Friday, January 11, 2013
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Dick Wolff, the founder of the Christian Cupboard Emergency Food Shelf, died Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. He was 78. “He was just a servant,” said Tim Hayden, a member of the food shelf board who knew Wolff for about seven years. Hayden recalled a Bible passage about Jesus feeding people when they were hungry and giving them something to drink when they were thirsty. “That reminds me so much of Dick,” he said. Memorial service Sunday, Jan. 13, 4:30 p.m. at Woodbury Lutheran Church, 7380 Afton Road. Visitation begins at 3:30 p.m. Memorials preferred in lieu of flowers. The Christian Cupboard Emergency Fool Shelf will celebrate its 30th year in 2013. Wolff had been experiencing health issues lately and was at the hospital when he told nurses he …
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
The organization has hired an interim executive director.
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012
As the Christian Cupboard Emergency Food Shelf looks to celebrate 30 years in 2013, the organization is taking a step forward without its founders. Cheryl Jensen has been hired as interim executive director of the food shelf, which is located at Woodbury Lutheran Church. Jensen, president of Strategic Consulting & Coaching, will aid in the transition from Dick and Sharon Wolff, who founded the Christian Cupboard. “The Wolffs have been the heart and soul of the food shelf here in town,” Greig Metzger, president of the food shelf’s board, told Patch this fall. “We plan to honor Dick and Sharon in the future and strive to continue their commitment to the community.” There was some disagreement over how the Wolffs left the food shelf. The …
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010
The local food shelf has seen its demand increase as many who previously donated have become clients.
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010
The holidays can be a difficult time for those struggling to make ends meet. The Christian Cupboard has worked to make things a little easier. The local food shelf, which operates out of Woodbury Lutheran Church, has been busy lately: it gave out more than $20,000 worth of toys and added $30 gift cards for the Christmas season to the bags of food for its clients. Christian Cupboard serves an average of 130 families each week and gives out about 6,000 pounds of food, said Dick Wolff, president, who helped found the food shelf in 1983. Those clients have grown, he said, as the poor economy took its toll on the area. Yet the community has continued to provide support. "Our givers are fewer, their amounts are bigger," he said. "So the fact is …
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Group has identified four areas on which it will focus; event planned for Dec. 13 at Woodbury Lutheran Church.
The Woodbury Community Foundation asked. You answered. The group, which works to build philanthropic and volunteer connections in Woodbury, will announce the results of a community survey conducted last year at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 13, at Woodbury Lutheran Church. The Woodbury Community Foundation (WCF) partnered with Wilder Research on the study, which found that residents would like the WCF to focus on youth, jobs, housing and food, said Executive Director Alisa Rabin Bell. The WCF sent out surveys to 4,000 Woodbury households late last year and the group received more than 900 responses (24 percent), a big number considering officials with Wilder say 5-10 percent would have been good, Bell said. "We were floored by the response," …
Lori Engesser
7:28 am on Monday, January 14, 2013
I was on the board when the Christian Cupboard was founded and worked with both Dick and Sharon off and on for years. Dick always had a warm smile and had a genuine concern for all the individuals that passed through the doors of the Christian Cupboard. When the scouts had their big food drives, Dick was right there bright and early with loads of encouragement and big thanks to the scouts. Both … more ›