How Much Did SLP Nonprofits Get On Give To The Max Day?

Minnesotans gave a record $16 million this year. Twenty-seven St. Louis Park charities and schools received donations.

St. Louis Park nonprofits and schools received $85,276 as a result of Give to the Max Day. The St. Louis Park Public Schools Foundation received the most donations, at $36,511. Give to the Max, now in its fourth year, is when Minnesotans try to give as much as possible in a 24-hour period to local charities.  This year, Minnesotans gave $16.39 million to nonprofits. Here are the St. Louis Park causes that received donations, according to the GiveMN website:

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Kevira Voegele

5:06 pm on Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Thanks for the info, Renae. For some reason the Give to the Max site didn't report some totals.   more ›

Support St. Louis Park Nonprofits on Give to the Max Day

Today, Nov. 15, cities around the state and country will try to raise as much money as possible in 24 hours.

Support St. Louis Park Nonprofits on Give to the Max Day

On Nov. 15, cities around the state and country will try to raise as much money as possible in 24 hours.

Editor's Note (10:30 a.m. Nov. 15): The website for Give to the Max is running slow today, so be patient. The GiveMN staff is attributing the slowness to "the generosity of Minnesotans," so good job so far. This is the fourth year of Give to the Max. Each year, Minnesotans try to give as much as possible in a 24-hour period to nonprofits and schools.  "GiveMN has raised more than $50 million for over 6,700 Minnesota nonprofits," according to a news release from the Give MN. St. Louis Park Nonprofits, Schools and Projects: Click on the links to go to their pages. For a complete list, visit the GiveMN website.

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Kevira Voegele

5:17 pm on Wednesday, November 14, 2012

In Wednesday's newsletter, we had the wrong headline on this story. Only SLP nonprofits are included in this list.   more ›

Support St. Louis Park Nonprofits Today

Nov. 16 is Give to the Max Day across Minnesota.

More than 140 St. Louis Park nonprofits, along with hundreds of other nonprofits from across the state, will be looking to maximize charitable dollars during Give to the Max Day on Wednesday. Organized by GiveMN.org, Give to the Max Day offers incentives to inspire nonprofit and donor participation. Grants are available for the top-earning nonprofits in several categories, and there will also be random grants awarded. The event started in November of 2009, and more than $14 million was raised for Minnesota charities in 24 hours. Last year, another $10 million was raised.

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Local Places, Local Faces

Helping Bring Food to the Park

St. Louis Park Emergency Program food shelf manager and volunteer coordinator Kate Burggraff is one reason the nonprofit is thriving.

While she’s at work, Kate Burggraff talks about what’s for dinner—just like most people do. But unlike most people, Burggraff talks about what other people and their families will have for dinner. That’s because Burggraff works as the food shelf manager and volunteer coordinator at the St. Louis Park Emergency Program (STEP). “We talk about food a lot at STEP,” Burggraff said. The nonprofit organization, started in 1975, provides basic needs like food and clothing to St. Louis Park residents, serving about 1,600 people each month, according to the group’s website. Before being hired at STEP, Burggraff worked at a homeless shelter in the Fargo-Moorhead area and also had experience working at a food shelf. Those things, combined with what …

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Local Foodshelf Losing Federal Food Supply Due to Shutdown

About 26 percent of STEP's food comes from the USDA.

The state shutdown will have a very real impact on the St. Louis Park Emergency Program’s food shelf, especially if the shutdown drags on. Roughly 26 percent of the nonprofit food shelf’s regular food supply comes free of charge from a federal program that supplies USDA commodity items to states for distribution, said Kate Burggraff, who is the food shelf manager. With the shutdown in effect, that food won’t come STEP’s way, meaning the food shelf could see its average monthly food expense of between $5,000 and $6,000 double in July, which is generally a busy month to begin with. Still, Burggraff said STEP will do everything it can to maintain service levels. “STEP has a commitment to the St. Louis Park community that we’ll be able to …

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Dollars for Scholars Reaches $1 Million Mark

More than 1,500 St. Louis Park grads have received scholarship money since the program started in 1994.

St. Louis Park Dollars for Scholars achieved a significant milestone this spring. The organization reached the million-dollar mark in scholarship money awarded since it first offered funds for post-secondary education to St. Louis Park High School graduates beginning in 1994. More than 1,500 scholarships have been awarded in 18 years. The nonprofit group announced its millionth dollar at the annual Awards Night held Wednesday, May 25, at the high school. Members of the class of 2011 were awarded 108 Dollars for Scholars scholarships, with this year’s total reaching almost $80,000.  All of the money donated comes from neighborhoods, school faculty, community organizations, memorials, businesses, reunion classes and past recipients. “…

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Editor's Notebook

Nonprofit Aims to Bridge the Gap

Bridging in Bloomington provides home goods to roughly 5,000 households per year.

Today, I had the wonderful fortune of volunteering at Bridging, a Bloomington-based nonprofit that provides furniture and home goods to families in need. I was joined by a handful of other Patch employees, and together we spent the afternoon in a 58,000-square-foot warehouse, unloading new donations and moving other pieces into trucks—trucks that will be delivering much needed furniture to Twin Cities families on Friday morning. In 2011, Bridging expects to serve roughly 5,000 households—or more than 13,000 individuals—by providing items as large as new sofas and dressers, to things as small as lamps and forks. If you have unused home goods in good condition that you could donate, Bridging invites you to stop by during all hours of …

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Michael Rose

1:59 pm on Friday, April 8, 2011

I'm speaking for all us when I say, "It was a blast!"   more ›