Partner Organizations

- United Way of St. Croix County/The Food Group- Provides free or low cost food for monthly pick up

- Second Harvest Heartland - $1 in donations for Five Loaves purchases $7 worth of food at Second Harvest

- The Salvation Army/Grace Place – Two Fish provides their clients with clothes while they have provided grant and fundraising advice

- The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) - Provides monthly food donations

- New Richmond School District’s Community Education - Empty Bowls Committee coordinates the biggest fundraiser of the year

Benefiting the Happy Kids Backpack Program and Five Loaves general operating, provides a room free of cost for the backpack

program assembly line

- New Richmond School nurses, teachers and students - Identifies need, helps coordinate logistics, and fills backpacks for HKBP

- Students and teachers volunteer from several departments including The Alternative Learning Center, Special Services, Ag Department,

Key Club and the Bridge program

- Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC) - Meals on Wheels program; helps identify need and coordinates logistics for food

deliveries (provided by Five Loaves) to homebound seniors at risk of hunger

- New Richmond Alano Society – Collaborates with ADRC and Five Loaves by shopping for and delivering food from Five Loaves to homebound seniors

- Turning Point - Provided mentoring and fundraising advice in 2014

- Big Brothers Big Sisters - Provided advice about grant writing and fundraising in 2014

- Our Neighbor’s Place - Provided fundraising advice in 2014

- The Epilepsy Foundation – pays fee to recycle items unsold in Thrift Store

- Walmart, Family Fresh, Kwik Trip and Super America – donates produce/other rescued food

- New Richmond Area Community Foundation – provides mentoring and strategic planning advice

- St. Croix Valley Foundation – provides mentoring and referrals

- Family Fresh Grocery Store, the SPACE, NR Chamber of Commerce, Westconsin Credit Union – conducts annual drives

- Westfields Hospital – provides nutrition demos, conducts drives, sends out volunteer info to staff

- Service Organizations: Rotary, Knights of Columbus, Kiwanis) – helps deliver and unload food; conducts food and money drives,

helps pack/transport backpacks for HKBP

- UW-Extension/Nutrition Education Program – provides nutrition education information

- Aurora Services – Five Loaves provides jobs for adults with disabilities while Aurora will be providing volunteer services for Five Loaves

- Chippewa Falls Home for Vets – receives videos and clothing donations from Five Loaves

- New Richmond School Head Start – Two Fish donates items for children in need (books, clothes, bikes)

- Avalon Flower Shop in Eau Claire – purchases vases from Thrift Store

- Cattown Rescue and Arnell Animal Shelter, Amery – Two Fish donates blankets & pillows for animals in need

- Better Bites – partnership provides free, pre-made meals for clients

- The Heritage Center – providing ongoing thrift store advice

- New Richmond Area Centre – providing storage, volunteers, food and fund drives, marketing expertise, clerical support, supplies

- Better Shelf, Better Health – providing food shelf designing, supplies and advice

- UW-Oshkosh – provide student intern

- WITC- provide student intern

- Local churches- United Methodist, Immaculate Conception, St. Luke's, Faith Community,Prairieview Covenant,St. Patrick's Erin,

First Lutheran, First Baptist- provide ongoing volunteer hours,financial and food donations

- Local schools: NRHS, NRMS, Paperjack,St. Mary's, Hillside, Starr Elementary-provide food, financial and volunteer hours