PROP Food Shelf Efforts

The Social Responsibility department delivered the donated personal care items to PROP Food Shelf this week.  Overall, ISM families and staff donated 740lbs of personal care items which included things like toothbrushes, toilet paper, paper towels, body wash, toothpaste, razors, shaving cream, shampoo, conditioner, diapers, and feminine products.  Following the drop-off delivery, Prima Sisinni (ISM '14), gave the students a tour of the facility to be able to see how the donations are processed and given out to the community in need.  We learned that 78% of the clients served are from Eden Prairie alone.  Additionally, we learned about wrap-around services that PROP provides such as mental health counseling, rent recovery, essential baskets for those in process of applications, and organizational collaboration efforts to feed the community such as collaboration with Second Harvest Heartland.  Another fact is that PROP Food Shelf just became a Super Shelf which means they not only accept non-perishable items, but perishable items like fresh fruit and vegetables to promote nutritional health within the community.  It was an amazing experience and we hope to continue our collaboration with PROP in the future!