Welcome to Open Arms
Open Arms of Minnesota prepares & delivers nourishing meals to critically ill Minnesotans and their families in need —100% free of charge to our clients.
Learn MoreFresh, Healthy, Delicious Meals
Our dietitians guide our trained chefs in developing a variety of tasty menu items tailored to specific illnesses.
Learn MoreA Community of Love
Open Arms is powered by our incredible volunteers, who ensure our critically ill neighbors are always nourished with love.
Volunteer NowDiversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Follow the link below to learn more about Open Arms' diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and how they are vital to our mission.
Learn MoreImpact Report 2022-23
Open Arms has unveiled its Impact Report for the fiscal year 2022-2023. Follow the link below to explore the full report on what was a transformative year!
Learn MoreOpen Arms Earns FIMC Accreditation
Open Arms of Minnesota amongst elite group of organizations to earn accreditation from the Food Is Medicine Coalition (FIMC)
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The Latest
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Cupcakes For A Cause 2024
August 13, 2024
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TOAST! 2024
August 13, 2024
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Peer Perspectives: Client-to-Client Stories
July 29, 2024
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FIMC Accreditation
July 26, 2024
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Securian Financial Gives Back
July 11, 2024
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Great Minnesota Bake Sale 2024
June 7, 2024
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What We Offer
Medically Tailored Meals
Our registered dietitians guide our trained chefs in developing delicious, made-from-scratch meals tailored to specific illnesses.
Convenient Home Deliveries
With the help of our volunteer drivers, we deliver a week’s worth of meals at a time, allowing clients to focus on healing and spending more time with loved ones.
Nutrition
Support
Our Nutrition Team is always available for our clients. They provide each client a nutritional assessment and offer free nutrition counseling & education services.
HEALTHY
Ingredients
We use fresh, local, and organic ingredients whenever possible—most of it prepared in-house and some of it grown ourselves at one of our five Open Farms locations.
Care for
Clients & FAmiLy
Meals are delivered not only to our clients, but also to dependents and caregivers. Income is not a qualifier for our services, and we operate on models of abundance, community, & social responsibility.
A Community of Kindness & Love
Everything we do relies on our incredible community of supporters and volunteers, who ensure that our meals are always prepared and delivered with love.
What you all do is so important. There are many people we know who have benefited from your services, should have, or could have had they lived in the Twin Cities — it could happen to any of us. Thank you for what you and all of the volunteers do.
Marina, a supporter of Open Arms
Thank you to the many generous donors, countless volunteers, and staff for providing me with the one bright spot in my week. You all have made such a difference in my life, and I can't thank you enough.
A client of Open Arms
As a dietitian, I know the impact nutrition has on health, and I am grateful Open Arms is able to serve so many people in the Twin Cities. Thanks for the work you do!
A supporter of Open Arms
My form of cancer gets me tired all the time and short of breath. If I had to cook, I would probably skip many meals, doing myself and my body no good... I could not live with this cancer without your help.
Mark, a client living with cancer
The delivery driver just left about 15 minutes ago. You may not hear it too much in my voice, but you brought tears to my eyes. You did it last week too. God bless you, thank you and just continue what you're doing.
A client living with MS
I have ALS and the meals delivered weekly despite the virus pandemic is awesome. I live alone and have escaped the virus so far. But that’s because of the food delivery from Open Arms. It’s the thoughtfulness of supporters, staff, and volunteers that makes my world bright.
Patience, a longtime client living with ALS
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FY 2022-23 By The Numbers
4,448
clients, caregivers and dependents served with our nourishing meals
1,024,543
medically tailored meals cooked and delivered to our clients
67k
hours of time donated by 4,701 volunteers, equaling ~32 employees
2,778
donors supported our neighbors living with a significant health crisis and/or critical illness.