Story originally published in MMFA’s 2024 Impact Report through The Moravian Magazine in May 2025.
The Humanity Alliance of Victoria, Minnesota’s mission is simple: to redefine how we address access to nutrition and housing with love and dignity.
Lake Auburn Moravian Church, neighbor of the Alliance, has been connected with them for five years, helping with food preparation and the delivery of 5,000 ready-to-enjoy healthy meals each Friday to cover the weekend gap for low-income individuals and families in the area.
Last year The Humanity Alliance began a pilot Soup Stock program to provide a soup starter to community food shelves. Lake Auburn received a $3,200 grant from the Hunger and Thirst Fund to support the program, whose goal was to produce 144 thirty-two-ounce containers of soup stock a week. Over the pilot period they produced 275 containers a week!
Rev. Judy Ganz, the former interim pastor of Lake Auburn, shared, “The soup stock was taken from the shelves almost as soon as it was put out.”
Lake Auburn’s relationship with The Humanity Alliance continues to develop as volunteers from the church help in other ways, such as cutting vegetables for meal delivery.
In a post of gratitude to the congregation, The Humanity Alliance shared a photo of a Lake Auburn worship bulletin which had an invitation to “lead a life worthy of your calling” on the front. MMFA is grateful for Lake Auburn’s example in leading this kind of life and for the generous people whose gifts to the Hunger and Thirst Fund enabled us to support the Soup Starter program with a grant.
If you are interested in supporting our Hunger and Thirst Fund, which enables organizations to continue fulfilling their missions, consider donating to the fund here.
