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      <image:caption>Inside of Churches United’s Dorothy Day Food Pantry, located at 1308 Main Avenue in Moorhead.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - Rate of Uninsured Minnesotans Climbs to Six-Year High - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>A road sign depicting Micah’s Mission and Churches United outside their primary location.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Apple at the Dorthy Day Food Pantry.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Kitchen Manager Shawn Neidecker (right) poses with a volunteer inside the kitchen at Micah’s Mission in February, 2026.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Shawn and her coworker Yaya Perez in February, 2026.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Some of our wonderful volunteers!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Image contributed by Cobber Food Pantry.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - Here’s how Dorothy Day Food Pantry works - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dorothy Day Food Pantry is located at 1308 Main Ave., Moorhead. The Pantry is open three days a week, Tuesday from noon to 3 p.m.; Wednesday from 3-6 p.m.; and Thursday from noon to 3 p.m.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.churches-united.org/cu-news/churches-united-staff-participate-in-annual-point-in-time-count</loc>
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    <loc>https://www.churches-united.org/cu-news/churches-united-recognized-as-having-a-high-impact-board-for-giving-hearts-day</loc>
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      <image:caption>Micah’s Mission emergency shelter and community center is located at 1901 First Ave. N, Moorhead.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Jason Sturlaugson carves one of the many turkeys prepared for the festive Thanksgiving feast at Churches United on Thursday, Nov 27, 2025.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Churches United CEO Pastor Devlyn Brooks, left, stands with Abdishakur Mohamed, a community volunteer who brought over 100 handmade sambusas on behalf of the metro's Somali community to complement the Thanksgiving feast held at Micah's Mission on Thursday, Nov 27, 2025.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Abdishakur Mohamed (center) and Fowzia Adde (right) distribute freshly made sambusa, courtesy of the metro's Somali community, to Churches United volunteer Colleen Bishop during a Thanksgiving meal held on Thursday, Nov 27, 2025.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Kitchen Assistant Flo worked all day to prepare a dozen turkeys, piles of potatoes and a mountain of stuffing for over 90 people during Churches United's Thanksgiving feast on Thursday, Nov 27, 2025.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The metro community donated dozens of pumpkin pies for the Thanksgiving meal at Churches United on Thursday, Nov 27, 2025.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Kathie Brekke and the 42nd Street Jazz Band return to Faith Lutheran Church in Wolverton on Sunday, Nov. 30, for a Christmas benefit concert for Churches United.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Lead Shelter Advocate Ariel Borgen was named to the United Way of Class-Clay’s 35 Under 35 Women’s Leadership Program class of 2026.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>West Fargo Mayor Bernie Dardis, left, and Moorhead Mayor Shelly Carlson, center, listen while Fargo Mayor Tim Mahoney speaks at New Life Center in Fargo on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Churches United Family Case Manager Haylee Kaul at the Annual Public Health Conference in Washington, D.C., Nov. 2-5, 2025.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Choice Bank employees help sort donations at Micah’s Mission on Oct. 7, 2025.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Dr. Connie Koski, an assistant professor at North Dakota State University, with donations she brought to Micah’s Mission from students and faculty on Oct. 29, 2025.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Chloe Anderson, left, and Madeline Gothberg volunteering in the Micah’s Mission kitchen on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Spread Your Sunshine was given the first-ever Heart and Hustle Award at the Churches United Gourmet Soup Kitchen fundraiser on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. Spread Your Sunshine Founder Addie Loerzel is pictured front, center, and mother Marisa Bengston-Loerzel is pictured back, second from left.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Churches United CEO Pastor Devlyn Brooks, left, presents Spread Your Sunshine Founder Addie Loerzel, center, with the first-ever Heart and Hustle Award on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. Addie’s mother, Marisa Bengston-Loerzel, is pictured at right.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A caramel apple bar for kids hosted by Spread Your Sunshine in September 2025. Photo courtesy of Spread Your Sunshine.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Churches United CEO Pastor Devlyn Brooks, left, got his face covered in frosting by kids as a part of Spread Your Sunshine’s “frost your boss.” SYS Founder Addie Loerzel is pictured at right. Photo courtesy of Spread Your Sunshine.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Concordia College President Colin Irvine, right, was named the 2025 Gourmet Soup Kitchen winner.</image:caption>
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