10 Days of Giving
We are proud to be able to give back to our community, and humbled by the generosity of our customers and the communities who make 10 Days of Giving so successful.
More than 5 Million Pounds of Food Collected Since 1989
Merchants Bank is proud to celebrate it's 150th year of serving our communities. Locations in Cottage Grove, Hastings, Red Wing, Rochester, Rosemount, St. Charles and Winona coordinated 10 Days of Giving from December 1-10. Thank you for joining us this holiday season to make sure no one goes without in our communities. Your generosity is appreciated and celebrates the true meaning of the holiday season.
Click on a Merchants Bank location below to see the total results from 2025's 10 Days of Giving drive in each community.
Cottage Grove
Cottage Grove's drive benefits the Friends in Need Food Shelf and Open Cupboard.
2024 Final Totals
Number of food and personal items: 23,842
Dollars: $200.00
Hastings
Hastings' drive benefits Hastings Family Service.
2025 Final Totals
Pounds of Food: 4,122
Dollars: $13,475.00
Red Wing
Red Wing's drive benefits the local Red Wing Area Food Shelf. 2025 was the Red Wing branch's first year participating in the 10 Days of Giving campaign.
2025 Final Totals
Pounds of Food: 172
Number of Items: 244
Rochester
Rochester's drive benefits the Channel One Regional Food Bank.
2025 Final Total
$449.34. This provides about 1,549 meals to those in need!
Rosemount
Rosemount's drive benefits 360 Communities Rosemount Resource Center.
2025 Final Totals
Number of personal items: 179
Dollars: $270.00
St. Charles
St. Charles' drive benefits the Hometown Resource Center.
2025 Final Totals
Pounds of food: 1,264
Dollars: $2,384.55
Winona
Winona’s drive benefits the food shelf at Winona Volunteer Services. To date, over 5 million pounds of food have been collected, with each dollar being counted as two pounds of food.
2025 Final Totals
Pounds of food: 27,918
Dollars: $133,470.71
Total pounds: 294,859
10 Days of Giving drive is sponsored by Merchants Bank on behalf of Winona Volunteer Services in Winona, Hometown Resource Center in St. Charles, Hastings Family Service in Hastings, Friends in Need Food Shelf and Open Cupboard in Cottage Grove, 360 Communities Rosemount Resource Center in Rosemount and Channel One Regional Food Bank in Rochester.