Providers include organizations focusing on employment, public health, food shelves, veterans’ services, disability, chemical dependency, mental health, women’s health, social services, housing, dental, medical and early childhood development.

All attendees are offered a light bag lunch. Government ID vouchers and interpreters are available. We also have tables with free resources including hygiene items, blankets and other necessities.

Project Community Connect welcomes hundreds of guests in need of services, as well as 90+ organizations and service providers (booths) and volunteers. Guests experience firsthand that their community cares about them and wants to direct them to services to help them become more stable and self-sufficient.

City of Mankato will provide free transit rides. For transportation Information, call Kate at 507-995-9259.

Please consider holding a Personal Care Item Donation Drive at your organization or place of employment. You simply send out a notice to your co-workers asking them to bring in new (unopened) personal care items.

Wish List: 

• Diapers
• Cleaning wipes
• Toothpaste and toothbrushes
• Children’s hygiene items
• Shampoo/conditioner
• Body wash
• Pump hand soap
• Deodorant
• Tissues 
• Paper towels
• Toilet paper

PCC is made possible by sponsors and generous in-kind supporters. This collaborative event benefits from the dedication, generosity and skills of individuals from around our nine-county region. Committees and volunteers include members from regional homeless response teams and various nonprofit organizations, as well as community members and students.