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Welcome to the online home of Community Emergency Service
1900 11th Avenue S
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Community Emergency Service (CES) is a non-profit crisis relief and empowerment ministry that first and foremost glorifies our Lord and extends His love to those in the inner city of South Minneapolis.
CES began in 1971 when prominent Twin Cities businessman Russell Lund approached Augustana Lutheran Church in Minneapolis to enhance their outreach by helping people with food and gifts on a person-to-person basis.
Located in the Phillips (Ventura Village) Neighborhood, CES provides services to over 55,000 people annually.
News & Notes
6/4/09: Trash to Cash Program
Trash to Cash program—CES accepts laser and ink jet cartridges and cell phones to recycle. All you need to do is to drop them off at CES and they are turned into CASH!
5/24/09: Pastor John Bohnsack has retired!
Pastor John Bohnsack has resigned with his last day with the ministry being 5/01/09. The Board of Directors, the staff, and the rest of CES wants to thank him for his 28 years of service and dedication. We pray for God's blessing on John and his wife Barbara during their retirement years.
4/15/09: Fishing For Life "Fish-a-Thon"
The Fish-A-Thon is an event designed to be a financial vehicle for ministries in Minneapolis and St. Paul. The goal is to mobilize over 10,000 area youth to participate on area lakes, or whatever body of water they choose, throughout Summer 2008.
Go to their website and register to support CES.
3/26/09: Friday Produce Day
While our weekly Friday produce day has grown to routinely serve 200+ people, we've seen weeks with over 300 people. This program is meeting real needs in the Twin Cities.
May 2009 Statistics
Community Emergency Service
Total Client Interviews.................893
Food Shelf Recipients.................571
Financial Aid Recipients.............434
Persons Receiving Referral..........313
Referral Value...................$187,598
Fare For All Packages...................44
Voice Mail Recipients...................25
Friday Produce Clients.............1,095
Distributed Food YTD......200,648 lbs
Meals on Wheels
Meals Served...........................5,030
Clients Served............................227
Work With Dignity
Work With Dignity is partially opera-
tional with the afternoon volunteers
only due to a drop in donations.