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  • HOME
  • IMPACT
    • Immigrant Support
    • Food Security
    • Paid Job Training
    • Public Health Outreach
    • Housing & Recovery Help
    • Youth Mental Health
  • ALLIES
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The Real Minneapolis

500 free scratch-made meals a week & rapid response for immigrants

500 free scratch-made meals a week & rapid response for immigrants500 free scratch-made meals a week & rapid response for immigrants500 free scratch-made meals a week & rapid response for immigrants

We rescue food and turn it into meals for hungry Minnesotans, and paid jobs for people rebuilding after homelessness.

Lauren Evans (left), Valerie Quintana (middle), Cole DePierre (right)

Featured in Minnesota Women's Press, one of the longest continuously run feminist platforms

FROM ARTICLE: “Some people see providing water and jackets and mutual aid and food as enabling. My position is that yes, it’s enabling. It’s enabling [unhoused community members] to continue to have a beating heart.”  


Minnesota Women's Press was envisioned  in 1985 to "break those silences."

Full Article | Siena Iwasaki Milbauer | 10.13.25

2026 fundraising campaign: responding to severe reduction in health services & the ongoing wreckage of a harrowing FEDERAL OCCUPATION of minnesota

    Some words that come to mind about us . . .

    NOURISH | CONNECT | HEAL | FLOURISH

    Bear with us as we re-imagine our grassroots nonprofit. We are not the same as we were May of 2020; so much has changed. The team. The work. The vibe. 


    So here we are, this winter of 2025, dreaming up a new name; something fitting and cute that honors who we serve, what we do, and who we are. Stay tuned for some magic.

    SEND US YOUR NAME SUGGESTIONS!

    Care is at our core

    MISSION: The Real Minneapolis is an ecosystem of care that brings hope, health, and healing to the most under-served community members.


    VISION: We envision a Minnesota where all people live lives of health and abundance.

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