The mission of Mental Health Connect is to provide community-based resources, support and education to improve access to mental health services and to connect individuals and families with the services they need.
Learn more about this organization at http://mhconnect.org
Mental Health Connect is the selected charity for March, 2020.
Amount Awarded $19,655 ($14,655 member donations + $5,000 Schulze matching donation)
The mission of the Copper Street Brass (CSB) is to represent the Evolution of the Brass Quintet. Through inventive concerts, engaging educational programs, and original musical arrangements, we bring a fresh perspective to instrumental music. To express our artistic voice, we use a dazzling fusion of brass, keyboard, guitar, percussion, and electronic instruments to appeal to a universal audience and go beyond ordinary.
Learn more about this organization at www.copperstreetbrass.org
Copper Street Brass is the selected charity for December, 2019.
Alexandra House was established in 1977, when a group of concerned citizens formed the Anoka County Task Force for Battered Women. Within a year the Task Force established a 24-hour crisis line, with the first emergency shelter opening in 1980. As the needs of the community evolved, Alexandra House has expanded on its services – adding legal advocacy, therapy and support services, violence prevention programs, elder abuse resources, and community education and professional training.
Learn more about this organization at alexandrahouse.org
Alexandra House is the selected charity for September, 2019.
Theresa Living Center is a transitional housing program for women and single-parent families who are striving to reclaim economic independence and dignity after a period of homelessness. They provide affordable housing and basic-needs support services so that clients can achieve self-sufficiency.
Theresa Living Center was founded in 1987 by the School Sisters of Notre Dame, who continue to financially support, volunteer, and serve on the Board of Directors. Their vision of transitional services to transform lives of women and single-parent families continues to guide the program.
Learn more about Theresa Living Center at www.theresalivingcenter.org
Theresa Living Center was the selected charity for June, 2019.
Family Promise in Anoka County (FPAC) provides temporary shelter, hospitality, and case management to assist families experiencing homelessness achieve housing independence.
In collaboration with 19 congregations and hundreds of volunteers, Family Promise in Anoka County provides hope during a time of hopelessness, safety during a time of uncertainty and dreams realized during a time of darkness for families experiencing homelessness by:Offering a 30 – 90 day program for families living in Anoka County who are experiencing homelessness
Supporting families with advocacy to find permanent, stable homes
Providing ongoing supportive services to help families maintain financial, family and personal stability
Learn more about Family Promise Anoka at www.familypromiseanoka.org
Family Promise was the selected charity for March, 2019.
Haven Housing
For thirty-six years Ascension Place, Inc. now known as Haven Housing has provided women in crisis or transition with a stable environment and the opportunity to explore options for their future. We have done this through three programs in Hennepin County:
Learn more about Haven Housing at www.havenhousing.org
Haven Housing was the selected charity for December, 2018.
creative heARTS’s mission is to illuminate youth as leaders and inspire creativity, courage, and collaboration throughout the whole community. Community members will discover, heal, and strengthen their hearts so they can thrive as active, engaged, and courageous leaders in their world.
Learn more about courageous heARTS at: www.courageous-hearts.org
courageous heARTS was the selected charity for September, 2018.
Tamarisk’s mission is to create a caring presence and a safe haven for the thoughts, feelings, and concerns of persons, and their families, faced with the end stages of terminal illness. We attend to our companions’ non-medical needs, while simultaneously providing much-needed respite to caregivers.
Learn more about Tamarisk at: www.tamarisk.org
Tamarisk was the selected charity for June, 2018.
Ruth’s House of Hope, Inc., was founded in 2003 in Faribault, Minnesota, with a mission of providing help and hope for women and children in crisis. They provide transitional housing in a safe, supportive and healing environment to help women and families on their way to a new beginning.
Learn more about Ruth’s House at: www.ruthshousemn.org
Ruth’s House of Hope was the selected charity for April, 2018.
The mission of Options for Women East is a life-affirming, non-profit pregnancy clinic. Our free programs available to these women include: pregnancy testing, STI testing and treatment, limited obstetrical ultrasounds, Prenatal Care, prenatal and parenting education and life coaching.
Learn more about Options for Women East at: www.ofwepartners.com
Options for Women East was the selected charity for December, 2017.