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In 2007, House of Charity served over 116,000
hot meals to people in need.
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history | staff
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House of Charity timeline: The
Early Years
| 1950s |
- Agency began
at 1506 second Street NE, July 4, 1952.
- First overnight guest on Nicollet Island, October 1952
- First Thanksgiving meal; fed 75 men, 1952.
- Moved to 26 East Hennepin, 1953.
- First Alcoholics Anonymous group met at HOC, 1953.
- HOC incorporated, July 1953.
- Served Christmas meal to 120 guests, 1953.
- HOC served its 50,000th meal, 1954.
- Dorothy Day visits renovation of new building, September
1954.
- Served Christmas meal to 200 guests, 1954.
- Fed 7,447 meals, March 1954.
- Started serving meals at noon rather than in the evening,
June 1955.
- House of Bargains opens, September 1956.
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| 1960s |
- Rancolli House
opened for ex-prisoners, 1962.
- Brother De Paul chosen as Minneapolis Area Chamber of Commerce
Man of the Year, 1963.
- Moved to 250 Seventeenth Avenue North, 1968.
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| 1970s |
- Served first
Thanksgiving meal at 714 Park Avenue, 1972.
- Moved residential services to 510 South Eighth Street, May
1976.
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House of Charity
510 South Eighth Street
Minneapolis, MN 55404
Phone: 612-594-2000
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of Charity celebrates 50 years of service to the Minneapolis-area
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