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WILD ABOUT READING: More than 500 Minnesota classrooms and 15,000 students are participating in the “Wild About Reading” program, a partnership with Flint Hills Resources which encourages students to read more using Minnesota Wild-branded posters, reading logs, and bookmarks. Teachers set weekly reading goals and give certificates to students who complete the four-week program. Fun program incentives include classroom visits from the Wild’s mascot, Nordy – and the team dog, Rookie; a pair of tickets to a Wild home game, player signed pucks and photos; and a pizza party for a classroom. LEARN MORE: Wild About Reading SPONSORED: Flint Hills Resources
NEXT WEEK: From Emily Haugen via CCX Media, VERBATIM: “Give to the Max Day is coming up on Thursday, Nov 21. One local organization, SPARK Theater and Dance, is one area group vying for donations. The Brooklyn Center-based nonprofit puts on original, professional productions. Its founders and artistic directors, Betsy and Corey Mills, said the nonprofit’s biggest goal is to connect people to the arts.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/4eCYGfM
FOUNDATIONS: From Sarah Lutman via Twin Cities Business, VERBATIM: “‘Community foundations are really having a moment,’ says Susie Brown, president of the Minnesota Council on Foundations, the state’s membership association for grantmakers. ‘They are the brightest lights in the philanthropic spectrum.’ Why? Because community foundations are structured to raise and steward funds from a wide range of community donors and to convene their communities’ residents to develop and respond to shared goals and priorities. By definition, community foundations, which have a specific legal structure, exist to help people collaborate and respond. During a time of political polarization, community foundations are a vehicle for developing broad-based community solutions.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4erq3cN
HIKING: From Atra Mohamed via Sahan Journal, VERBATIM: “When Nasrieen Habib launched a hiking group for Muslim women in 2022, she didn’t know if anyone would show up. Nine women responded to her initial social media post. ‘And we have never stopped since,’ Nasrieen said. In the two years since, Hiking Hijabie — and an offshoot for families, Hiking Ummah — have grown into a local force, drawing more than 870 participants for outdoors activities including hikes, camping, kayaking and even snow-tubing.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3YQHqhf
RED KETTLES: From Sophia Lauber via Northern News Now, VERBATIM: “The Duluth Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign begins on Wednesday. The Duluth Salvation Army hopes to hit a goal of $250,000 this holiday season. Proceeds from the kettles will help the nonprofit support programs that run at a deficit, including the food shelf.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/3Z76fHb
BEMIDJI: Via Lakeland PBS, VERBATIM: “The Bemidji Community Food Shelf is holding its annual Stuff-A-Truck campaign. Since 1991, Stuff-A-Truck, held in partnership with Paul Bunyan Broadcasting, involves asking area schools to collect donations from students inside the classroom.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/48TqX0z
OPEN ARMS: Via KSTP-TV, VERBATIM: “Open Arms of Minnesota is a nonprofit organization that prepares and delivers nourishing meals free of charge to critically ill Minnesotans and their loved ones. Their registered dietitians and in-house chefs create delicious, medically tailored menus using fresh and organic ingredients whenever possible. Through the support of a community of donors and volunteers, the organization harvests, cooks, and delivers nutritious, made-from-scratch meals directly to clients.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/3O9Wlhy
MORE: The above story is one of many aired recently by KSTP-TV as part of the station’s “why we give” initiative. You can see the others HERE: https://fluence-media.co/3siPkUo
HOLIDAY MEALS: From Minneapolis-based Ameriprise via Business Wire, VERBATIM: “For the 15th consecutive year, Ameriprise Financial is partnering with Feeding America, the nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief organization, to help provide meals for families and individuals ahead of the holiday season. On Nov. 14, more than 3,100 of the firm’s employees, advisors and clients will volunteer at Feeding America-partner food banks and other hunger-relief nonprofits across the country to serve meals, sort bulk food donations, stock shelves and host food drives to make a collective impact.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3ADqSkR
MORE: From Ameriprise via Instagram, a photo from Thursday’s event. SEE: https://fluence-media.co/40OCxrF
SANCTUARY: Via KMSP-TV, VERBATIM: “A sanctuary for big cats, like tigers, leopards, and cougars, in northern Minnesota is buying a large chunk of land. The Wildcat Sanctuary in Sandstone announced Tuesday it will buy 120 acres of land around the sanctuary. Officials say the organization doesn't have any plans for the new land. They wanted to keep it ‘as is’ – a natural buffer around the sanctuary.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3Z7jx6q
ARTIST HOUSING: From Alex Chhith via Star Tribune, VERBATIM: “Abstract painter Sarah Wieben spends more than eight hours every day in her studio, brush in hand . . . But Wieben has her eye on a new development next door to her studio in the Northrup King Building in northeast Minneapolis that could lower costs for her and other artists. Nonprofit Artspace is building affordable housing for qualifying tenants, giving priority to artists. Construction on these artists’ lofts started in late October and in about 18 months there will be 84 units to fill buildings that have been vacant since the 1980s.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/48TPWAU
ST THOMAS: From Dan Niepow via Twin Cities Business, VERBATIM: “The University of St. Thomas has done it again: The Catholic university on Thursday announced another record donation. The gift this time comes from longtime donor John Monahan, who’s made a $20 million donation to St. Thomas’s College of Arts and Sciences.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4fpN15a
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