Giving Back

The crack of the bat, home openers, peanuts and cracker jacks mean a lot of different things for many different people.

With age comes any number of things, from wisdom to wrinkles. As life evolves, these elements are expected to accompany aging. But what if the weight of the worry you carried also grew as you got older? What if your chances of becoming isolated increased over time? Would you prepare?

It doesn’t take long to realize how fortunate we are to have warm meals to eat, cozy beds to sleep in and homes that provide shelter.

In June 2008, a two-day old infant was abandoned in the countryside of Guatemala, left to battle the pouring rain and driving winds without so much as a blanket. Miraculously, she survived.

The Hennepin County Library system is massive. More than 5 million books, CDs and DVDs in 40 languages are at the fingertips of the avid bookworm or the curious student. But what happens when you can no longer walk through the door of a library to check out a book?  

This past January, the Wayzata Children’s Clinic celebrated 40 years of delivering first-class care to children.

Dust off your rolling pin and grab your apron! Hammer is looking for volunteers to assist individuals with disabilities in baking holiday cookies and desserts. Groups of 1–5 are needed for baking time slots on evenings or weekends.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but for some of the dogs that Amber Johnson photographs, a picture can be absolutely life changing.

Help out your Lake Minnetonka neighbors during Minnetonka Community Education’s 25th Annual Rake-a-Thon. Put together a team and rake the yards of local seniors who need a little help with their leaves. Last year, more than 500 volunteers raked nearly 70 homes.

You can add a few zeros to what the fundraising goal was in the first year of Humor to Fight the Tumor, and what has been achieved in eight years of the Minnetonka-based gala to help fight brain tumors.

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