Fifty-plus years. After more than half a century of operating a food shelf and a donated clothing store and other services, the organization put everybody to work with a shovel for a new building.
Target date to open new doors: 2024
WINONA, Minn. — Winona Volunteer Services broke ground for a 22,000-square foot building where its services will be consolidated. The $4.8 million facility will be in a familiar neighborhood — on East Second Street between Laird and Chestnut. Most of the cost already has been raised from private donors. A $1.1 million. capital is under way for the rest. Burke said there will be operational savings from a single facility. Meanwhile, the organization continues to branch out to new services, including home-delivered meals.