Agency Online Exchange

The intention of these meetings is to create space for agencies to network with each other and make room for sharing and learning between us all. They will be held online and agencies are encouraged to suggest topics for discussion or ask questions they’d like addressed by their network peers or Second Harvest Heartland. Formats may include presentations from Second Harvest Heartland, visits from outside guest or group discussions. If you have a best practice or innovation you’d like to share, please let us know.

We will not be holding a JUly 2024 Agency ONline Exchange. See in you in August!

Next exchange: August 22, 2024

Topic: Introducing the new Partner Portal!

Archives & Shared Resources

June 27, 2024: Network Gatherings and Agency Online Exchange Feedback

Full Recording: click here

April 25, 2024: Neighbor Insights Survey Results

March 28, 2024: Spanish Resources for Food Shelves and Neighbors

February 22, 2024: MN FoodShare March Campaign and other Fundraising Strategies

January 25, 2024: Volunteer Support Listening Session

October 26, 2023: The Second Harvest Heartland Care Center

September 28, 2023: SNAP Updates, Advocacy and Outreach

August 24, 2023: Child Hunger

July 27, 2023: Visit Frequency and Capacity Building with FFEN

June 22, 2023: Summer Food Resources

*Due to technical difficulties, we do not have the meeting recording this month. If you have questions about summer produce please contact your partner specialist or orders@2harvest.org. If you have questions about summer resources for kids see the below slide deck.

May 25, 2023: Statewide Food Shelf Survey Results with FFEN

April 27, 2023: Volunteer Engagement

March 23, 2023: Ramadan and Hunger Relief

February 23, 2023: Hunger Relief Advocacy

January 26, 2023: Reminders and Looking Forward to 2023

October 27, 2022: Year-end Review for Next Year Planning

September 22, 2022: Peer Learning- Share your grant seeking experience

  • Full recording click here

  • Chat transcript click here

  • We want to hear from you! Whether or not you could attend this Agency Online Exchange, please take a moment to complete this survey about your grant seeking experience.

August 25, 2022: Understanding Neighbors & Their Needs

July 28, 2022: Creative Solutions for Challenging Times - Sharing & Brainstorming Ideas

June 23, 2022: Hunger Cliff and Policy Updates

May 26, 2022: Heartland Hub Quick Updates and Seasonal Produce

April 28, 2022: Food Rescue and “Just in Time” Donations Using MealConnect

March 24: TEFAP Updates

February 24: Sharing food and other compliance questions

January 27: Topics for 2022

October 28: Food dating receiving and best practices

September 30: 25% increase in SNAP benefits and Child Tax Care Credit expansion

August 26: Hunger Solutions, guests Joe Walker and Peter Woitock learn about membership, grants, benefits to food shelves and advocacy work. Agency networking, Q&A.

June 24: Gov. Walz lifting COVID restrictions, opening back up for clients Guest agencies include IOCP, Browerville Area Food Shelf and Pipestone County Food Shelf

May 27: Statewide food shelf client and manager surveys. Guests: Nora Gordon and Caitlin Caspi from the SuperShelf team

April 22: Alternative distribution models (mobile, pop-up, community access points)

March 25: Creatively maximizing SHH inventory including AgencyExpress/shopping tips, TEFAP ordering and more

Feb 25: Vaccine and COVID updates, first time visit reporting, addressing weather challenges

Jan 7 Inaugural Exchange: Gathering feedback and planning future meetings

2024 Schedule

  • Fourth Thursday of the month January - October

  • 1:00 - 2:00 pm

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