SuperShelf Sites

Types of SuperShelf Sites

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Certified SuperShelf:  Fully certified SuperShelves who excel at providing a welcoming environment for communities to access appealing, healthy food. A Certified SuperShelf has passed the certification tool. 

In-Progress: A food shelf that has signed an MOU with the SuperShelf leadership team, and is on its way to transformation. This food shelf has not been certified.

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SuperShelf NIH Research

Evaluation Sites

These sites have been selected to transform into SuperShelf as part

of the NIH research evaluation grant.  

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• ACBC Emergency Food Shelf - Certified

• The Aliveness Project - Certified

• Community Emergency Services - Certified

• CHUM Emergency Food Shelf - in progress

• Community Action Center Northfield - Certified

• McLeod Emergency Food Shelf - Hutchinson Location - Certified

• Meeker Area Food Shelf - Litchfield Location - Certified

• Merrick Community Services - Arcade Location - in progress

• Riverworks Food Shelf - Rockford - Transformed!

• Sibley County Food Share - in progress

• Catholic Charities Food Shelf of St. Cloud - Transformed!

• Department of Indian Works - St. Paul - Transformed!

• Interfaith Outreach - Plymouth - coming 2020

• Mora Food Shelf - coming 2020

• Salvation Army Brainerd - coming 2020

• CAER Elk River - coming 2020

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Pilot Sites

These four food shelves helped to test the first full iteration of SuperShelf through the University of Minnesota Extension. These four food shelves were flexible partners, working with SuperShelf to test, edit, and implement a more solidified SuperShelf transformation process. This pilot was funded by BECR and UMN Extension Family Development/SNAP-Ed.

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• 360 Communities - Our Daily Bread Food Shelf

• Keystone Community Services – Rice Street Location

• Waite House

• Westonka Food Shelf

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Early Champion Sites

These food shelves helped to create and test the earliest versions of SuperShelf. They dedicated intense time and resources without any significant financial incentives, and SuperShelf is successful because of their previous and continued partnership.

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• 360 Communities - Burnsville Location

• White Bear Area Emergency Food Shelf

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The Instigator

Early on, before we had an idea of what SuperShelf could become, Valley Outreach food shelf in Stillwater was paving the way for this work. They partnered with HealthPartners to complete a healthy food shelf transformation, and this initial transformation serves as the foundation for SuperShelf today.

Waite House

360 - Burnsville

ACBC Food Shelf

Are you interested in having your food shelf complete a SuperShelf transformation or would you like to be trained as a SuperShelf consultant and support a transformation in your area? Please email us at SuperShelf@umn.edu.