Cranksgiving 2025 is Saturday, November 22, 2025 at Zion Lutheran Church, 1697 Lafond Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55104. Registration opens at noon and riders are released at 1 PM.
Cranksgiving is a bicycle powered food drive. Participants are given a list of stores, then they plot a route and go from store to store, purchasing items at each store to donate to the food outreach program at Zion Lutheran Church. Riders may choose to ride solo or as part of a team. We have donated merchandise worth over $1200 to give to participants and volunteers.
NEW THIS YEAR!!! Sign up to do our walking tour. It works just like the bicycle tour, only the stops are within a few blocks of Zion. You walk from Zion Lutheran Church to nearby places and purchase items to donate. You can also stop by the church between noon and 4 PM and bring items to donate. Zion also welcomes cash donations to purchase food items from local growers.
All items and cash donated will be used by Zion Lutheran Church to prepare weekly meals served to anyone who shows up on Thursday afternoons, or give directly to needy people. All Thursday meals are free. Zion also works with a local food rescue to distribute bags of perishable items to attendees, again without charge. Zion’s goal is to reduce food insecurity in our community.
For more information, please call us between 9 AM and 9 PM at 651-641-1037. We hope to see you at Cranksgiving 2025.