Many Rivers Montessori Students Raise $2,700 to Repair Duluth Shelter Refrigerator

Many Rivers Montessori Middle School students raised and donated over $2,700 on March 5, 2026, to Loaves & Fishes to help repair a commercial refrigerator at the Dorothy Day House in Duluth. The gift was delivered to the nonprofit that runs community meals and transitional housing programs in Duluth.

The contribution totaled more than $2,700, a lump-sum donation students and school organizers presented to Loaves & Fishes on March 5. The donation will help cover repairs to a commercial refrigerator that the nonprofit relies on in its shelter and meal programs.

Loaves & Fishes operates community meals and transitional housing programs in Duluth, including the Dorothy Day House, which is identified as one of its transitional housing locations. Maintaining refrigeration is a practical operational need for those programs, and the students’ funds are intended to address that equipment repair directly.

Students at Many Rivers Montessori Middle School initiated and completed the fundraising effort and then transferred the proceeds to Loaves & Fishes on March 5, 2026. The school’s middle school population spearheaded the donation, which was presented as a single contribution to the nonprofit serving Duluth residents.

Loaves & Fishes will use the donated funds to repair the commercial refrigerator, a step that organizers say will support the nonprofit’s ongoing ability to prepare and store food for community meals and to provide housing services at Dorothy Day House. The repair is presented as a targeted operational expense rather than a general fund contribution.

As of March 7, 2026, the result of the Many Rivers Montessori Middle School drive is a confirmed monetary donation exceeding $2,700 aimed at a specific capital repair for Loaves & Fishes’ Duluth operations. The students’ action connects a local school fundraising effort to an immediate infrastructure need at a shelter that supports community meals and transitional housing in Duluth.