JUST ANNOUNCED! ALL FUNDS RAISED at this event WILL BE MATCHED!

Open Arms has secured $7.7 million of an $8.1 million campaign goal for a new building and programmatic expansion. They must raise these remaining dollars by December 31, 2009 to receive $1.2 million in challenge grants. Wonderfully, all funds raised at Butterball will qualify for these challenge grants ... so, your donation will be doubled!

Open Arms offers a unique model of care for people in our community who are sick, hungry, and have nowhere else to turn for help. Since their founding in 1986, Open Arms has brought compassion, dignity, and hope to people living with HIV/AIDS by preparing nutritious meals and delivering those meals to our clients’ doors. In recent years, they’ve expanded to include women undergoing treatment for breast cancer and individuals living with Lou Gehrig’s disease, multiple sclerosis, and other serious and life-threatening illnesses. In 2008, Open Arms prepared and delivered its 1.5 millionth meal.

By March of 2010, they will open their arms wider and begin operating out of their newly constructed building, which will enable them to expand their program to ensure that NO ONE with a chronic or progressive disease in our community will go hungry.

In 2007, Open Arms was overwhelmed to receive $80,000 from Butterball proceeds. Open Arms is appreciative for the continued support from the Butterball hosts, guests and sponsors, as these proceeds support our programs and make a direct impact on the quality of life for those living with illness in the Twin Cities

Visit Open Arms website to learn more about our work.