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For those of you who visit our building on Franklin Avenue, you’ll understand why we’re so excited about the parking lot at the new building. (For some volunteers, I bet

We’re getting ready to keep warm AND cold this week. The coolers continue to be installed, and the heating and cooling unit is being lifted onto the roof of the

This week’s post is from Kurt Moses, who has been one of the many talented photographers to have documented Open Arms events, volunteers and clients over the years. You’ve seen

… and meal by meal. Thanks for all that you bring to Open Arms. We can’t do it without you. And we ARE making progress, and you ARE making a

Because of our generous friends, we have a beautiful new brand with a great logo. And some other friends donated their expertise in putting it on our van! If you

At 2500 Bloomington Ave this week, they are bringing in the walls for the coolers and freezers. As it starts to get cooler outside, the building is also getting ready

This week, there’s been even more visible progress on the future bakery room, meeting room and lobby area of our building at 2500 Bloomington Avenue. If you’ve been in our

The roof boards are down and the 2nd floor is almost entirely walled in. They also have started to put up the walls for the kitchen. The kitchen will be

The roof joists are in over most of the 2nd floor. Soon, we will have a roof!

One of the photos in this batch is of all of the conduit that is running in the kitchen floor. It will all be completely covered with concrete within a

Today, we came across some photos from 1997 and 1998. We were still in the church basement in Dinkytown, and making due with the borrowed space. And we also have