Fulton Neighborhood Association

11/06/2025

A chance to visit the Winter Market and help those in need this Saturday

10/30/2025

For those of you wondering if how you can help, Joyce Food Shelf is nearby and a great resource for those in need. You can always donate food or cash directly to Joyce, but to make it easy, Pershing Park has offered to be a local drop off site for Joyce. There is a bin for food shelf donations in the Pershing Park Rec Center. Pershing Park Rec Center Hours are M-F 3pm-8pm and Saturdays noon-5pm. Donations can also be dropped off at Lake Harriet United Methodist Church (4901 Chowen Ave S) in the entry near the elevators. Their hours are generally M-F 9am-5pm, Saturday 10-11am and Sunday 7:30am-noon. They will be closed on 10/31.

Hello friends, so it looks like SNAP benefits are going to lapse this next week. This is a huge hit to the 144,000 Hennepin County residents that receive this lifeline, and will be a massive disruption. Food shelves have been in crisis for the past year; this influx of new people needing food will begin to create cracks in the system and push food shelf employees to the edge. I worked Saturday the 25th, and we had a record number of new people coming into the shelf for the first time, many extremely anxious about the SNAP cuts.

Over the past four days we have seen a spike in volunteer inquiries and people dropping off food. While this is great, each of these takes additional staff time to train new volunteers, sort through donations and discard half-eaten jars of peanut butter and soups from 2012 (really), and answer the phone for people calling and asking what they can do.

There are ways you can support food shelves in this time that reduce strain on the system:

1 – If you can, give money.
• Food shelves can purchase food at reduced costs, so a dollar goes further in our hands than in yours.

2 – Give that money locally.
• Find your local food shelf and support them directly. Donations to Second Harvest do not trickle down to us in any meaningful way and may be spent on projects or salaries that have nothing to do with getting food to your local food shelf. The only way to support your local food shelf is to donate directly.

*Give to the MAX starts on the 1st of November, and this is a perfect time to donate as there are usually matches available to leverage your dollar.

3- Do a food drive, but be thoughtful about it.
• Visit your local food shelf’s website and find out what they need, and when they can take donations. When doing a drive, collect it at your house and do the prep work of tossing expired foods, and boxing up and like items for easier stocking at the shelf.

4 – Advocate
• To your local state reps to dedicate more base funding for direct food shelf funding.
• To your federal reps to open the damn government, don’t cut healthcare from the most vulnerable, and get SNAP back online.

10/29/2025

Just a reminder the Halloween fun starts tomorrow at Pershing!!!

10/28/2025

Election Day is one week from today! This election season, the League of Women Voters has done a candidate forum for all local races. You can view the forum for Ward 13 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFMSwK6eWJI.

Find all other forums here: https://lwvmpls.org/2025-candidate-forums/

10/28/2025

Help Bows of Love create responsible removal and make something amazing for Annunciation!

10/27/2025

Are you ready for Halloween fun this week!? Pershing has you covered.

Wednesday 10/29 10am-noon 3-5 year old Trick or Treat and activities

Wednesday 10/29 5:30-7:30pm Soup Boo-ffet--for anyone who thinks making dinner sounds scary, please join

Thursday, 10/30 5-8pm Trick or Treating and activities for all ages

Saturday, 11/1 1-3pm, Day of the Dead Celebration for all ages

10/21/2025

Join our South Minneapolis Neighbors for a Senior Fair tomorrow, Wednesday, October 22.

10/21/2025

In addition to our Ward 13 City Council Forum on Wednesday 10/22 at Pershing Park, The League of Women Voters has two final candidate forums coming up. One for Park Board and one for the Board of Estimate and Taxation. Join them and spread the word to interested voters!!

10/21/2025

Help shape Minneapolis Parks with a listening session tonight!!

10/20/2025

Start your Halloween fun this Friday with the Southwest Community Education Family Halloween Party!

10/19/2025

Join the League of Women Voters and other Ward 13 Neighborhoods for a Ward 13 City Council Candidate Forum this Wednesday at Pershing Park.