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The Lady Lions of Brooklyn Center hosted Avenues for Youth at their regular meeting to have a conversation about youth experiencing homelessness, root causes, and how we as a community (especially in the Northern suburbs) can help make an impact. The group additionally gathered critical hygiene supplies for Avenues, including…
Read MoreUpper Room Church has long been a generous partner to the youth at Avenues, regularly supplying not only financial support, but extra special gestures like Thanksgiving meals, birthday cakes, handmade décor for Avenues’ events, and so much more. Upper Room thoughtfully and intentionally is caring for their community. Following in…
Read MoreThank you so much to staff and customers of the Anoka Hennepin Credit Union. From November through the end of December the credit union collected critical hygiene products and $1,600 in Target gift cards. Each young person at Avenues was given a $25 Target gift card for Valentine’s Day and…
Read MoreIn January students from the University of Minnesota Law School included Avenues for Youth in their “Raise the Bar” day of service. Over a dozen student volunteers came to Minneapolis Avenues for Youth to build welcome baskets for new youth coming into Avenues. These welcome baskets contain everything a young…
Read MoreComcast again this year went above and beyond to ensure that every youth receiving a gift would have it wrapped and given with holiday cheer. For the past few years Avenues has hosted a gift-wrapping event at Prince of Peace Church in Brooklyn Park, to provide an opportunity for all…
Read MoreHolidays can be a tough time of year for youth experiencing homelessness. They can evoke feelings of rejection and isolation. This is often true especially so for LGBTQ youth whom may be experiencing homelessness because of who they are. Fortunately, 3M and their Pride ERGs stepped in this year to…
Read MoreThis week, Upper Room generously donated Thanksgiving kits to provide a traditional holiday meal to about 50 young people at Avenues. They included sweet potato pies that the church members personally baked in the church kitchen in collaboration with Sweet Potato Comfort Pie, a non-profit in Golden Valley. This years’…
Read MoreThank you, again, to an incredible community partner, the 3M Pride Alliance out of Cottage Grove. This division of the 3M Pride Alliance contacted Avenues with the inspiration to support LGBTQ youth in the ConneQT host-home program. Over a month they collected items to build apartment kits for youth leaving…
Read MoreThank you to the Downtown Minneapolis Trader Joe’s for your generous pumpkin contribution. Both Minneapolis and Brooklyn Avenues are feeling autumn vibes and are ready to carve jack-o-lanterns!
Read MoreA community favorite, the Women’s Circle at Brooklyn United Methodist Church contacted Avenues wanting to know what they could do to treat the youth to a spook-tacular Halloween! They showed up with decorations and candy and the Brooklyn Avenue house has never been as boo-tiful! Thank you Shelia and Carolea…
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