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Spotlight: Ain Dah Yung Center - St. Paul |
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In March
of 2005, the Open Your Heart Board of Directors approved a
$10,000 grant request from the Ain Dah Yung Center in St.
Paul. This grant will enable them to make much needed repairs
to their furnace and garage.
The Ain
Dah Yung Center, which means "our home" in the Ojibwe
language, began in 1983 as an emergency shelter for runaway
and homeless American Indian youth. The shelter quickly filled
the need for a culturally relevant and safe place in the Twin
Cities - one of the most concentrated urban American Indian
populations in the United States.
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| Agency
Spotlight: Channel One, Inc. - Rochester |
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Each year
Open Your Heart funds food banks, on-site feeding programs,
and local food shelves across Minnesota. In 2004, our Board of
Directors approved a $10,000 grant to Channel One, Inc. for an
electronic forklift scale, wire mesh decks for warehouse
racks, and installation.
Channel
One Food Bank, a member of America's Second Harvest, the
Nation's Food Bank Network, received over 5.5 million pounds
of product during the year (an increase over last year of
48%). The Food Bank distributed 4,923,574 pounds of product (a
21% increase over last year) to 187 member agency programs in
SE Minnesota and La Crosse County, Wisconsin that serve the
needy.
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Spotlight: 3 Generation Family Service
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Andy
Schneider from Apple Valley chose to help Lewis House in Eagan
for his Eagle Scout Gold Project. Lewis House was named after
the late State Senator B. Robert Lewis who dedicated his life
to community service. In 2004, we provided shelter to 640
women and children.
Providing
all materials, Andy built needed custom library shelves for
two walls. Andy was joined by his father and grandfather who
donated their carpentry skills.
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Feature
Article: Getting at the Roots of
Hunger |
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In June,
as a part of National Hunger Day, events will be happening all
over the nation to raise awareness about the problems of
poverty and hunger in this country.
One local
program, sponsored by Community Emergency Assistance Program,
Hope for the City, and Northwest Hennepin Human Services
Council, is the Getting at the Roots of Hunger-2005
program.
These
agencies will be giving out free seed to community garden
projects within the seven county Twin Cities metropolitan
area. Seed is available to businesses, volunteers and
congregations who are willing to plant it and share with those
in need. Click here to learn about Hunger
Day... |
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