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Cross Center of

Benton Co, MN

150 Fourth Ave.

P.O. Box 205

Foley, MN 56329

Mondays:

1pm-4pm, 6pm-8pm

Thursdays:

10am-3pm

Welcome to The CROSS Center

NEWS

• Redeemed, a gospel singing group, will be performing at the First Presbyterian Church in Foley. Come watch them on March 22nd at 3pm and bring a non-perishable food item or a free will offering!
• “Pack the Pews” on  March 21st and 22nd is an event all churches are encouraged to participate in. Fill the pews with food or with monetary donations. All donations are welcome!
• “March into Spring Breakfast” will be held on March 18th at the Gustavus Adolphus Lutheran Church in Foley. Come between 6:30 and 10 am to enjoy coffee, a roll, pancakes, and sausage!
• Check out the raffle for the  hand made doll house here!
• The Fish Fry is on February 27th at Henry’s Catering!  Please come out and show your support. The fish fry starts at 5 and goes until 7. The cost is $10 for adults, $7 for children 5-10, and $2 for children under 4, and includes an opportunity to build your own sundae. For more information, see the flyer here. See you there!
• The March Campaign is coming up fast! During the month of March, every dollar donated can be matched by the Minnesota FoodShare Food Fund. Please donate what you can, and remind your friends and family to  as well!
• Pack the Pews! During the weekend of March 20-22, the CROSS Center is looking for the area churches to host food drives to bring in as many donations as we can during the March Campaign. Please talk to your church and spread the word!
• Thank you for your support! The January Foley Business EXPO breakfast was the first CROSS fundraiser for 2015. Next up is Henry's Fish Fry on Friday, February 27. Make your own sundaes is again a specialty item at the fish fry along with a bake sale of extremely good homemade necessities for later enjoyment. The annual “Spring into Spring” event is also coming up, watch for details soon…
• Thank you! for all the time and effort to bring in Coborns Turkey Cards. We were able to purchase more than 140 turkeys this year. CROSS has more than that many families coming in each month so it helped to meet a great need.
• Looking back, the community support for the Christmas programs at CROSS was impressive. The Giving Trees had 94 envelopes, so 94 families were blessed this year with a much better Christmas than they could have done on their own. Toys were donated and put smiles on 171 little faces with happy hearts. What a wonderful community this is. Don't forget the volunteers! None of the work at CROSS would happen if it were not for the generous volunteers giving of their time.

• Remember to bring your donations in during CROSS open hours and knock on the door if it is locked. If you have a large donation, please let us know ahead of time when it is coming. Everything that we cannot use or has been rotated off the shelves is recycled and nothing will be thrown away. However, if donations are left outside the building and they get wet or smelly, we cannot bring them inside and they must be tossed. Please bring your donations during open hours, Monday 1-4, 6-8; Thursday 10-3.

Thank you for all you do to help us serve others in Benton County.

What We Need Today: March 5th

Canned peas, Pork and beans, Mac and cheese, Tooth brushes, Tooth paste, Ladies deodorant, Children's diapers, Paper towels, Cereal, Toilet paper, Popcorn, Pancake mix, Vegetable oil.

What We're About ...

This web site seeks to introduce you to the work and ministry of the C.R.O.S.S. Center in Benton County. It is our hope to acquaint you with the reasons for its existence, the resources it provides and the opportunities YOU are afforded to make a loving and significant difference in the lives of many of your neighbors who find themselves in a time of real crisis or need. Through a dedication to ongoing education, commitment, partnership and resourcing, the C.R.O.S.S. Center seeks to develop a growing awareness of the basic needs around us for food and clothing; to generate a passion to address those needs with compassion, love and care; to foster a willingness to partner together to accomplish much more than would otherwise be possible; and to challenge one another to each do our part to provide the best resources possible, to serve those in need through volunteers who truly care, and to support clients with what it takes to meet their real emergency needs. Whether you find yourself in the role of donor, volunteer or recipient - the ministry of the C.R.O.S.S. Center seeks to address real needs with compassion, integrity and a loving response. To that end, I hope you will join with us and play your part in making a real difference in the lives of those in need!

C.R.O.S.S. Mission: To provide encouragement and assistance to residents of Benton County who are experiencing short-term difficulties in meeting their basic needs for food and clothing.  Assistance is provided regardless of race, color or creed for those who qualify.

"America is the richest country in the world.  And yet tonight, thousands of your neighbors will go to bed hungry.  It may be your child's schoolmate who is undernourished and has difficulty learning on an empty stomach.  Or it could be a co-worker, a working mother whose low-wage job doesn't make ends meet.  Perhaps it's an elderly neighbor who has to make a decision whether to delay filling a prescription or buying groceries.  The faces of hunger are as broad as the faces of America."

                               David Jasby, General Mills