For the final event of ECMC Group’s Week of Service, employees volunteered at Feed My Starving Children.
Because it was the start of MEA weekend, employee's children were encouraged to join!
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Help pack meals at this unique event brought to you by Loaves and Fishes, Urban Ventures, and Feed My Starving Children on August 15-16.
Location: Cristo Rey Jesuit High School: 2924 South 4th Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55408
Volunteer Opportunities abound!
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Pack FMSC meals at Target Field on August 22-23
Packing shifts are two hours in length and are a great team building activity.
Volunteer Opportunities abound!
Read more about a variety of opportunities...
Volunteer Opportunities abound!
Read more about a variety of opportunities...
Volunteer Opportunities abound!
Read more about a variety of opportunities...
Volunteer Opportunities abound!
Read more about a variety of opportunities...
Volunteer Opportunities abound!
Read more about a variety of opportunities...
Holiday meal packing shifts are now open for registration at Feed My Starving Children! Bring your work team or your family and in two hours you can make a difference! Meal packing shifts are available Monday-Saturday from 9am-8pm at Coon Rapids, Chanhassen or Eagan. More info at www.fmsc.org.
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Pack at the Park: Help pack Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) meals at Target Field on July 20 and July 21. Click here to sign up.
Feed My Starving Children was open for volunteering at all eight of its permanent packing facilities where over 1900 volunteers packed meals for 2 hours on this MLK Day of Service. These volunteers were able to pack enough food to provide a FMSC meal a day for a year to over 1,100 children in countries like Nicaragua, Uganda and Haiti.
The pandemic did not hold Xcel Energy’s spirited volunteers back for the 11th annual Day of Service. More than 1,450 volunteers came together and put good energy into action throughout Xcel Energy’s Upper Midwest footprint on September 9 – 11.
Volunteers chose from more than 70 nonprofit projects spread across Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin, including in-person projects and take-home activities. Here are just a few of the ways volunteers made a difference:
Xcel Energy’s Day(s) of Service campaign provides an opportunity for employees, retirees, their family and friends and members of the public to support nonprofit organizations across a variety of focus areas in communities they all live and work in.
In celebration of MLK Day, HandsOn Twin Cities hosted a virtual event in which we discussed ways volunteering can be an effective tool for creating an equitable community. The panel was be moderated by Seena Hodges, Founder and CEO of The Woke Coach. Panelists included Johnathan Palmer, Executive Director of the Hallie Q. Brown Community Center, Laverne McCartney Knighton, Area Development Director for UNCF, and Nadege Souvenir, Senior Vice President of Operations & Learning for the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation. The topics included avoiding "voluntourism", the connection to education and action, how to be an anti-racist volunteer, and more. A video recording of the event is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0Ua2F9Mx54. The tool Steps Towards Meaningful Engagement is also available as a supplement.
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