Stearns Bank Community Challenge Returns for 2022

(KNSI) — Stearns Bank and the Central Minnesota Community Foundation are teaming up again for the Stearns Bank Community Challenge.

Stearns Bank is offering dollar-for-dollar up to a $100,000 match to be donated to three area food shelves this holiday season. The money will go to the Catholic Charities Emergency Services Food Shelf, the Salvation Army food shelf and the St. Joseph Community Food Shelf. Contributions can be sent directly to the organizations to the attention of the Stearns Bank Community Challenge.

Donations must be received by December 31st, 2022, to count.

The 2021 Community Challenge raised $540,000 for local food shelves.

“Stearns Bank is passionate about giving back to our communities through time, talent and resources,” said Rory Bidinger, Chief Marketing Officer at Stearns Bank N.A. “We are honored to be a part of a community that is strengthened through generosity.”

“We are incredibly grateful to Stearns Bank for offering a generous $100,000 match, to help combat hunger in our communities. The Stearns Bank Community Challenge is an impactful way you can give back and help those in need this holiday season. At CMCF, we believe we are better together, let’s work as a community during this season of giving, to truly make a difference,” said Greta Stark-Kraker, Executive Director of the Central Minnesota Community Foundation.

Here are the addresses to send donations to:

Catholic Charities
911 18^th Street North
St. Cloud, MN 56303

Donate online by clicking here.

St. Cloud Salvation Army
400 U.S. Highway 10 S
St. Cloud, MN 56304

Donate online by clicking here.

St. Joseph Community Food Shelf
P.O. Box 384
St. Joseph, MN 56374

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