Community Partners
When we look around our neighborhood, there are a lot of people in need of extra support. None of us can do it on our own. That's why we share the load with our community partners to meet the growing needs here in Rochester and far beyond.
Gloria Dei has been proud to support these organizations financially. Last year alone we provided over $143,000 as a way of caring for our neighbors. In addition to our financial support, many Gloria Dei members volunteer at some of these organizations on a regular basis.
Join us as we work toward turning our mission of welcome and love of neighbor into reality.
Local Partners
Channel One Food Bank
Channel One Food Bank serves people experiencing hunger in 14 counties in southeastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin through a network of more than 125 food shelves, pantries and programs.
Visit Channel One
The Landing
The Landing MN acts as a soft place to land for those experiencing homelessness in Rochester. They work to break down the barriers between their guests and the services they need such as housing assistance, medical needs, and more. They also provide necessities such as toiletries, shoes, food, clothing and laundry services.
Visit The Landing
Womens Shelter and support center
The Women’s Shelter and Support Center in Rochester provides temporary shelter and services to people impacted by domestic violence, while transforming the community through education and leadership for social change.
Visit the Womens Shelter and Support Center
Rochester Salvation Army
The Rochester Salvation Army provides a wide array of services including free food, emergency and transitional housing, a medical and dental clinic, social services, youth programs, and more.
Visit the Rochester Salvation Army
Family Promise
Family Promise serves families in need by focusing on diversion and prevention, shelter, and stabilization.
Visit Family Promise
Meals on wheels
Meals on Wheels provides hot, nutritious, home delivered meals and a friendly visit.
Visit Meals on Wheels
Exchange
The Exchange is a co-operative community on the northwest side of Rochester, MN. They exchange help, friendship, and skills with one another and for the good of neighborhood around them.
Visit The Exchange
Dorothy Day Hospitality House
The Dorothy Day Hospitality House is a temporary homeless shelter in downtown Rochester.
Visit the Dorothy Day Hospitality House
Rochester Youth Services
Rochester Youth Services provides a safe environment for youth experiencing homelessness. Rochester Youth Services (formerly LINK) is provided through Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota.
Visit Rochester Youth Services
Community Food Response
Community Food Response serves hungry adults and children in the Rochester area by rescuing extra food from local area kitchens, thereby keeping this food out of our waste stream.
Visit Community Food Response
Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit organization that helps families build and improve places to call home. They also work on neighborhood revitalization, advocacy, financial education, and disaster response.
Visit Habitat for Humanity
Next Chapter Reentry Project
The Next Chapter Reentry Project focuses on breaking the cycle of incarceration and restoring individuals to their families and communities. They provide a supportive environment through residential programs and work to address the trauma and challenges faced by individuals and families affected by crime.
Bear Creek Development Center
The Bear Creek Development Center creates innovative, holistic, and truly affordable housing solutions with families and individuals in the Rochester area.
Visit the Bear Creek Development Center
Jeremiah program
The Jeremiah Program works on disrupting the cycle of poverty for single mothers and their children, two generations at a time.
Visit Jeremiah Program
Doc’s Recovery House
Doc’s Recovery House is a recovery community organization and sober living community that provides recovery housing and peer support to individuals pursuing a life of recovery from addiction in Rochester, Minnesota.
Visit Doc’s Recovery House
Gloria Dei Condo
The Gloria Dei Condo provides free short-term housing support for patients and their caregivers who are visiting Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
Visit the Gloria Dei Condo
International Partners
ELCA World Hunger
ELCA World Hunger is a relief and development organization that works to support sustainable solutions that get at the root causes of hunger and poverty. They connect people with the resources they need to produce food and gain access to clean water, education, health care and sources of income.
Visit ELCA World Hunger
Lutheran World Relief
Lutheran World Relief is an international development and aid organization working across Africa, Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East. They collaborate with local partners to grow resilient rural economies, reduce poverty, and respond to natural disasters and humanitarian crises.
Visit Lutheran World Relief
ECHO
ECHO focuses on reducing hunger and improving the lives of small-scale farmers worldwide. They provide agricultural and appropriate technology training and resources to development workers in more than 165 countries. They also work to strengthen best practices in sustainable agriculture and appropriate technology, and create opportunities for community leaders to network with one another to share experiences, ideas and solutions.
Visit ECHO