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A HUGE thank you to Emily and everyone at Farmstead Bike Shop in South Minneapolis for their pro-bono bike repair. After getting a big bike donation, it became apparent that three needed new tires and a quick tune-up. Farmstead wasted no time in getting these wheels operational so we could…

Community ally, One Voice Mixed Chorus, is MN’s LGBTQ+ community chorus. In late June this assemble choir performed for the first time in two years and lifted the LGBTQ community up through songs of celebration and recognition. One Voice featured Avenues for Youth and Reclaim as they put a spotlight…

Hillside United Methodist Church out of Duluth sent a youth group confirmation class down to the Twin Cities to support local non-profits. Over a dozen teenagers labored under the hot sun to make sure the grounds at Minneapolis Avenues looked fantastic. The group picked weeds, raked the yard, spread mulch,…

Upper Room Church out of Edina has been an all-star supporter of Avenues over the last two years. From hosting conversations about LGBTQ youth homelessness, donating Thanksgiving meals, giving significant financial resources, supporting youth birthdays, cooking up some fajitas, and now sponsoring a 4th of July celebration at both houses.…

Our friends leading the charge in fintech, Total Expert, rallied together for an in-kind drive to support the youth at Avenues. Total Partners generously gathered dozens of basic needs items Avenues can never get enough of, underwear, tooth paste, razors, laundry bags, deodorants and more. Avenues partners with 250 to…

Global engineering company, Danfoss, known for manufacturing cooling systems, is helping Avenues to beat the heat with a fun swimsuit drive. The MN team delivered swimsuits (personally picked out by the youth), beach towels, and sunscreen for ethnic skin for our Brooklyn Avenues house. As temps are regularly hit 90…

The law firm of Faegre Drinker annually puts together hundreds of “pride packs” for charitable partners, like Avenues, to distribute at the LGTBQ+ Pride festival in Loring Park. For Minnesota’s 50th anniversary of Pride they went all out packing each bag with sunglasses, pride flags, chap sticks, bracelets, beads, masks,…

Community partner extraordinaire, Topline Federal Credit Union, has come through with a huge donation of bikes for the youth at Avenues. This perennial partner has been so generous with diapers, school supplies, bedding, hygiene needs and more, but this donation of bikes takes the cake! The dozen bikes were collected…

Global talent acquisition and management company, SHL, normally known for the psychological industrial workplace solutions, took off their thinking caps on June 15th and put on some work gloves as over a dozen volunteers cleaned up the grounds at BA. Braving uncertain weather, the SHL team were happy workers, pruning,…

The MN Pride Rotary Club is not only fun, but also super effective in coming up with creative fundraising ideas. At every meeting, they pass a special decorative hat and each Rotarian throws in some cash with a couple of words about what they are thankful or happy about. This…