Companies That Matter

Ten Companies Collaborate and Make a Difference: The MATTER Intern Event!

On July 19, 2018, ten companies joined forces to do good by offering their interns a chance to impact the community through a large, exciting event at Target Field! Hosted by MATTER, more than 440 motivated and energized interns packed approximately 7,000 healthy MATTERbox meals. The participating interns also had the opportunity to connect with […]

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MATTERbox Madness 2018

There’s always plenty of energy and excitement at the Mall of America, but on June 14 it was off the charts! That’s the day MATTERbox Madness descended on America’s largest mall and made a giant impact on health and nutrition for thousands of Twin Cities’ kids this summer. Twenty-five Twin Cities’ Companies That MATTER participated

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Volunteers MATTER!

During National Volunteer Week, we at MATTER want to express just how much we value and appreciate each and every volunteer that helps make our mission possible!  One of the ways that volunteers engage with MATTER is through our “Companies That MATTER” program. At the foundation of every thriving community are companies that leverage their skills, resources, and

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Planting Seeds to Grow Health in Zimbabwe

“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.”  – Hippocrates MATTER has begun an exciting, multi-faceted project in the small, rural town of Lukosi in western Zimbabwe. The Lukosi Maternity Hospital serves a population of nearly 10,000 people and facilitates about 50 births per month. But with only 26 beds and sparse, outdated equipment, it struggles to meet the very

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MATTERbox Goes National to Increase Access to Healthy Eating

DIY is all the rage these days. Whether it’s furniture, home repairs, gifts or decor, everyone wants to Do-It-Yourself. Now, MATTER has incorporated this concept in our latest initiative. Announcing the DIY MATTERbox. This novel approach to our successful MATTERbox program will activate healthy eating in communities far beyond MATTER’s immediate reach; and indeed, all

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Good happens when a little cheer is added to the MATTERbox

The Cheerios team at General Mills was onto something when they launched the #GoodGoesRound campaign. They tapped into the belief that better communities—stronger communities, healthier communities, kinder communities—start with small acts of goodness. When Cheerios and Ellen DeGeneres teamed up to kick off the campaign and inspire ‘1 Million Acts of Good,’ General Mills reached out to MATTER to help activate this

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