Cretex Cares-A-Thon
Cretex Cares is proud to be holding our fourth annual Cretex Cares-A-Thon!
During the month of June, we will be supporting our local communities through a range of events and outreach opportunities. Check out the calendar below to see how you can participate in the 2025 Cretex Cares-A-Thon and help us give back this June!
Get Involved!
Snack Kit Assembly
To kick off our 4th annual Cares-a-thon, help assemble snack kits for the Anoka County Brotherhood Council (ACBC). This organization exists to serve as a food pantry, thrift store, and general supportive service for those in the Anoka community experiencing financial insecurity. ACBC has been distributing food packs since 1971 and was one of the first food shelves in the Twin Cities to reopen an in-person shopping food pantry after the pandemic.
This snack packing event will fuel hungry school-aged kids throughout the summer months, bringing community volunteers and community partners together.
We are looking for volunteers to help us assemble these packs at two separate locations!
June 5
rms - Coon Rapids
2:00 - 3:00pm
3:00 - 4:00pm
8600 Evergreen Blvd, Coon Rapids, MN 55433
rms - Anoka
4:00 - 5:00pm
1220 Lund Blvd, Anoka, MN 55303
More details will be communicated directly with volunteers.
Food Sorting and Packing
Second Harvest Heartland partners with food shelves and hunger-relief programs to source and distribute food to households who need it, advocate for effective policies and programs, and invest in new ways to end hunger in the heartland.We are looking for 35 volunteers to help sort and pack food items!
3:30pm - 5:00pm
Second Harvest Heartland
7101 Winnetka Ave N, Brooklyn Park, MN 55428
Food Packing
Feed My Starving Children strives to eliminate malnutrition and starvation in children throughout the world by helping to instill compassion in a generation that hears and responds to the cries of those in need until all are fed.Support Feed My Starving Children by packing food items to meet the needs of their food partners around the world! We are looking for volunteers for two separate dates!
Feed My Starving Children
401 93rd Ave NW, Coon Rapids, MN 55433
Wednesday, June 18 | 5:00 - 6:30pm
Feed My Starving Children
18732 Lake Drive E, Chanhassen, MN 55317
Shoe Drive
Don't know what to do with those sneakers that just don't fit right? What about those heels that have been sitting in the back of your closet for ages?We've got a shoe-lution! For this year's Cares-a-thon, we are hosting a shoe drive at CDT Brooklyn Park from June 16 - 23. Participate by bringing in gently-used shoes of any style or size to our donation box. Our goal is to bring in at least 100 pairs of shoes.
For this event, we are partnering with Good in the Hood, a non-profit organization based out of Minneapolis. Their mission is to change lives through kindness in the form of hot meals, groceries, and quality footwear. Our shoe drive aligns with Good in the Hood's "Shoe Away Hunger" initiative, which will provide affordable shoes to those in need and will help to fund their food programs and services, to ultimately reduce hunger in our area "one sole at a time."
Look for more information onsite at the Brooklyn Park facility on how you can participate.
Cemetery Clean-Up
Cretex and our owners have helped with the caretaking of the Orono Cemetery for over 100 years. Several Cretex employees have served on the Board of Trustees for the cemetery.
Join us in assisting with the grounds clean-up at Orono Cemetery in Elk River. Please bring a pair of gloves, wear the appropriate attire for yard work, and consider the expected weather conditions.
We are looking for volunteers!
Wednesday, June 25
2:00 - 4:00pm
Orono Cemetery
18414 Boston St NW, Elk River, MN 55330
To sign up, please complete the form below!
More details will be communicated directly with volunteers.
Cretex Cares-A-Thon at our facilities...
Check out what our businesses are doing this month!
CDT Dassel: MATTERboxes
MATTERbox
Making a MATTERbox means packing up nutritious snacks to fuel hungry kids in our community. From there, the packs can be donated to a community organization, or MATTERbox will donate them to a community partner.
Employees will have the opportunity to assemble MATTERboxes at CDT Dassel on June 5 at 1:00pm.
Cretex Medical Conference
Footcare & Self-Care Packs
These footcare packs will include things like flip-flops and socks. The self-care packs will include necessities like toothbrushes, soap, shampoo, combs, and more. Cretex Medical Conference attendees will have the opportunity to assemble these packs on June 10.
CSP: Food Drive
Pewaukee Food Pantry
Cretex Specialty Products in Waukesha, WI will be participating in a food and essentials drive from June 16 - 20. All donations for this drive will benefit the Pewaukee Food Pantry just down the road, which was first started by the city's Inter-Church Lay Council in 1983. Today, the pantry runs solely on donations.
The Pewaukee Food Pantry accepts a variety of donations to suit the needs of each family that relies on it. Pre-packaged food boxes, canned fruits and vegetables, and non-perishable items are all in high demand. Hygiene items such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo, lotion, cleaning supplies, paper towels, and laundry detergent are also welcome donations.
Contact
You can contact Cretex Cares via email, phone, or follow the Cretex Cares Facebook page to stay connected!
CretexCares@Cretex.com
Indirect Phone Number
763.441.2121
www.facebook.com/CretexCares
