Open Arms of Minnesota

At Open Arms, theres always room for one more at our table.

Our Mission:By providing food as medicine, we nourish our clients and build community.

Our Purpose:We create an inclusive and joyful community to provide high-quality medically tailored meals, nutrition education, and hope to our clients.

Open Arms began as a single act of kindness in 1986 Bill Rowe,our founder, cooking foodin his apartment and delivering itto a handful of neighbors livingwith AIDS who had become too sick to cook for themselves.

Three decades later, our operation has grown into an organization with a state-of-the-art facilities in Minneapolis and St. Paul, which has allowed us to prepare and deliver millions of meals for thousands of clients and their loved ones. We have also since opened our arms wider to include more qualifying illnesses, such as cancer, MS, ALS, ESRD, CHF, COPD, and more.

Its a simple notion:people who are sick should not be without food. Yet, every day, our neighbors with life-threatening illnesses find themselves unable to shop or cook and, often, without the support network to help.

Thats where we come in.Open Arms of Minnesota is a nonprofit organization that prepares and delivers nourishing meals free of charge to critically ill Minnesotans and their loved ones. Our registered dietitians and in-house chefs create delicious, medically tailored menus using fresh and organic ingredients whenever possible. Through the support of a loving community of donors and volunteers, we harvest, cook, and deliver nutritious, made-from-scratch meals directly to our clients.

At Open Arms, we believe thatfood is medicine, and theres always room for one more at our table.