Happy Diabetes Alert Day! March 22, 2016 has been proclaimed Diabetes Alert Day. This is a day to call attention to diabetes and prediabetes and encourage people to find out if they have either of these conditions. Eighty-six million American adults (more than 1 in 3) have prediabetes, a condition in which blood glucose levels […]
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Just for the record, we are by no means Human Resource experts. We do not have advanced training or degrees in Human Resource Management, Talent Development or Retention. No one on our team has worked extensively in talent acquisition. BUT, we’ve had the unique opportunity to see almost 5,000 volunteers come through our doors every
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Did you know 60% of Americans work in a cubicle? That’s over 40 million people! A recent study by the American Heart Association has linked the sedentary office lifestyle as a cause of heart disease and a decrease in one’s overall health. To negate this, the AHA is recommending everyone fit 30 minutes of cardio
“What do you have in your own two hands?” This foundational question is the soil from which we have grown to become Matter. Our founders not only looked at what resources and skills they had to offer but also looked beyond themselves to see the resources Minnesota has within it’s own hands. When asked “Why
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Check out the ways in which Matter worked towards creating a world where we all Matter in the fourth quarter of 2015! Learn about how Matter’s international project in Ethiopia that is expanding health to the remote town of Shashemene, how 10 local organizations rallied together to provide healthy food to local Minnesotans this past
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It was a cloudy, oddly warm mid-February afternoon in St. Louis Park, when a group of motivated Cargill Global IT employees arrived to break-in the new #teamMATTER Experience Center! After an eye-opening experience in “Pathways of Hope”, which sheds light on the many different faces of poverty today, the team wasted no time getting to
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Did you know your body is 60% water? Drinking the recommended 8 glasses of water can be a daunting, not to mention tasteless task. Even knowing about the many benefits of meeting your daily H2O quota – boosted immune system, increased fat burning, healthier skin, more energy, better digestion – still many of us are
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This past Holiday Season, Q Health Connections collaborated with Matter and nine local health-focused organizations to impact local families through a holiday food distribution. Dedicated employees and volunteers canceled holiday plans to make this three-site distribution possible. In under four hours, 960 MATTERboxes containing over 10,000 healthy shelf meals were distributed to over 450 local families.
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