Gather and Grow Food Shelf - Waconia, Minnesota

America L.

This was definitely a great resource before however I had a terrible experience today just for not knowing their policies with appointments, I was belittled and then asked to leave. Volunteers who assisted me today were extremely confrontational and stated they did not get paid for their time as if asking for resources is not shameful enough. I would avoid the embarrassment and maybe try a different resource. And I would highly duggedt this organization provide their volunteers with a bit of compassion training.

Luis A.

They are so great and helpful
Blessings all my family in the hard times.

Katie O.

Great selection! Staff is courteous and very helpful for any questions you might have. Items are clearly marked for quantities. Whole location if very clean and inviting. I've never been disappointed when going to this food shelf. I've seen some food shelves that are absolutely disgusting. Nice job Waconia Food Shelf!

Big A.

If your coming from outside Waconia don't bother, they won't serve you anymore.
We've been coming here for over a year. Drive 45 min one direction only to find out we are NOT welcome here anymore. They have our contact information but couldn't be bothered to let us know prior to coming all this way. Guess feeding our families doesn't matter. I definitely feel discriminated against

Ari M.

Nice food shelf. They don't require ID or documents but they do have an income limit. They also have lots of other resources.

Alexys A.

I’ve been coming out here from Minneapolis for a year and today I came like I normally do but was turned away. I drove 47mins in one direction to come out here for food for my family which includes 3 children and they didn’t tell me until I got to the door that I couldn’t shop. We’re no longer allowed to shop here because we’re from Minneapolis. No one even had the decency to contact us and let us know. Then we weren’t even allowed to shop this time, even after making the trip.

Many of the inner city food shelfs only have pantry food items or very limited fresh meat/produce options and for families like mine with many varying health concerns, it’s generally not very helpful to us.

Mind you, this all comes after being constantly reminded every time we came in this winter that we’re only allowed to shop once a month because we’re from the city. There’s clearly a reason why some of us are using the last of our money to travel this distance for food.

I told my kids I was going to the food shelf today and they know what that means.. So, now what am I supposed to tell them?

Leslie W.

The people who work here, are some of the most amazing people I’ve met. Very kind, and helpful.

Amanda W. (.

Wonderful very nice people that work there. Also they always have a very good supply and options for food and other essentials.