Neighborhood LIFT

We are excited to announce two community beautification projects in partnership with Wells Fargo’s LIFT program!  On August 30th, we partnered with volunteers from Wells Fargo to improve the Wilder Park in Saint Paul. Volunteers installed raised garden beds, weeded and mulched existing garden areas, and cleaned trash and litter from around the park.

Next month, we will partner with additional volunteers from Wells Fargo to make improvements at Lincoln Park in Minneapolis.  Volunteers will cleanup vegetation, install a drainage path with covered walk-way in the playground equipment area, paint portions of the shelter and existing playground equipment, build picnic tables, and improve entry areas to the playground to make it more inviting.

Thank you to Wells Fargo for making a difference in our community!

Welcome New AmeriCorps Members!

Please join us in welcoming two new AmeriCorps members to the Rebuilding Together Twin Cities team: Jacob Ames and Steve Abrams; along with our New Sector Alliance RISE Fellow: Dan Frankenfeld

Jacob is a recent graduate of the University of Minnesota, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts.  He has experience in coordinating volunteers and working with nonprofit organizations and is proficient in Spanish.

Steve has a Bachelor of Arts in History from Boston University.  He has experience in coordinating projects between multiple partnering organizations and has strong communication, research, and organizational skills.

As a New Sector Alliance RISE Fellow, Dan’s host project with us is complimented by a nonprofit leadership curriculum.  He has a Bachelor of Arts from St. Olaf College and has experience in working with nonprofit organizations, governance, volunteer management and event planning.

Welcome Jacob, Steve and Dan!

This is the ninth year that Rebuilding Together has been awarded an AmeriCorps grant through the Corporation for National and Community Service.  The goal of the AmeriCorps CapacityCorps program is to build the capacity of grassroots Rebuilding Together programs so they can be more sustainable, effective, and efficient in helping homeowners in need, and the AmeriCorps program plays an important role in our ability to help low-income homeowners in our community.  This is also the second year that we have worked with the New Sector Alliance RISE Fellow program.

Honeywell Hosts Golf Tournament

We would like to send a huge thank you to Honeywell, who hosted their annual golf tournament on Friday, Sept 9th at the Riverwood National Golf Course in Monticello!  The proceeds from this event help support our efforts to help homeowners and neighborhoods in need.  We are grateful for Honeywell’s support!