• Home
  • About Us
    • Semcac Board of Directors
    • Financial Documents & Fiscal Information
  • Employment
  • Contact Us
  • Ways to Give
    • Donate
    • Volunteer

Semcac

Community Action Agency

  • Clinic
    • Women’s Health
    • Men’s Health
    • Transgender Health
    • Community Education
    • FAQs
  • Emergency Assistance
    • Advocacy, referrals & assistance
    • Food Shelves
    • Homeless Prevention & Assistance
    • Energy Assistance
    • FAQs
  • Energy
    • Energy Assistance
    • Weatherization
    • HELP
    • FAQs
  • Head Start
    • Services
    • Policy Council
    • Resources & Links
    • FAQs
  • Housing
    • Housing Rehab Programs
    • Housing Developments
    • Bluff Country HRA
    • FAQs
  • Senior Services
    • Senior Dining
    • Meals on Wheels
    • Senior & Caregiver Advocacy
    • FAQs
  • Transportation
    • Volunteer Driver Program
    • Vax Van
    • FAQs

Food Shelves

Semcac’s four food shelves provide individuals and families with a variety of nutritious food and the opportunity to stretch limited household budgets. The food shelves are sustained by monetary donations, donations of food and personal care items. Donations are needed year-round!

Eligibility To Use the Food Shelf: The household income should be at or below 300% of the Federal Poverty Level. However, emergency food is available to any household experiencing a food crisis, regardless of household income. You are also eligible to use the food shelf if you participate in the following services/programs: MFIP, Child Care Assistance, GA (General Asst.), SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Asst. Program), NAPS (Nutritional Asst. for Seniors), WIC (Women, Infants, Children), Free & reduced breakfast & lunch – school, Head Start, Section 8 Housing, Public Housing, Energy Assistance, Weatherization.

Income guidelines for food shelf

300% of Federal Poverty Income (or less)

   Household Size Income at or below
1 0 – $40,770
2 $40,771 – $54,930
3 $54,931 – $69,090
4 $69,091 – $83,250
5 $83,251 – $97,410
6 $97,411 – $111,570
7 $111,571 – $125,730
8 $125,731 – $139,890
  Addtl. members, + $4,720 /person

 

 

 

Clients follow guidelines to select their own food items!

 

 

Location

Phone

Hours

Dodge County Food Shelf  

105 S. Mantorville Ave., P.O. Box 36
Kasson, MN  55944

   507.634.4350 Tuesday & Thursday
8:00a – 12:30p  &  1:30p – 4:00p
Fillmore County, Preston Food Shelf

515 Washington St. NW, P.O. Box 5
Preston, MN  55965

   507.765.2761

Tuesday
9:00a – 12 noon  &  1:00p – 6:00p

Thursday

9:00a – 12 noon & 1:00 – 4:00p

Fillmore County, Rushford Food Shelf

113 E. Jessie St., P.O. Box 549
Rushford, MN  55971

   507.864.8224  

Tuesday & Thursday
9:00a – 11:30a  &  12:30p – 4:00p

Houston County Food Shelf

138 East Main St.
Caledonia, MN  55921

   507.725.3677 Tuesday
9:00a – 12 noon  & 1:00p – 6:00p

&

Thursday
9:00a – 12 noon & 1:00p – 4:00p

External links or resources of interest:
  • Channel One, Inc. Food Bank and Food Shelf of Rochester, MN
  • Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program
  • Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly known as Food Stamps) or Call the Minnesota Food HelpLine, a Hunger Solution Minnesota project, at 1-888-711-1151, Monday through Friday, 8:30-4:30. This is Minnesota’s Food Support hotline, which offers Food Support eligibility screening and application assistance. Multilingual translation service is available.

Outreach & Emergency Services

  • Emergency Services
  • Advocacy, referrals & assistance
  • Food Shelves
  • Homeless Prevention & Assistance
  • Energy Assistance
  • FAQs

Contact A Semcac Office

Contact Semcac

(507) 864-7741
8:00 am – 4:30 pm | Mon – Fri
semcac@semcac.org
Contact us using our secure
Semcac Message Center

Friend & Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter

Register for E-Updates!

Receive the Semcac Sentinel newsletter, enter your email, or text Semcac to 22828

Email Sign-Up

 
Website Privacy Policy

Serving Southeastern Minnesota Counties

Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Mower, Winona & Steele | Limited services in Olmsted, Goodhue, Rice, Wabasha & Waseca  View the list of services offered in each county.

750

2021 Annual Report Video

An Equal Opportunity Employer • Member of the Rushford Area Chamber of Commerce
© 2022 Semcac, All Rights Reserved.
Website design & hosting by Vision Design Group, Inc.

Our Web Site is maintained internally by Semcac staff. For comments regarding this web site, contact the Webmaster.