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Twin Cities Adaptive Cycling helps people with disabilities learn to ride
Nonprofit brings joy back to people who thought they could no longer ride a bike.
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Beating the odds: Siblings grew up in poverty and all earn advanced degrees
"We were four kids, all raised by a single mother on government assistance, yet we beat all the odds," Mary Gil-Guerrero said.
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How Twin Cities knitters are creating breast prostheses with yarn
Michelle Smith's group is working with Knitted Knockers, a nonprofit organization based in Washington state that provides lightweight, breathable prostheses out of soft yarn.
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Lutheran K-9 ministry links faith and fur in Minnesota
Bloomington church's "comfort dog" is one of a kind in the state
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Vikings superfan Millie Wall celebrates 100 years
As birthday wishes rolled, she's betting on the Vikings again.
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Tree Trust adds half million trees to Twin Cities canopy with training program
Since its founding in 1976, the nonprofit has added nearly 500,000 trees and shrubs to the Twin Cities and mobilized nearly 60,000 paid interns and volunteers.
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Some heroes don't wear capes, they teach chess
About 300 Chicago Public Schools students spent a day at Guaranteed Rate Field for a chess extravaganza.
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Immigrant worker turned software engineer encourages graduates: Be bold
Clyde Rodriguez worked for Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, and his love of computers has taken him around the world."It all feels like a dream at times," he said.
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Project Diva founder bolsters black girls with intensive, immersive mentorship
Neda Kellogg is "being who she needed at the time when she was young."
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'Whole lot more fun': St. Louis Park hospital uses harmonicas for breathing rehab
At Methodist Hospital, harmonica therapy helps patients with breathing disorders.
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Shakopee woman helps women battling breast cancer with Hope Chest
At age 52, Barbara Hensley left her well-paying career and began working full-time to bring her idea to reality.
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Rotary Club leads the way in improving quality of life in St. Cloud
It has fought to improve the city's parks and fought youth homelessness in the city.
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Four-year-old in a superhero cape hands out food, love to homeless
Austin Perine's efforts in Birmingham, Ala., have garnered worldwide attention.
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'A League of Their Own' pioneers reflect: 'Boy, did we make a dent'
A $7 million fundraising campaign will help build the International Women's Baseball Center and Museum in Rockford, Ill.
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Indiana mom bestowed 40 acts of kindness, then desperately needed one
Kelly Asbell has cystic fibrosis, an inherited life-endangering disorder that damages the lungs and digestive system.
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Pohlad Family Foundation focuses its giving on housing issues
The shift comes as new generations of the family get involved with the foundation.
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Minneapolis nonprofit builds hope, new lives through running
With fellowship and discipline, former convicts go the distance to find community and rebuild their lives.
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Recent St. Thomas grad helps clear a path for fellow refugees
Mohamed Malim co-founded an online business that sells bracelets made from recycled life jackets that were worn by refugees. Half the profits go to charity.
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Philando Castile exhibit at Minneapolis Institute of Art embraces beauty and trauma
Bringing Castile's story into the Minneapolis Institute of Art gives it weight, artists say about "Art and Healing: In the Moment," which opened this weekend.
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Philando Castile exhibit at Minneapolis Institute of Art embraces beauty and trauma
Bringing Castile's story into the Minneapolis Institute of Art gives it weight, artists say about "Art and Healing: In the Moment," which opened this weekend.
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