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 [...]
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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.
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 – [...]
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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 announcement that [...]
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The news business has changed dramatically in recent years. There is a huge increase in citizen journalism, the role of social media is consistently growing, and advertisers are finding new ways to reach their customers. According to MinnPost Editor and CEO, Joel Kramer, our guest at the most recent At the Table event, every paper [...]
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Today’s Star Tribune published the six finalists for the St. Paul Public School’s Superintendent position. The article provides a brief overview of the individual candidates and stresses the district’s interest in local candidates. For more history on the status of the school district, read here, here, and here for previous posts.
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A few weeks ago I wrote a post about my love for the show Glee that also highlighted the Entertainment Industry Foundation’s iParticipate campaign. The campaign set out to raise awareness of service and increase volunteerism. If you watched television during the week of October 19-25 you may have noticed that volunteerism was written into [...]
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