United Way Returns to Johnson Screens with Flavors of the Community!

New Brighton, MN, May 6, 2026 – Johnson Screens was recently honored to once again host the Greater Twin Cities United Way, this time in support of their ongoing Flavors of Our Community initiative. Intended to help stock local food shelves with meaningful and highly requested food, we are proud to have helped our neighbors feel at home.

“Flavors of Our Community is born of the idea that no matter where we live, being granted the dignity to prepare our own meals helps us feel at home,” says Alan Branch, Director of Partnerships for United Way. Johnson Screens is proud to call Minnesota home, but there is work to be done to help it feel like home to millions of people living here today.

For example, in recent months, United Way’s 211 resource helpline experienced a 232% increase in food requests, and an additional 9 million visits to food shelves were made by Minnesotans in 2025. “In Minnesota, one in five children live in households that can’t afford groceries, while one in three live in households that cannot make ends meet,” says Alan Branch.

A little help can go a long way, and in that spirit we saw an even greater number of Johnson Screens employees show their support for the Flavors of Our Community event than for last year’s Home for Good Initiative! Through our combined efforts with the United Way and their nonprofit partner CAPI, Johnson Screens’ efforts resulted in 400 food packs consisting of ready-to-eat sauces, staples and snack options to stock CAPI’s food shelf in Brooklyn Park, MN.

We thank the United Way for all the work that they do and for helping us make a difference in our community, and look forward to future opportunities to give back!

About Johnson Screens

Johnson Screens is the leading global provider of screening and auxiliary solutions. We support a wide range of industries, such as water wells, environmental, energy, chemicals, food and beverage, and mining, with our highly engineered and precisely fabricated products.