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Community Food Resources

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FoodShare Wisconsin = Food Stamps

715- 468-4747

Indianhead Community Action Agency

Commodity Food Program for Income eligible

608 Service Road , Spooner, WI

Also weatherization, housing, food pantry, garden seeds, other services and thrift store

635-3975

Washburn County Wisconsin Nutrition Education Program

University of Wisconsin - Extension

635-4444

Wilma Johnson

 

Senior Citizen Nutrition Program

715-635-4460

WIC

Women, Infants and Children Nutrition Program

715 - 635-4400

Pregnant or Breastfeeding Women and Children to Age 5 who are income eligible

Free and Reduced Price School Lunch and Breakfast

School Age Children who are income eligible

Contact your school district office

  • Birchwood School 715-354-3471
  • Northwoods School 715-466-2297
  • Shell Lake School 715-468-7816
  • Spooner Area School District 715-635-2171
  • St. Francis de Sales Catholic School 715-635-2774

Shell Lake and Spooner Saturday Food Distributions

Everyone Who Eats - - Volunteers are needed at about 6:30 a.m.

First Saturday   Morning 7:30 A.M. Small Truck Fee

Shell Lake Full Gospel Church, 293 S. HWY 63 Shell Lake, WI

635-9309 Chuck

Third Saturday Morning 7:30 A.M. Small Truck Fee

Spooner Methodist Church, 312 Elm Street, Spooner, WI; Volunteers are needed at 6:30 a.m.

635-7642   Larry

SHARE-Birchwood (click here for order form)

Tto order for pick-up at Birchwood Senior Center call Chuck or Judy @ 715-354-7750 for ordering details; $20.55 a SHARE paid in advance.

Washburn County Food Shelf     

715-635-9309 -- Sue

Tuesday   9-11 a.m.

Thursday 1-3 p.m.

1649 Cottonwood Street, Spooner, WI

Turn on W. Beaverbrook Ave. past the fairgrounds to Industrial Blvd Turn Right; then turn left on Cottonwood, go the end of the street.   

Birchwood Food Shelf

715-354-3609 -- Jean

(Birchwood Area Residents only)

!st and 3rd Mondays 1:30-4:00 p.m.

Senior Citizen Center Basement

Birchwood, WI

The COMFORTS Food Shelf

Henson IGA Building Minong, WI Every Wednesday 12-2:00p.m.; 1st and 3rd Saturday12-2p.m. For information contact Matt 715-520-0986

Gordon Food Pantry

715-376-2732 -- Pat

(Gordon Area Residents only)

Every   Wednesday 9:00 a.m. to noon

Gordon Town Hall

Cumberland Area Food Pantry

715-822-4504 -- Mary

Cumberland City Hall Basement 1356 2 nd Avenue, (HWY 63) Cumberland, WI

Fridays 1-3 p.m.

Free Community Dinners. All are welcome. Share a meal and friendship.

St. Albans Table; Community dinnner, 4th Wednesday of the Month, 4-6 p.m. 220 Elm Street, Spooner, WI.

Birchwood Area Residents United Methodist Church, 4th Thursday of the Month, 5:30 p.m. (except during Advent and Lent) 103 Balsam Street, Birchwood

Church of the Nazerence, 1st Wednesday of the month 5:30 p.m. N4584 HWY 253, Spooner. WI Make a reservation, leave a message at 635-3496

United Methodist Church Community Table usually the 2nd Wednesday of the month 4-6 p.m. 135 Reinhart Drive, Shell Lake, WI 715-468-2405

Gardening Information - Information about Master Gardeners

University of Wisconsin - Extension at Spooner Agricultural Research Station

Highway 70 East

Spooner, WI 54801

715-635-3506

Kevin Schoessow

Free Financial Counseling UW-Extension Family Living Educator, Dianne @715-635-4444

 

 

 

 

 

 

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