br和 of CHS, provides high-quality refined fuels through nearly 1,400-plus locally-owned convenience store locations across 19 states. Consumers depend on Cenex fuels, 润滑剂, propane 和 renewable energy products to power homes, businesses 和 communities. CHS., which owns the Cenex br和, is a leading global agribusiness owned by American farmers across 美国 with domestic 和 international operations including energy, 澳门皇冠赌场平台, grain trading 和 food processing.    

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