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Kids Gain Confidence In The Kitchen Using You MATTER Cooking Website

You MATTER Cooking Website: Kids Learn To Cook While Home

“This is so good! And it was super easy. I’d definitely make this again.” Fourteen–year-old Briar is taking her second forkful of the pasta salad she just made. Filled with black beans, corn, tomatoes, red and yellow peppers, red onion, cilantro, and avocado, it’s bursting with color and smells amazing. But best of all, it’s tasty and healthy. Briar adds a squeeze of lime and takes another bite. “Perfect!”   […]

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YOU MATTER: Sending Thanks & Snack Packs To Frontline Workers

YOU MATTER: Sending Thanks & Snack Packs To Frontline Workers

From the east coast to the west, our nation owes a debt of gratitude to all of our frontline workers who are selflessly serving in the midst of this pandemic, tirelessly providing care and comfort to those most impacted by COVID-19.    When UCare and Health Fair 11 reached out to MATTER about partnering with them to provide healthy snacks to the frontline workers at Hennepin Healthcare and Carris Health in

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Bringing Hope To Zimbabwe

Bringing Hope To Zimbabwe: Medical Container Ships

“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all the darkness.” Desmond Tutu  It’s MATTER’s privilege to partner with individuals and organizations to bring the bright light of hope to families and communities throughout our world. During these dark days of fear and uncertainty, sickness and death, that light is needed now more than ever.   In the capital

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Bringing Food & Good To Communities Nationwide

Bringing Food & Good To Communities Nationwide

It was the end of last year, in what seems like a lifetime ago, when General Mills, Chartwells Higher Education, and MATTER began planning the annual Good Goes Round campaign that was to be held in March of this year. There’s always a lot of excitement around this campaign, which in the last two years has distributed more than 70,000 healthy MATTERbox snack packs to community organizations nationwide. At the time, none of us had any idea

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Hospital Partner Heroes

Helping Our Hospital Partner Heroes

New heroes are emerging during this global crisis and health care workers are at the very top. Willing to risk their lives to care for the rest of us, their work is indispensable to the global fight against COVID-19. Helping these heroes prepare for the pandemic has been one of MATTER’s top priorities over the last couple of months.   Ellie Zuehlke is the Director of Community Benefit &

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YOU MATTER Cooking Show

YOU MATTER Cooking Show: Healthy Recipes Play Starring Role!

This week’s blog is written by MATTER’s Vice President of Business Operations, Victor Salamone.  Lights! Camera! Action!   Standing in the darkened studio room under a bright spotlight with a television camera staring us in the face, my MATTER colleagues and I straightened our aprons, took a deep breath to calm our nerves and happily welcomed

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