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40 YEARS OF PARTNERSHIP: Flint Hills Resources and Ducks Unlimited (DU) are celebrating 40 years of partnership, a longevity landmark that makes Flint Hills one of DU’s longest-standing corporate partners. Working together over the past four decades, Flint Hills and DU have contributed to conserving more than 250,000 acres of wildlife habitat and natural areas in Minnesota and over 900,000 acres across North America. LEARN MORE: Flint Hills Resources and Ducks Unlimited Celebrate 40 Years of Partnership (SPONSORED: Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend refinery)
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DOGS: Via CCX Media, VERBATIM: “A ‘Breaking Bad’ actor visited New Hope nonprofit Can Do Canines last week to begin a new partnership. RJ Mitte, who played Walter White Jr. or Flynn in the popular TV series, saw one of the new assistance dogs trained at the nonprofit. Mitte, like his character in the TV show, has cerebral palsy. Many clients needing an assistance dog from Can Do Canines also have the movement disorder.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/47tui5S
HOSPITAL VISIT: Via KSTP-TV, VERBATIM: “Patients at Gillette Children’s Hospital in St. Paul were greeted by multiple four-legged visitors on Thursday. K-9s and their handlers from the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office visited the hospital to hand over stuffed animals that resemble the K-9s of Ramsey County.” READ/PHOTOS: https://fluence-media.co/3X8rwyb
HATS & MITTENS: Via WCCO-TV, VERBATIM: “In a small warehouse in Hopkins, Minnesota, a group of volunteers for the organization Hats and Mittens is busy packaging hats and mittens for kids and adults in need. ‘People in Minnesota are generous they understand cold, and they are generous,’ said Rebecca Jorgenson-Sundquist. Donations from community and volunteer knitters help them spread the warmth. Their goal is to make sure no hands or heads are subjected to the cold winter months Minnesota can produce.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/4nE4H0q
DIAPERS: Via KTTC-TV, VERBATIM: “First graders at Byron Public Schools collected 12,000 diapers this fall to support the Jeremiah Program, which helps single mothers and their families disrupt generational poverty. Teachers organized the diaper drive as a lesson in citizenship for students. The initial goal was to see which classroom could collect the most diapers and earn a donut party.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/3JqWyyh
FOOD: Via MPR, VERBATIM: “Organizations like Division of Indian Work collaborate with other Native organizations working on issues of food sovereignty — a movement led by food chefs, growers and organizers who aim to reintroduce Indigenous foods into community diets. The Division of Indian Work and other Native-led organizations in the metro area have learned that food sovereignty programs are uniquely situated to meet increased demand for food during the federal shutdown. A dozen or so Native organizations met in late October to discuss what they could do to help distribute food to those most in need.” LISTEN: https://fluence-media.co/47nS58J
BEMIDJI: Via Lakeland PBS, VERBATIM: “25 students from the Kingdom Builders Christian School in Bemidji gathered to help out the First City of Lights Foundation prepare for lighting up Bemidji for Christmastime…but to the school, there was deeper meaning for the project that included taking initiative and teamwork.” QUOTE: “Kind of the vision of the whole school is to be the hands and feet of Christ and for us to go out and give God the glory for what we’re doing.” said Kingdom Builders Christian School Founder and Principal Jon Ness, “So when we’re doing this, it’s not so much that we’re doing a project as we’re just helping out our community, but we have all the way from kindergarten through 12th grade. They all work together. And it’s kind of funny because the little ones end up running the show and the older ones just kind of help out and take care of them, you know?” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/4oUkE3r
PARENTS: Via WCCO-TV, VERBATIM: “Family Voices, a unique Minnesota nonprofit, aims to support parents raising children who live with disabilities. Executive board member Sarah St. Louis and her son, Ezra, visit WCCO to talk about the group’s 14th annual Connecting Hearts, Raising Voices fundraiser.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/3WEvrml
DAKOTA WICOHAN: Via Pioneer Press, VERBATIM: “Over 20 years ago, Native-led nonprofit Dakota Wicohan was formed in southwestern Minnesota with the vision of revitalizing and preserving the Dakota language. Gabrielle Strong is vice chair for the organization’s board of directors. Her mother, Yvonne Leith, was one of three founders who started the grassroots organization.” STRONG: “She was born a first-language Dakota speaker and, as many others in her generation, experienced the brutality of the education system. Efforts to annihilate culture and annihilate language, that was her experience.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/47lSf0i
THE LANDING: Via KAAL-TV, VERBATIM: “Rochester FedEx employees are inviting residents to help them support The Landing MN and the people the nonprofit serves. It’s called the FedEx Purple Tote Challenge. Employees are filling these purple totes with food and hygiene items that will be donated to The Landing MN. The nonprofit provides vital resources to those experiencing homelessness in the community.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/3WWBXVP
FRESH15: The latest season of Fresh15 includes interviews with new Minnesota House members. So far, five new members have shared their goals, background and fun facts before they take office in a historic session this January.
Rep. Kari Rehrauer
Rep. Wayne Johnson
Rep. Julie Greene
Rep. Keith Allen
Rep. Peter Johnson
Follow on your favorite podcast platform, or at www.TheDailyAgenda.com/Podcasts. (SPONSORED: Minnesota Telecom Alliance)
SUNDAY: Via KSTP-TV, VERBATIM: “More than 1,300 girls from Minnesota are celebrating the end of an eight-week season in the Girls on the Run 5k. The 5 K is an event for girls in the third through eighth grade who have trained for the 5 K run throughout the year, while participating in a two-month social-emotional learning curriculum.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/3WCpRAY
NEXT WEEK: Via news release from Minneapolis-based Great Clips, VERBATIM: “For the 13th consecutive year, Great Clips, the world’s largest salon brand, will offer free haircuts to veterans and active military service members as part of its annual Thank a Veteran program.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4ooiUjf
SPRINGBOARD: Via Twin Cities Business, VERBATIM: “Over 30,000 artists live in Minnesota, according to the Minnesota State Arts Board, from dancers and musicians to painters and crafters. Springboard for the Arts offers services to all of them. Executive director Laura Zabel says the organization started small when it was founded in 1991. Now it has offices in St. Paul and Fergus Falls and works with artists across the state. It also supports a national network, Creative Change Coalition, which is a collection of local arts and community-focused organizations from across the U.S.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4hEoQBU
ANDERSEN: Via news release from Bayport-based Andersen, VERBATIM: “Andersen Windows, manufacturer of America’s most trusted brand of windows and doors, today announced the publication of three new Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), covering 14 non-coastal window products across its 100 Series, 400 Series and A-Series product lines, further advancing the company’s commitment to sustainability, product transparency and environmental stewardship.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4qEYioa
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