2025 Jolly Trolley Food Drive results
The Jolly Trolley traversed favorable weather early in the week before dealing with blustery conditions late on its way to another big year collecting monetary and food donations! Thanks to the generosity of countless individuals nightly at area grocery stores and large donations from our food drive partners, Catholic Charities Emergency Services, Promise Neighborhood of Central MN and St. Cloud Area Salvation Army received thousands of pounds of non-perishable food and will be able to purchase much-needed supplies this holiday season.
Collection totals this year were $3,038 and 9,211 pounds of non-perishables. Over the last 15 years, the Jolly Trolley has distributed well over 43 tons of non-perishables and just shy of $40,000!
Special thanks also go out to the following:
- Townsquare Media for helping publicize and staff the events
- Locations for the Jolly Trolley collections – Lunds & Byerlys, Coborn’s on Cooper in St. Cloud, Cash Wise in Waite Park and Coborn’s in Sauk Rapids
- SpartanNash, Lunds & Byerlys, North Central Bus and
Gate City Bank for large food and monetary donations - EMR Metal Recycling for weighing donations
- House of Pizza and Taco John’s for donating food for volunteers each night
- Rengel Printing Company and FastSigns of St. Cloud for donating printed materials
