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Drink Coffee. Do Good.

Make your daily cup of coffee Matter more! Matter is excited to announce a new cause marketing partnership with local Berry Coffee Company to expand access to health and food globally: MATTERblend Coffee. This delicious new coffee blend features a unique flavor profile, accented with caramel, walnut and red currants, giving the roast a big, bold taste. And the

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Timberwolves player Gorgui Dieng sees hope in home community

Kébémer, a small city in Northwestern Senegal, has recently seen massive improvements to their local hospital, thanks to their hometown hero: Gorgui Dieng of the Minnesota Timberwolves. At 6 feet, 11 inches, even if he wasn’t an NBA starter, Gorgui would be noticeable in the community, and he’s always wanted to share what he has and give back

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On the front lines: how Hennepin County Sheriff’s deputies use the MatterBox

When the Matter team designed the MatterBox, we set out to do something about the fact that only 5% of the 100 million missing meals in Minnesota are coming from a traditional food shelf. Matter could see so many fantastic nonprofits and agencies working on the front lines of hunger and homelessness, groups who already interact

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UBS team packages thousands of healthy meals for Twin Cities community

Families from UBS work together to package dinner boxes as a team, bringing healthy food to local families facing food insecurity around the Twin Cities. The MatterBox couldn’t find its way into the hands of those who need it without the help of many, many other hands along the way. In order for hospitals, police stations,

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City View Electric Teams with Matter to bring Energy to Police and Fire Departments in Panama

In the coffee-growing region of Panama, the cityof Boquete is a spectacular natural haven of forests and mountains. With a population of about 19,000, nearly 14% of these inhabitants are ex-pats from North America and Europe, though there are still many members of the community who struggle to get by. Specifically, the police and fire

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Simple Act: Second Quarter Report 2015

Check out the ways in which Matter is expanding access to health and food, next door and around the world in the second quarter of 2015! You’ll learn about Matter partnering with the Hennepin County Medical Center to address Diabetes with healthy food from the MATTERbox, a recent teamMATTER insight trip across Africa where they met with the Tanzanian

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The Feeding of the 5000

On August 13th, Hope For the Community Food Shelf took on the ambitious goal of tripling their weekly food distribution. The Blaine-based Hope Church typically feeds 1,800 individuals weekly, but, through inspiration from the Biblical story of the Feeding of the 5,000, Reverand Al Goracke wanted to do better to address the needs he sees

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MATTERbox Helping Kids Knock Out Summer Hunger

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