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Kids Serving Kids This Summer

Youth from the Lord of Life Church in Maple Grove package MatterBoxes in the warehouse for children across the Twin Cities facing food insecurity this summer. Last year, over 100 million meals were missed in Minnesota; 40% of these by youth. Each year, the summer months prove to be an especially trying time for families whose […]

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Simple Act: First 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 first quarter of 2015! You’ll learn about a village in Uganda, where the local clinic finally received life-changing resources, local families receiving healthy food from the Hennepin County Sheriff’s deputies and the day that Cargill

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What Can You do to Matter Today?

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Matter, KSTP Collaborate to Fight Summer Hunger for Children

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MatterBox: Health – Matter and HCMC Work Together to Fight Diabetes

[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] The correlation between food and health has never been stronger. Food insecurity today means not just hunger, but often obesity and a higher risk for diabetes. According to a Feeding America

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