Community Café serves Free, hot meals.

 Backus Community Center's COMMUNITY CAFE was the recipient of a very successful fundraising event.  A team comprised of contagiously influential people from the International Falls community banded together with a mission to raise money to help sustain the Community Cafe meal program into 2021.  Through online promotions, telephone calls, and in-person visits and conversations, the group raised (are you ready?)  (DRUM ROLL PLEASE!)                                                              $50,865.00!!!  FEED JUST ONECommunity Cafe is a twice a week, hot meal program at Backus Community Center.  Each Tuesday and Thursday night guests come for a free, hot, nutritious meal.   On average 250 meals are served per night.   The goal since 2012 has been to reduce hunger and build a stronger community.  Did you know:

• $42.00 will feed one person for a month
• $84.00 will feed two people for a month
• $210.00 will feed five people for a month
• $504.00 will feed twelve people for a month
• $1,000.00 will feed twenty four people for a month
• $1,000.00 will feed one person for a year

There is still time you can help Community Café.  The fundraiser is complete, but the need in our community continues. HOW CAN YOU HELP?  

• Mail a check to Backus Community Center, 900 5th Street, International Falls, MN 56649
• Stop by Backus to donate by cash, check, or credit card ( 5% fee for credit card use)
• Donate through PayPal for Citizens for Backus/AB.

We are so very grateful to everyone for words of encouragement, for sharing your stories, and for all contributions.  YOU make a difference every day!