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families made a huge impact

Late January 2020, brought families with kids aged 5+ to People Serving People. Together, they worked on projects that get distributed to our guests on a regular basis. Thanks families!

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hyatt place dishes up fun!

Volunteers from Hyatt Place showed us their version of meal service fun.

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u of m regulars rock!

We can count on U of M volunteers to help with our K–12 programming. Fall 2019, they took a break from lesson plans to play at The Commons.

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thank you bond&devick for ice cream and more!

Recognizing volunteers from Bond&Devick Wealth Partners, who served up ice cream and fun for our guests in 2019.

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wells fargo supplies school supplies

A huge thank you to Wells Fargo employees for collecting and distributing enough school supplies for 200 K–12 students!

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national night out

Free Arts of MN, Inverted Arts, Edina Robotics, Kemps, and the Prior Lake High School Basketball Team helped make National Night Out super fun for the families at People Serving People. Thanks everyone!

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gary w honored for 20 years

In July, Gary W marked an amazing 20-year meal service milestone. Thank you Gary!

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winners - meal service special

We’ve been drawing names from the pool of meal service volunteers who took shifts and entered their names into our weekly and monthly drawings.

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kudos to wells fargo corporate tax

Recognizing Wells Fargo Corporate Tax Group for 3 years of meal service volunteerism. Thank you!

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cummins delivers on a new playground

Cummins counts 14 years of volunteer service (4000 hours in a variety of projects): Newly designed and built playground included! Thank you, Cummins!

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we count on 'families volunteering together'

Thank you to families who participated at our Families Volunteering Together event in July! The end result: Four fleece tie-blankets, 155 packages of wipes, 620 detergent portion cups, and loads of fun!

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field trip assistance by stuart co.

Thank you volunteers from Stuart Co. You helped helped sow some nature lovers.

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29 years & more than 7,000 hours! ameriprise does it!

In June, Ameriprise Financial celebrated 29 years of volunteerism. Their group has volunteered the greatest number of years of any group that volunteers for People Serving People.

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hosting a celebration for volunteers

Meal servers were served a “thank you” meal in the Dining Hall by grateful staff.

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grateful for epic

Every Tuesday, volunteers from Pillsbury’s EPIC do a tremendous job cleaning areas such as the hallways and family lounges.

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NEED SHELTER?

First call the Hennepin Shelter Hotline at 612-204-8200.

Calls are answered Mon- Fri 8am – 10pm and weekends/holidays 1pm – 9pm.

If you are in need of shelter outside of these hours, call 211. The Hennepin Shelter Hotline is the first point of contact for the availability of rooms.

SEE THE SHELTER. If you might be coming to stay at People Serving People, you can view this video tour to see what it’s like at the shelter.

People Serving People–Emergency Shelter
(Item donations are accepted at this address only)
614 3rd Street South, Minneapolis, MN 55415
(612) 332-4500

St. Anne’s Place
2634 Russell Ave N, Minneapolis MN 55411 (no unsolicited supply donations are accepted)
Phone  (612) 521-2128
Fax  (612) 521-3209

People Serving People–Center of Excellence Preschool and Learning Center
810 S 7th ST, Minneapolis, MN 55415
(612) 249-5337
inside First Covenant Church

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