You can make a difference with your donations
Ways You Can Donate
Monetary Donations
Donations can be mailed to:
Emily Food Shelf
PO Box 93
Emily, MN 56447
We will be providing a way for you to donate online in the near future. Please stay tuned!
Donate Surplus Food
Donate surplus food from your household, commercial business, or farm and feed our neighbors in need.
We can accept your surplus dry, refrigerated, and frozen food (subject to some limitations):
- Close-to-code/date
- Out-of-code/date (with extended shelf-life recommendations)
- Rejected but still safe for human consumption or use
- Discontinued
- Seasonal
If you have questions on what can be donated please don't hesitate to contact us.
Benefits for your commercial business or farm:
- Reduced Storage and Disposal Costs
- Tax Credits/Deduction
- Protection from Liability
- Convenience – We do offer pick up in certain circumstances
- Shows Your Customers Your Commitment to Helping Your Neighbors
Review our requirements here
Where to Bring Donations
Donations can be brought during our food distribution dates. Please visit here to view our next distribution.
Host a Food Drive!
You or your organization can host a traditional food drive to gather food from the surrounding community. Along with this, we here at EFS will be able to stretch any monetary donations.