Free Meals (Food to Share)

Every week day, Augsburg students lead volunteers and service learners into the neighborhood. Almost all of these shifts include a free meal for the volunteers, and gives students a chance to dine and converse with our neighbors. The schedule is fairly consistent through out the semester, but can change slightly week to week. Our Volunteer Calendar is always up to date on which particular shifts are open and operating. Read below to see which shifts interest you, and visit the Calendar to see if it’s open. When you find something that works, sign up here.

Youth Programs

Brian Coyle Community Center

Run by Pillsbury United Communities, the Brian Coyle Community Center serves the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis with basic needs, self-sufficiency, and youth services. The Campus Kitchen at Augsburg serves a weekly meal to the youth and staff of the Kids College program. Additionally, youth from the FANS college preparation program volunteer with the Campus Kitchen at Augsburg to deliver meals to neighborhood elderly and those with disabilities.

Trinity Lutheran Safe Place: Homework Help Program

The Safe Place is a tutoring program of the Trinity Lutheran Congregation for Cedar-Riverside kids, primarily East African, to receive help with homework after school during the regular school year. Volunteers (many of them Augsburg students participating in Augsburg Reads!) work with the kids on homework, and the Campus Kitchen at Augsburg provides a hot snack once a week.

Shelters

Peace House

A day shelter that provides hospitality during the day in a peaceful and restful place, Peace House gives food, voice, and respect to homeless and low-income people in the neighborhood Franklin and Portland Avenues in Minneapolis. Every lunch is preceded by ‘Meditation,’ a group discussion on a rotating topic. The Campus Kitchen at Augsburg serves lunch at Peace House every Thursday.

Low Income and Elderly Individuals

Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly

Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly (LBFE) is an international non-profit volunteer-based organization committed to relieving isolation and loneliness among the elderly. With a focus on companionship and quality of life, LBFE provided friendship and transportation to isolated seniors. The Campus Kitchen at Augsburg delivers dinner to LBFE clients in the Nokomis neighborhood once a week.

Common Bond Communities – Seward West and East Towers

Elderly and disabled residents of two Common Bond Communities low-income apartment towers receive dinner once a week from the Campus Kitchen at Augsburg. Common Bond Communities manages these apartment buildings and provides services for residents.

Ebenezer Tower

A service of Ebenezer, an elderly services program of Fairview Health Services, Ebenezer Tower provides subsidized housing to elderly. Ebenezer Tower strives to provide a social and safe atmosphere for its residents. Some residents of Ebenezer Tower receive dinner once a week from the Campus Kitchen at Augsburg.