Feeding People. Changing Lives.
Channel One Regional Food Bank, a member of Feeding America, strengthens food access and builds healthy communities. Channel One operates food programs to serve local and area needs such as: a food bank, food shelf, mobile pantry, Backpack Program, Nutrition Assistance Program for Seniors (NAPS), and Green Gardens Program. Channel One Regional Food Bank mobilizes organizations, volunteers, and donors to serve the network of more than 200 nonprofit programs that provide food for children, adults, and families in need. Channel One serves 14 counties across southeastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin. For more information, call 507.287.2350.
Online Donations
Making a monthly donation gives Channel One a steady source of continuing support and balances your annual giving throughout the year. It’s easy and efficient.
Feeding People
Together we can feed people and change lives! Did you know that Channel One can turn a mere $1 into enough food for at least four meals for our hungry neighbors?
Food Donations
Channel One Regional Food Bank relies both on our corporate and individual food donors to help us feed people and change lives!
Latest News & Events from Channel One
Channel One Regional Food Shelf Promises Milk, Dairy, Produce and Protein for All
During a time of growing uncertainty, the one constant is food. The need for consistent programs that offer dignified access to nutritious food continues to grow, and Channel One Regional Food Bank is prepared to provide a promise to its neighbors in need.
Hy-Vee & Sol Group Donate Nearly 2,000 Watermelons to Channel One Regional Food Bank
On Monday, April 20, Hy-Vee partnered with their melon supplier Sol Group to donate nearly 2,000 jumbo watermelons to Channel One Regional Food Bank in Rochester, Minnesota. The donation will be distributed throughout the 14 counties in Southeast Minnesota and Western Wisconsin that Channel One serves.
COVID-19 Updates
Along with “strengthening food access,” Channel One Regional Food Bank’s mission is also “to help build healthy communities.” Like many other organizations involved in keeping our communities healthy, we at Channel One Regional Food Bank have been keenly following news of the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).