Crookston homeless shelter working toward new walk-in freezer, training staff for more compassion

Crookston homeless shelter working toward new walk-in freezer, training staff for more compassion

CROOKSTON, Minn. — A regional shelter in Crookston is working to replace an essential part of its food shelf, its executive director said, and has also been training staff on how to use more compassion and intention working with the unhoused. Care and Share Crookston’s Carolina Alfonso said that, without the New Hope Food Shelf’s walk-in freezer, the amount of food it can provide to those in need would drop. “If we think about not having this fo…