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Cultivate thanks Nappanee Missionary Church and Andrea Helmuth for their life-changing involvement.  Nappanee Missionary Church is a generous financial partner of Cultivate and has provided and organized faithful volunteers too! Andrea Helmuth was introduced to...

Thanks to your gifts and support, we met our goal of funding 400 backpacks for children in need this school year! Your financial and food donations make it possible to send six nutritious frozen meals home with 400 kids each weekend.  We are so grateful to everyone...

Most volunteer groups schedule a two-hour session weeks in advance, but sometimes we get unexpected blessings of rescued food that needs to be processed quickly. In those cases, in order to be good stewards and make the most of your time, we need a few people we can...

Thanks to the team from Saint Joseph Mishawaka Medical Center who came out to volunteer last month! We’re so grateful to all our volunteers who give generously of their time and talents. We couldn’t do what we do without you!

Things are coming along nicely at the new building, and we are tentatively hoping to move in after the first of the year. Thanks again to each foundation, business, and generous individual who invested in this project. We can’t wait to show you around when we’re up...

A new year – and a new decade – is just around the corner, and you can get yours off to a great start by making a year-end gift to Cultivate before December 31st.  Thanks to your support, 2019 has been the best year yet for Cultivate and all the people we are feeding...

Thank you for making Giving Tuesday a success! Our goal was to raise $5,000 towards the purchase of a forklift, and all of your gifts were matched up to $5,000. Together, we raised what we needed, and then some.  This forklift is a crucial piece of equipment that will...

Cultivate’s weekend backpack program that provides students in St. Joseph, Elkhart, and Marshall counties with nutritious, frozen meals in insulated backpacks every Friday, is going to be featured on the Rachael Ray Show. This episode will air on Thursday, November...

Cultivate’s fourth annual Taste of Hope is already on the calendar! Save the date to join us on May 7th. At the Palais Royale! Tickets will be on sale soon. Click here to learn more about Taste of Hope 2020.

This Thanksgiving, Cultivate will once again join forces with Hope Ministries to serve Thanksgiving meals to hungry families who cannot afford their own. General Manager and Co-Founder Randy Z. will be cooking the delicious turkeys and collaborating with the...

RSM US LLC has been serving with Cultivate since the very beginning, but their history of stewardship and giving back has been around for nearly 100 years.  This year, RSM employees are not only giving their time and talents as faithful volunteers, but they are also...

It’s hard to believe it, but the holiday season is ramping up, and Giving Tuesday will be here before you know it! This year, you and other partners can get involved on Giving Tuesday by helping purchase one essential piece of equipment for our new building: a...

Because of your gifts, this year has been an explosive success, especially in our new backpack program which is currently serving 400 food-insecure children in nearby counties. We are so grateful for our supporters, board members, and volunteers who have helped make...

Cultivate thanks the Community Foundation of Elkhart County for their extremely generous gift of $85,000 to help us expand into our new building. Thanks to their incredible contribution, along with other supporters, work began on the new facility at the beginning of...

Expanded Reach Since Spring Pilot Last spring, Cultivate Food Rescue created a pilot program that provided insulated backpacks with frozen meals to 120 food-insecure elementary students. And now, we are providing nutritious weekend meals to 400 elementary students...

The sun shone on the green at Notre Dame’s Warren Golf Course on September 16th, for Cultivate’s inaugural golf outing. Not only was it a beautiful day and a great time – best of all, those who participated raised nearly $11,000 to help food-insecure children. 28...

Who wants pizza? Join us Wednesday, November 6th at Barnaby’s for a Giveback Day. While you’re feeding your family or friends, you can feed a hungry child through Cultivate’s backpack program. The Details Come out to the Jefferson Street Barnaby’s in South Bend on...