YMCA Twin Cities (website)
Category: Recreation  Type: One-time, Long-term
Contact: Bridget Coleman (email), (651) 793-7289

The Saint Paul Midway YMCA offers many fun and meaningful opportunities to make a difference in the lives of youth and to help strengthen the community.


Second Harvest Heartland (website)
Category: Food Security Type: One-time, Long-term
Contact: Kristine Jensen (email), (651) 216-3761

Second Harvest Heartland is a local food bank committed to ending hunger in Minnesota. They do more than just distribute food, however, and have many volunteer opportunities at their facilities.


Minnesota Council of Churches Refugee Services (website)
Category: Refugee Services  Type: Long-term
Contact: Kristin Zoellner (email), (612) 230-3219

The Minnesota Council of Churches Refugee Services helps refugees from around the world establish a productive new life in Minnesota. Volunteers are needed to befriend the families, assist in finding jobs, and help them to adjust to their new home.


Store to Door (website)
Category: Food Security  Type: Long-term
Contact: (651) 642-1892

Store to Door helps with grocery shopping and delivery to senior citizens unable to leave their home. Volunteers are needed for administrative help, and to take grocery orders, shop, and make deliveries.


Saint Paul Public Libraries (website)
Category: Literacy  Type: Long-term
Contact: Wendy Neurer (email), (651) 266-7420

The Saint Paul Public Libraries provide essential literacy and computer services to the community. Volunteers can assist with tutoring services, greet patrons, or perform a variety of other tasks.

 

 

Books for Africa (website)
Category: Literacy  Type: One-time, Long-term
Contact: (email), (651) 251-8896

The mission of Books For Africa is to end the book famine in Africa, and they are the largest shipper of donated books to the African continent.  They believe education is an essential human right, and quality reading materials and textbooks are an essential component of a quality education system.

Emergency Foodshelf Network (website)
Category: Food Security  Type: Long-term
Contact: Sarah Havey (email), (763) 450-3897

Emergency Foodshelf Network is an innovative and local food bank dedicated to serving the hunger needs of our changing communities.  Emergency Foodshelf Network provides quality, nutritious food and support services to over 2 million individuals each year.

Keystone Community Services (website)
Category: General  Type: Long-term
Contact: Margo Kemp Johnson (email), (651) 603-6650 

Their mission is to strengthen the capacity of individuals and families to improve their quality of life.  Keystone has multiple programs with three primary focus areas of Senior Services, Basic Needs Services and Youth and Family Services.

Saint Paul Parks and Recreation (website)
Category: General  Type: Long-term
Contact: Andy Rodriguez (email), (651) 248-9066

With approximately 3,200 acres of parkland, 100+ miles of trails, and over 170 parks, Saint Paul Parks staff simply can’t do it alone. Through simple maintenance-based activities, Park Stewards serve the community by helping Parks’ staff create a clean, safe, and environmentally friendly atmosphere at all locations within the Saint Paul parks system. 

Youth Farm and Market Project (website)
Category: Youth Development  Type: Long-term
Contact: (email), (612) 872-4226

YFMP's mission is "Growing Food to Develop Youth."  YFMP uses food as a tool to connect with youth (ages 9-18) to develop healthy bodies and minds, leadership skills, and neighborhood engagement. They provide free out-of-school time programs (cooking and farming classes) to youth.  

Gardening Matters (website)
Category: Community Gardening  Type: Long-term
Contact: Margaret Shields (email), (612) 821-2358

Gardening Matters is a nonprofit dedicated to promoting and preserving community gardening across the Twin Cities by connecting gardeners to each other and to the communities in which they reside. We provide training and resources to support community gardeners in achieving community gardens that are successful and sustainable.

Citizens League (website)
Category: Public Policy  Type: Long-term
Contact: Cat Beltmann (email), (651) 289-1075

The Citizens League builds civic imagination and capacity in Minnesota by: Identifying, framing and proposing solutions to public policy problems; developing civic leaders in all generations who govern for the common good; and organizing the individual and institutional relationships necessary to achieve these goals.

Feed My Starving Children (website)
Category: Food Security  Type: One-time, Long-term
Contact: Jan Kuball (email), (763) 951-7306

Feed My Starving Children is a non-profit Christian organization committed to feeding God’s children hungry in body and spirit. The approach is simple: children and adults hand-pack meals specifically formulated for malnourished children, and FMSC ships the meals to nearly 70 countries around the world. 

Community Action Partnership (website)
Category: Poverty Elimination  Type: Long-term
Contact: Jane Bates (email), (651) 603-5886

Our mission is to mobilize community resources to reduce poverty in Ramsey & Washington counties. Through the creation of new resources, and the utilization of existing talents, we will position ourselves to be at the cutting-edge of mobilizing and galvanizing both community leaders and community members around defining and affecting the issues that impact low-income people in our community 

Hancock-Hamline University Collaborative Magnet School (website)
Category: Education  Type: Long-term
Contact: Margot Howard (email), (651) 895-0715

The purpose of the Hancock-Hamline University Collaboration is to build and strengthen the collaborative community through relationships, shared learning, and cultural diversity.  

Ten Thousand Villages (website)
Category: Fair Trade  Type: Long-term
Contact: (email), (651) 225-1043

To create opportunities for artisans in developing countries to earn income by bringing their products and stories to our markets through long-term fair trading relationships. 

Hamline Church (website)
Category: General  Type: Long-term
Contact: Beth Beatty (email), (651) 645-0667

To model God's love in the community through service, community and relationships. To help each other enter into a closer relationship with God.