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Give To The Max Day

Give To The Max Day: Volunteer Kits Provide Healthy Meals To Kids

Children matter. Their lives matter; their futures matter. Sadly, for the 150,000 children in Minnesota living below the poverty line, their lives and their futures are at risk from many negative outcomes including poor academic achievement, school dropout, abuse and neglect, behavioral and socioemotional problems, physical health problems, and developmental delays. That’s why we partner […]

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Engagement-Events

Engagement Events | Packing Nearly 17,000 Healthy Meals Across the Country!

MATTERnation is continuing to expand and advance MATTER’s mission of helping people launch projects that improve communities welcoming new staff and facilitating numerous impactful engagement events around the country. We recently welcomed Dena Maounis to the MATTER team. Dena lives in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and is our new Nonprofit Engagement Event Sales Representative for the

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hybrid-work

Hybrid Work Leads to New Ways of Engaging Employees in Volunteering

Sixty years ago, Bob Dylan famously penned the line, “The times they are a-changin”. Today, there’s no better place to witness the changing times than the American workplace. Since 2020, companies are reimagining how they go about doing business and rethinking how to best utilize and accommodate their workforce, while retaining collaboration and fostering productivity.

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Incredible Generosity

Incredible Generosity: Coming Together To Feed Minnesota

MATTERnation, you did it! Your incredible generosity made Feeding Minnesota, our joint campaign with 5 Eyewitness News, a huge success! Together, we provided 50,000 healthy meals to children and families facing food insecurity and hunger this summer. The power of collaboration coupled with the beauty of community coming together to do something bigger than any

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Summer Hunger

Summer Hunger: Thielen Foundation + MATTERbox Snack Packs Feeding Minnesota Kids

For most children, summertime is filled with long, lazy days in the sun and exciting adventures with family and friends. Sadly, for children who rely on their school’s free and reduced-price meal programs during the school year, summer can also be filled with hunger and food insecurity. That’s why MATTER is partnering again this year

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Community Engagement

Community Engagement Matters: AIG Employee Virtual Packing Events Make A Difference

“Thanks for finding a great way to give back in a virtual world! This event was fun and energizing. Glad to share this experience with AIG colleagues across the country.”  That was just one of the many enthusiastic comments from AIG employees after their company hosted MATTERbox virtual packing events as part of their Global

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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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