About Us

The Emergency Community Help Organization (ECHO) provides emergency food assistance to people in Blue Earth County and North Mankato.

ECHO began in 1981 in a church basement and was intended for short term food assistance to people in the Mankato area. ECHO has relocated twice to larger facilities to accommodate the growing need for food assistance. Monthly, ECHO serves approximately 1,000 households and distributes 68,000 pounds of food.

In May 2010, ECHO decided become a client choice food shelf. This allows our clients to choose their own grocery items instead of receiving a standard food package.

 

Staff

Deisy De Leon Esqueda, Manager
Abby Tibodeau, Assistant Manager
Ron Ulmen, Office Assistant

Board Members

Ed Babel, Chair
Rae Jean Peterson, Vice Chair
Jane Kohler, Secretary
Conrad Kelm, Co-Treasurer
Nancy Zwickey, Co-Treasurer
Barb Manske
Carolyn Kanyusik
Jan Cole
David Allan
Richard Chambers
Kay Hubbard
Monica Oberle
Jim Oberle

Administrative Costs

Our newsletter is printed and sent entirely through independent contributions. Immanuel-St. Josephs Mayo Health System has graciously agreed to print the newsletter and we have friends who pay for the postage.

This website is paid for by friends of ECHO and is not paid for by your donations.