Neighbors helping neighbors

CEAP mobilizes resources, shares abundance, and nourishes neighbors to create a healthier, stronger, and more connected community. 

  • neighbors served annually

    50,000

  • Meals on Wheels meals delivered yearly

    60,000

  • volunteer hours in 2025

    19,000

  • pounds of food distributed each year

    2,000,000

You can help grow a stronger community.

Latest News & Updates

November 6, 2026
byCEAP

Discover how CEAP is bringing the community together this holiday season through food drives, volunteer opportunities, Give to the Max Day and more.

October 4, 2026
byCEAP
July 9, 2026
byCEAP

Learn how together—with compassionate partners and generous supporters like you—we can ensure every child has the opportunity to start the school year ready to learn and ready to thrive.

Ensuring neighbors feel safe, loved and nourished.

  • Unmatched kindness.

    "Everyone is really nice... they always find ways to help. They know that we only live one time, we've got to enjoy our life and be kind to each other."
    *–Terry, Food Market visitor

In Community, For Community

CEAP was founded in 1972 as a food shelf responding to the growing need for human services in Brooklyn Center and Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. Today, CEAP is a boundaryless organization that weaves together a social safety net to support our neighbors.