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First Wednesday of the Month!  The Bierstube of Inver Grove Heights will be generously donating 25% of all proceeds from 6pm until close on the first Wednesday of each month to Neighbors - Join Us!! 6434 Cahill Ave. in Inver Grove Heights (on the corner of Cahill Ave. and 65th Street East)

September 3 & 4 – Rummage Sale upstairs at Neighbors, Inc. 10:00-4:00
September 20 – Duck Race on the Mississippi

October 7 - 10 – Holiday Boutique and final rummage sale (everything must go!)

 

Neighbors' Duck Race! Come join us on September 20th from 11am - 3pm at The New Kaposia Landing at Concord and Bryant in South Saint Paul for a fun-filled day of games, food, friends, fun and the first annual Neighbors’ Duck Race on the Mississippi.  

You get a chance at great prizes by adopting one of the rubber ducks that will be racing down the Mississippi (in a race course provided by Wakota CAER).  $5 per duck adoption or adopt 6 for $25.  Keep an eye out for duck sellers or stop by Neighbors to pick up an adoption certificate.  All proceeds go to support Neighbors, Inc. Learn More >

 

 

      ~ Questions? Suggestions? Want to get involved? Contact Dan Russell

 

Neighbors Offices

The Neighbors Office will be:
Open on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – January 21, 2008
Closed on President’s Day – Feb. 18, 2008 

 

Help for the Holidays: Neighbors Prepares to help those in need!
By Megan Anderson - Sun Newspapers

Just as tax season is hectic for accountants, the approaching holiday season is equally as frenzied for Neighbors Inc. and its volunteers.Neighbors is gearing up to provide those in need with assistance through holiday programs, including Adopt-a-Family, Adopt-a-Senior, and Love Your Neighbor. View Article >

 

Plan To End Hunger In The Twin Cities!
Hunger is often invisible but it is a prevalent and serious problem in the midst of the Twin Cities communities. For a wide range of reasons, tens of thousands of people—many of them children--are hungry or uncertain about where or how they will obtain their next meal.
View PDF Document > 

 

Charities Review Council – Neighbors, Inc. Meets All Standards!
Charities Review Council. View Article >

 

Winter Coat Drive To Benefit Neighbors
By Megan Anderson - Sun Newspapers

With another cold winter approaching, two local organizations hope to help needy residents stay warm. Heartland Credit Union is sponsoring a winter coat drive for Neighbors Inc. Oct. 15 through Nov. 16. The drive will collect new and gently-used winter coats to benefit the non-profit social-service agency, which serves more than 15,000 people throughout northern Dakota County. View Article >

 

Volunteering knows no age limit
By Kassie Petermann - Sun Newspapers

Service to the community has been a part of Virginia Milbert's life for the past 90 years and she isn't about to change that philosophy anytime soon. She is one of hundreds of volunteers who offer their time, energy and kindheartedness to helping their community through Neighbors Inc. View Article >
 


Support local food shelves during Minnesota FoodShare Month
By Megan Anderson - Sun Newspapers

March certainly has blown in like a lion this year. Now that it has arrived, it's likely that local food shelves are going bare. It's a good thing that this month is Minnesota FoodShare month. View Article >
 


South St. Paul support group helps families affected by meth
By Megan Anderson - Sun Newspapers

Through a new support group, volunteers at Neighbors Inc. hope to reach out to community members who are directly affected by meth. View Article >
 

The happiness generosity creates...The Tale of the Lloyd’s Barbecue Ribs.

In late February we received a call from a friend at Lloyd’s Barbecue offering to donate some ribs to our food shelf.  “Some ribs” didn’t do it justice.  Two days later we picked up three and a half skids, about 3,500 pounds.  And less than two months later, Lloyd’s called again, this time donating another three skids, an amazing act of generosity.  That was Act I.  In Act II, we had to figure out how to store 3,500 pounds of ribs.  Needless to say, we do not have the space required.  That’s when Knowlan’s Super Market came to our rescue and offered to store our ribs as long as we needed; another amazing act of friendship and generosity.

Now the story takes a turn.  In mid April a client was picking up food at the food shelf.  The last items to go into the bag were a couple of packages of Lloyd’s Ribs and the client began to cry, telling the person helping her, “You have no idea how much this means to me.  Monday is my daughter’s birthday and just this morning she told me she knew I didn’t have any money for a cake or a present, but if I could somehow get some ribs, that is all she’d ask for.”  We gave her some extra ribs and found a birthday cake in the freezer. 

Here at Neighbors we believe that everything happens for a reason.  Is it a coincidence that Lloyd’s donated ribs to Neighbors, that Knowlan’s agreed to store them for us, and that this woman’s daughter asked for ribs the very day she was coming to Neighbors for assistance?  We at Neighbors don’t think so. -N-

 

Other Items Of Interest

2006 Annual Report

 

 

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Neighbors, Inc.

218 13th Avenue South

South Saint Paul, MN 55075

Phone: 651-455-1508

Fax: 651-455-1319

    

  

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