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Bethel graduate gives 100% of his nonprofit's donations to projects around the world
Lift Up has raised more than $300,000 for 24 projects helping more than 29,000 people.
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Huge tip changes everything for IHOP waitress
Single mom struggles with homelessness; diner felt "a nudge from God."
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Bridge-playing U honors students find fun is in the cards
The weekly class not only is creating a new generation of bridge players but is helping them forge new friendships.
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Veteran Mpls. educators start organization to help everyone screen less, live more
The Minneapolis-based LiveMore ScreenLess offers workshops and workplace consultations, school visits and tips to parents and grandparents, principals and CEOs.
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From prison to playwright: Mpls. woman is 'a voice for those who don't have one'
Deneal Trueblood, a 48-year-old senior at Metropolitan State University is directing and starring in "Secrets," a play she wrote abut her life-changing experience.
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How Twin Cities became one of the largest hubs for workplace diversity, inclusion
The Forum on Workplace Inclusion gears up to welcome about 1,500 people to the Minneapolis Convention Center on March 10-12 for its annual conference.
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At age 10, she's already working to clean up the beaches
Polluted oceans spur Florida girl to launch a conservation nonprofit.
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One of the world's strongest firefighters is recruiting other women to St. Paul
Powerhouse Sarah Reasoner has been tapped to recruit more women to careers as firefighters.
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Peer support groups show promise in helping men facing mental health problems
Mark Meier knows there's only one thing tougher than getting a man into therapy — and that's keeping him in therapy.
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Crystal woman finds purpose in caring for the feet of those who are homeless
For the average person experiencing homelessness, there is 5 to 10 miles of walking a day, often in a pair of ill-fitting shoes.
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Shakopee student whose nonprofit clothing shop changed teen lives now is getting a national award
At Threads for Teens Minnesota, girls in need can get free clothing.
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Winter X Games medalist and Maple Plain fabricator team up to make new racing prosthetic
The new prosthetic parts helped "Monster" Mike Schultz take home the gold at the adaptive snow bikecross competition at the 2020 Winter X Games in Aspen, Colo.
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St. Paul man with autism living the dream with his own radio broadcast
His message to listeners like him: "Go out there, do what you do. A disability doesn't define who you are."
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Female-focused approaches are big draw for Minn. women seeking help with substance abuse
Experts say women have often waited longer to get mental health treatment since they are usually the primary caregivers in a family and also face a sometimes harsher stigma when seeking help.
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New president of Children's Home Society of Minnesota dreams of loving home for every child
It's a time of massive changes in adoption, including a drastic decline in international ones and a huge upswing in the need for families of older children.
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Pets with homeless owners get care through Street Dog Coalition
Teams find pet care is key because "As long as my dog's OK, I'm fine."
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Woman connects with the sibling she thought had died at birth
She was told "Lenny" had died soon after birth.
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In welding, a trade dominated by white men, she's blazing a path forward
In an industry dominated by white men, "you got to be top" to make it as a black woman, and it helps to be a little fiery, too.
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Professor's nonprofit pays it forward using therapy, literature to assist women in need
Pay It For Her playing off the 2000 movie "Pay It Forward," about a young man whose school project to foster acts of kindness unexpectedly bloomed into a national movement.
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