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Marshall Food4Kids has been awarded a community impact grant from the United Way of Southwest Minnesota (UWSWMN) of $7,500 to support their weekend backpack program. These funds will be used to purchase nutritious snacks to include in the weekend backpacks that they distribute to pre-school through eighth-grade students. The purpose of this program is to reduce food insecurity for children in the Marshall area. This work aligns with UWSWMN’s hunger priority area.
UWSWMN makes a difference in the lives of local people by investing in programs focused on the health, education, financial stability, hunger, and safety & well-being of people living in our service area. Our service area includes the communities we serve in Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Yellow Medicine, and portions of Cottonwood, Lac qui Parle, Nobles, and Redwood counties in Minnesota.
Community impact grants are the main way UWSWMN invests donations into our communities. The community impact grant process involves local volunteers who help review funding requests and work together to make funding recommendations to our board of directors. For the 2022-23 funding cycle, a total of $212,822 has been awarded to programs working to improve the lives of local people.
If you would like more information about our investments in local programs or our grant process, please visit UnitedWaySWMN.org.
Photo: Marshall Food4Kids volunteers.
United Way of Southwest Minnesota is an autonomous, local organization working to create lasting change in people's lives and the communities we serve in Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Yellow Medicine, and portions of Cottonwood, Lac qui Parle, Nobles, and Redwood counties of Minnesota.
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