Tag: Volunteers

‘A refugee camp right here in our city’
Homeless, volunteers say recognizing dignity key to helping encampment residents

Nonprofit partners respond to growing senior housing needs
A bigger challenge than distance awaited Evon and Charles Wells-Ellis in their decision to have Evon’s mother, Grace Wells, move into their St. Paul home. Wells, 83, from Omaha, Nebraska, needed wheelchair access and other physical adaptations to live at Wells-Ellis’ Aurora-St. Anthony neighborhood home near St. Peter Claver. The cost of the changes looked daunting at $40,000-$50,000.

Let’s get packing: St. Patrick hosts food prep event for Feed My Starving Children
On four consecutive days last week, parishioners of all ages joined volunteers from other local churches to prepare meals for the Twin Cities organization, which packs and ships food to needy children around the world.
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