Jeanna Hensler has been working at The Minneapolis Foundation since October 2006. She worked in the Community Philanthropy Department for two years and currently holds a position in the Development and Client Services Department. She spends her time with The Wildcat Sanctuary as an on-site and special events volunteer and with Retrieve A Golden [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Leave a Comment »
This post is by Katherine E. Friesz, Manager of Community Relations for Ameriprise Financial. Her work focuses on engaging more than 10,000 financial advisors, nationwide, in community involvement through effective communications and relationship building.
I work in corporate philanthropy, and one particularly rewarding aspect of my job is helping our employees engage with the community through [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
With so much attention being placed on the economy today, I was very interested to hear from the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits on the economic state of Minnesota’s nonprofit sector. John Pratt, Executive Director, and Ruth Duran Deffley, Membership and Chapter Coordinator visited our office to present the 2009 Minnesota Nonprofit Economy Report and the [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Leave a Comment »
This post is by Kristine Migely, Community Relations Associate at The Minneapolis Foundation
As a young professional, I often take for granted that my family and I can access quality healthcare whenever we need it. But for 47 million uninsured Americans, including 1 in every 8 children, this is not the case.
Healthcare is an incredibly complex [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: health care | Leave a Comment »
As noted in my last blog, I am expecting my second child soon. While I will be out on maternity leave, a series of guest bloggers will be contributing posts to the blog. I thank them in advance for their contributions and hope that you all enjoy hearing some new voices.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been spending a lot of time lately at the doctor’s office. Fortunately, for good reason; I am expecting my second child – soon! I really like my doctor and trust the care that I receive, but every now and then feel that I am at the mercy of their expertise and my lack of [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: health care | Leave a Comment »
Following the devastating earthquake in Haiti I know that many of us are anxious to do something to help. We also want to be sure that we give to organizations that will effectively and efficiently get our dollars to the people in need. I wanted to share some links that may be helpful.
The Minneapolis Foundation’s [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Leave a Comment »
Its 2010 and a new year which brings new projects and new ventures.
As previously mentioned here The Minneapolis Foundation was selected by the Knight Foundation as one of twenty-one community foundations to receive a Community Information Needs Challenge grant to promote public affairs journalism in collaboration with MinnPost. Now the project is off and running.
Known [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: Community Sketchbook, Knight Foundation, Media, MinnPost | Leave a Comment »
The hectic season is upon us.
Every year I am surprised at how busy the holiday season is — buying gifts for all my relatives near and far; sending out our family holiday cards; baking cookies and making our end of year charitable donations.
. . .And then there are all the holiday parties – work parties, [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: 2009, Community Events | Leave a Comment »
I returned to work after the Thanksgiving holiday still feeling full. It was a long weekend filled with an abundance of my favorite foods. Of course, on my way from the front door of the office to my desk I passed two fully stocked candy dishes and then opened my email to an [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: Corporation for National and Community Service, Hunger, Minnesota, Serve.gov | 1 Comment »
