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Education Afghanistan Innovation Hub

Revolutionizing Education In Afghanistan: Bayat-MATTER Innovation Hub

April 10, 2021, was an exciting day in Kabul, Afghanistan as the city celebrated the grand opening of the Bayat-MATTER Innovation Hub. The first of its kind in the country, the Innovation Hub promises to revolutionize education in Afghanistan. For female students in particular, the Innovation Hub will be a game-changer, opening doors of opportunity […]

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2021 MATTERbox Madness Champion

2021 MATTERbox Madness: Tradition Capital Bank Champion | Trimble Wins Team Spirit Award

MATTER‘s seventh annual MATTERbox Madness is in the books! With twelve generous companies participating in the virtual competition this year, nearly 12,000 MATTERbox snack packs were packed, launching us toward our goal of providing 50,000 healthy meals for children this summer. Though COVID changed how MATTERbox Madness looked this year, it didn’t spoil the fun

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MATTERbox Madness Sponsors

MATTERbox Madness Sponsor Spotlight: Buddy Fruits Donates 50,000 Fruit Pouches

Traditionally, the summer months are hard on families suffering from food insecurity. Relying upon school meal programs for their children during the school year, they often struggle to feed their kids once the school year ends. Unfortunately, this summer is expected to be even harder on these families who have been hit extra hard by

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Virtual Volunteering: What Is It and How Can I Volunteer?

What Is Virtual Volunteering? The idea of ‘virtual volunteering’ has become more popular with the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Also called ‘digital volunteering’, ‘online volunteering’ or ‘cyber volunteering’, volunteering this way is a virtual opportunity that’s been around since the rise of the Internet in the 1990s but hasn’t really taken hold

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healthy food

Healthy Food: Corporate Partners Come Alongside Community With MATTERbox

Food insecurity has been a growing problem for many Minnesota families in recent years but with the economic fallout from the pandemic, the crisis is now greater than ever. According to a report from 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic was expected to create a hunger crisis affecting over 700,000 Minnesotans in a situation “reportedly not seen

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Medical Supplies Bring Hope & Opportunity

Medical Supplies Bring Hope & Opportunity: Partnering With GoodJustice

GoodJustice is dedicated to bringing hope and opportunity to marginalized communities around the world. Started by Jeff Ryal over 12 years ago, it was a life-changing mission trip to Peru eight years earlier that planted the seeds for its founding. The trip opened Jeff’s eyes to the vicious cycle of poverty that entraps so many

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making sustainability sustainable

Making Sustainability Sustainable: MATTER 360 Saved 1.5 Million Pounds From Landfills In 2020

The MATTER 360 Initiative was born out of MATTER‘s dual commitment to help people and be good stewards of our environment. By repurposing medical equipment and supplies for use in hospitals and clinics around the world, we help to improve healthcare in low resource communities and reduce the amount of medical waste in our landfills.

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