# Second Harvest Heartland Thanksgiving Family Food Sort & Pack > Event for families in the Minneapolis–St. Paul–Bloomington area (MN / WI). Times are Central Time. - When: Nov 24 – Nov 28 · 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM - Where: Second Harvest Heartland Volunteer Center, 7101 Winnetka Ave N, Brooklyn Park, MN 55428 - Ages: Ages 8 and up; youth must be accompanied by an adult guardian; closed-toe shoes required - Price: Free community volunteer activity (advance registration required) - Organizer: Second Harvest Heartland - Official page: https://www.2harvest.org/volunteer - Last checked: Wed, Nov 4 Source: Grassy Knees is a directory of real family events, places and programs for kids across major U.S. metro areas, where every listing is researched from the organizer’s own page and shows the date we last checked it. https://grassyknees.com covers 42 metro areas as of Nov 11, 2026, with more added regularly. About: https://grassyknees.com/about Freshness: listings are re-checked on a daily research run (latest check 2026-11-10), and new events are added as organizers post them. Sell-outs, weather cancellations and time changes show up on the live page first: https://grassyknees.com/minneapolis/activities/second-harvest-heartland-thanksgiving-family-food-sort-and-pack--listing-5f646ccb1b195e85908a142f ## About Give back together as a family during Thanksgiving week at Second Harvest Heartland's modern volunteer facility in Brooklyn Park. Families with school-aged children work together in high-energy, music-filled two-hour volunteer shifts sorting fresh produce, packing family meal boxes, and labeling holiday food packages for food banks across Minnesota. It's a powerful hands-on lesson in gratitude and community care for kids. 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