Our November Seedlings recipient is Open Arms of Minnesota, serving the greater Minneapolis Metro Area.

Open Arms of Minnesota grows, cooks and delivers free, nutritious meals to people living with life-threatening illnesses in the Twin Cities. Founded in 1986, Open Arms believes that food is medicine, and their work matters to the health outcomes of neighbors facing a health crisis. With 7,300+ volunteers, they’ll serve 600,000+ medically-tailored, made- from-scratch meals this year to people living with life-threatening illnesses as well as their caregivers and dependent children.

While there are no income requirements to receive Open Arms’ service, 80% of their clients and their families live on incomes which fall 200% below the Federal Poverty Guideline and only 20% of Open Arms clients have private health insurance. Many of their clients are at a significant disadvantage to accessing nutritious, fresh food due to lack of nearby access to healthy, unprocessed foods and immobility caused by illness or age.