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No one should have to go hungry. That’s why we partnered with West Fargo Eats by initially donating more than $120,000 and deploying multiple team member volunteers to transform the once pop-up food pantry into a permanent hunger relief program in West Fargo, ND – the first of its kind in the community.
West Fargo Eats is largely made possible because of the Food Share Alliance, which is made up of Gate City Bank, Lutheran Church of the Cross, YWCA Cass Clay and Great Plains Food Bank. Each organization brings unique expertise to the table that helps ensure sustainability, For a Better Way of Life.®
“When individuals and families experience unexpected food insecurity, they are faced with impossible financial choices,” says Kevin Hanson, Gate City Bank President & CEO. “Through our support of West Fargo Eats, in the form of financial gifts and team member volunteer hours, we are giving families the help they need today for a better tomorrow.”
These community partners are helping to ensure that the West Fargo Eats food pantry maintains three days’ worth of:
During a 2024 surprise-announcement event, we revealed our plans to commit an additional $100,000 to West Fargo Eats – a vital gift in terms of feeding more neighbors in need.
Learn MoreThe West Fargo Eats pop-up location started in May 2020, and we joined the Food Share Alliance in June 2021. We appreciate having been able to partner with Lutheran Church of the Cross, YWCA Cass Clay and Great Plains Food Bank to help the operation grow since its inception.
The church committed 2.5% of its capital campaign for ongoing funding, along with the physical space for the new permanent food relief program and the volunteers who drive it.
This nonprofit has been a key partner in the West Fargo Eats initiative, not only in connecting community members who need food and support, but working with us to build transitional housing in 2010, an economic enrichment wing in 2015 and Grace Garden women’s supportive housing in 2017.
We have a longstanding partnership with this wonderful organization, which plays a key role in supporting hunger relief throughout the region.
Increased demand for local emergency food supplies in recent years has made the need for a permanent hunger-relief program evident. The West Fargo Eats pop-up food pantry responded to community needs by operating out of the back of a refrigerated truck in the Lutheran Church of the Cross parking lot on Friday afternoons. During summer 2020, the pantry fed nearly 3,500 people with 55,000 pounds of food.
There was a day when West Fargo Eats served 767 people in 90 minutes. With increasing demand, organizers knew they needed to do more. The new permanent operation is now open, located at the current Lutheran Church of the Cross property in West Fargo.
The more than $220,000 Gate City Bank has donated has gone toward design, construction, furnishing and multiple other costs for the permanent food pantry, which opened its doors on October 25, 2021. To date, West Fargo Eats has served 500,000 pounds of food and facilitated 28,000 client distributions, and it's operated almost entirely by volunteers.
At Gate City Bank, we’re honored to partner with Great Plains Food Bank. See how we’re helping improve food security in the region, while creating a better life for community members in need.
For over 20 years, Gate City Bank and YWCA Cass Clay have joined up to provide safety, warmth and hope to those who need it most – a better way of life, especially for women and children.
No one should have to go hungry or experience food insecurity. Learn more about how we’re partnering with Emergency Food Pantry to provide hunger relief in our communities.
Since 2014, we’ve been honored to partner with Dakota Medical Foundation – donating countless volunteer hours and dollars to benefit local charities across North Dakota and Minnesota.
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