Category Archives: Charities

Charities

Conversations with Friends

Posted on by Lisa Mattson

Amount Awarded $16,852 in member donations (+ $5,100 was donated to Hope Kids)

Conversations with Friends (CWF) is a dedicated, humanitarian, all-volunteer organization whose members write weekly pen-pal letters and send birthday cards and Sunshine Club cards to people detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). In addition, we make modest commissary deposits; we provide ‘Dignity’ backpacks for those who have been ordered deported; we provide Safe Release services to people who have been released and need assistance reaching their final destination.

To learn more please visit: Conversations with Friends’ website

Conversations with Friends is the selected charity for September, 2025. 

 

Charities

Community Partners with Youth

Posted on by Lisa Mattson

 

Amount Awarded $24,268 ($19,268 in member donations + $5,000 matching grant from the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation).  

Community Partners with Youth was created as a collaborative grassroots effort to address changing needs of the youth in their community.  CPY’s mission is to provide a safe, nurturing environment where our youth can strengthen their personalities and develop educational and social skills.  

To learn more please visit: Community Partners with Youth’s website

Community Partners with Youth is the selected charity for June, 2025. 

 

Charities

Bundles of Love

Posted on by Lisa Mattson

 

Amount Awarded $22,353 ($17,353 in member donations + $5,000 matching grant from the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation).  Plus $100 was donated to Hope 4 Youth. 

Bundles of Love is a volunteer driven nonprofit that partners with community organizations to assist Minnesota families in need by providing handmade items for newborns.

To learn more please visit: Bundles of Love website

Bundles of Love is the selected charity for March, 2025. 

 

Charities

Minnesota Connect Aphasia Now (MnCAN)

Posted on by Lisa Mattson

 

 

Amount Awarded $22,468 ($17,468 in member donations + $5,000 matching grant from the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation).  

MnCAN is dedicated to providing programs that help people with aphasia improve communication and life participation. They offer the aphasia community a variety of programs and services that focus on brain injury survivors with aphasia, people with primary progressive aphasia, and their care partners.

To learn more please visit: MnCAN’s website

MnCAN is the selected charity for December, 2024. 

 

Charities

New Pathways

Posted on by Lisa Mattson

 

Amount Awarded $20,753 ($15,753 member donations + $5,000 matching grant from the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation).  Plus $100 was donated to Bundles of Love.

New Pathways empowers and provides support to central Minnesota families with children experiencing homelessness to help families regain their independence with dignity and their children look forward to a brighter future.

To learn more please visit: New Pathways website

New Pathways is the selected charity for June, 2024. 

 

Charities

C.A.S.T. (Citizens Against Sex Trafficking)

Posted on by Lisa Mattson

 

Amount Awarded $20,753 ($15,753 member donations + $5,000 matching grant from the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation).  Plus $100 was donated to Wyldflyer Coffee. 

Citizens Against Sex Trafficking (C.A.S.T.) is dedicated to ending sexual exploitation and creating a culture that supports healthy choices and freedom from sexual violence and abuse. C.A.S.T. issues a call to action, resulting in partnerships, policies, and practices that prevent sexual exploitation and empowers victims and communities.  

To learn more please visit: Citizens Against Sex Trafficking’s website

C.A.S.T. was the selected charity for March, 2024. 

 

Charities

For Goodness Cakes

Posted on by Lisa Mattson

 

Amount Awarded $19,803 ($14,803 member donations + $5,000 matching grant from the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation).  Plus $100 was donated to ARCS.  

For Goodness Cakes matches volunteers to make and hand-deliver birthday and graduation cakes to children in foster care and youth overcoming adversity on their special day. Their focus is on spreading love, joy, and frosting!   

To learn more please visit: For Goodness Cakes’ website

For Goodness Cakes was the selected charity for December, 2023. 

 

Charities

Every Third Saturday

Posted on by Lisa Mattson

 

Amount Awarded $20,153 ($15,153 member donations + $5,000 matching grant from the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation). 

Every Third Saturday believes there is no better medicine than being in community with other veterans and their families, rediscovering purpose, and serving a cause which is greater than ourselves.  

To learn more please visit: Every Third Saturday’s’ website

Every Third Saturday was the selected charity for June, 2023.