Author: Rebuilding Together Editor

Nobles County Rebuilding Day Was a Huge Success!

Thank you to everyone who came together to make our first annual Nobles County Rebuilding Day a huge success! Together with our volunteers and sponsors, we provided repairs and accessibility modifications for two low-income homeowners in Worthington on September 10^th. We also provided additional homeowners in Southwest Minnesota with safety improvements and repairs throughout the month, including our Cottonwood County Rebuilding Day in Mountain Lake which was held on September 24^th. Stay tuned next month for an update on that Rebuilding Day!

One of the homeowners we helped is Mary, a single mother of four. Volunteers spent the day landscaping to protect the basement from water damage, installing smoke and CO detectors, fixing and installing doors, cleaning gutters, and adding downspouts and leaf guards. Volunteers at the second home added grab bars and replaced kitchen flooring. We also replaced the furnace at the home, ensuring the family will be warm and safe this winter.

We would like to send a shout out to the Worthington High School Trojans football team who volunteered with us for the day!

Thanks to our amazing sponsors including: Wells Fargo, Cemstone, Tru Shine Truck Wash, Mike Woll Investment Office, Henning Construction, Inc., Hy-Vee, Bedford Industries, First State Bank Southwest, Sanford Health, Worthington Building Materials, Worthington Federal Savings Bank and Juniper.

We would also like to send a very special thank you to our Nobles County Rebuilding Day committee who raised funding for these projects, recruited volunteers, and organized the projects!

Check out this incredible coverage about our work in Worthington from The Globe!

Spectrum Gives Back in Duluth

We recently partnered with Spectrum to help Community Action Duluth with improvements and technology for its job training program! Spectrum provided a grant towards this project and employee volunteers to assist on the project day.

This project is part of Spectrum Community Center Assist, the company’s five-year, $30 million philanthropic initiative to revitalize local community centers and invest in job training programs in rural and urban underserved communities.

Spectrum is providing Community Action Duluth its 1 Gig service, at no charge, for the life of the program. Spectrum also donated 25 new laptops and one Smartboard to support the organization’s training and technology programs.

Serve a Year with Us!

Join our team and serve a year with us as an AmeriCorps member! Rebuilding Together CapacityCorps is a National Direct AmeriCorps program with AmeriCorps members serving 11 months at Rebuilding Together affiliates around the country. Members help improve the lives of their neighbors in need through hands-on home repairs and community outreach, while earning a living stipend and an education award to help with educational expenses.

To view the position descriptions, visit Rebuilding Together National’s website and scroll down to Minnesota!

Members will earn a stipend of $16,000 and an Education Award of $6,345 upon completion of the term.

Capacity building AmeriCorps members with Rebuilding Together Minnesota (also called CapacityCorps) will serve crucial roles in the Minneapolis/St. Paul region. We’re a great team, doing great work in the community! Join us to make a difference, gain valuable career skills, and earn money for your education!

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Thank You to Lowe’s!

We are sending a huge thank you to Lowe’s Home Improvement for providing the grant funding and volunteers to provide much-needed repairs for a veteran in St. Paul! Brian, a veteran of the Air Force, and his wife Linda have been struggling to keep up with repairs to their home. With the support of Lowe’s and the hard work of their volunteers, we were able to alleviate stress for Brian and Linda; ensure that their home is safe and healthy; and enable them to remain safely and independently in their own home and community.