Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Patch has given the nonprofit a month of free advertising. We’ll add another month if 350 more people sign up for our free e-mail newsletter.
Here at Hopkins Patch, we’re big fans of ResourceWest. It does great work in the community amid increasing demands for services. That’s why Hopkins Patch is giving ResourceWest a free advertising spot for one month, starting today. As you read articles on the site, you’ll see the organization’s ad rotate in among our other advertisers. But the well-deserved attention for ResourceWest doesn’t have to end after a month. Patch will give the organization another month of free advertising if 350 more people sign up for Hopkins Patch’s e-mail newsletter by July 13. The daily Hopkins Patch newsletter brings you all the latest happenings in your community. You’ll find news articles, announcements, events and posts from our Local Voices columnists…
Thursday, March 22, 2012
The murals spread the word about ResourceWest.
The Alice Smith students began the mural by tracing their outlines on the canvas. They traced one another until those outlines came to overlap—hand over foot, leg over arm. The 21 students participating in the project couldn’t be a bigger part of the art they created. “It kind of became a puzzle of kids,” said art teacher Jennifer Silus. The murals are part of a project to get the word out about Hopkins nonprofit ResourceWest. The students painted two murals that they finished Thursday. The murals will hang in Ridgedale Center April through December. At the end, one mural will go to ResourceWest. The other will return to Alice Smith. The ResourceWest mural depicts the organization’s programs—coats and scarves for Winter Warm Wear, …
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Alice Smith Elementary School
801 Minnetonka Mills Rd, Hopkins, MN
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Thursday, March 15, 2012
The store will be donating 5 percent of all sales to the Hopkins nonprofit Friday.
The Minnetonka Great Harvest Bread Co. is offering residents a chance to help a good cause while picking up some tasty baked goods. On Friday, the store will be donating 5 percent of all sales to the Hopkins nonprofit ResourceWest. In addition to Great Harvest’s regular products, the following Friday specials will be available: The store is located at 17416 Minnetonka Blvd. So stop on in and shop for a cause. Stay up to date on all your local news. Sign up for the Hopkins Patch newsletter, like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter and Editor James Warden's Pinterest boards.
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17416 Minnetonka Blvd, Minnetonka, MN
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Monday, January 16, 2012
The event is a major fundraiser for ResourceWest.
ResourceWest is bringing New Orleans to the west metro for its annual Hearts on Fire gala Feb. 4. The event—named because it puts hearts on fire to do good in the community—is a major fundraiser for ResourceWest. This year’s Hearts on Fire gala includes an organic, locally grown gourmet dinner by Chowgirls. Entertainment reporter Shayne Wells will be the event’s master of ceremonies, and comedienne Miss Shannan Paul will provide the laughs. Silent and live auctions will offer the opportunity to bid on: There will also be a Heads or Tails game to win a piece of jewelry from EverGreene Jewelers and an award ceremony in which Resource will give away its Inspiration Award and Volunteer of the Year Award. Tickets cost $80 for a single ticket …
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14600 Minnetonka Blvd, Hopkins, MN
Minnetonka Community Center
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Friday, December 16, 2011
The Toy Chest Drive provides presents to families in need with help from community volunteers and donations. With more than 25 drop sites in more than seven cities across the Hopkins and Minnetonka area, ResourceWest makes it easy to give back this holida
A local family resource center is making it possible for more than 1,000 kids in the area to have a Merry Christmas this season. ResourceWest, the Hopkins Minnetonka Family Resource Center, hosts the Toy Chest Drive, a seasonal program that has provided presents for families in need for 18 years. “I want my kids to have something to unwrap under the tree,” said Amanda, a mother of three elementary-age children from Hopkins. Amanda is one of the many parents who signed up for the program this year due to financial difficulty. While in the process of moving, Amanda said her storage unit flooded and all of their belongings were ruined. “We have to start over completely,” she said. “Everything we accumulated for years on end is just destroyed…
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
This seasonal program provides new toys and gifts to children and teens through senior high.
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- James Warden
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Registration opened Tuesday for ResourceWest’s annual Toy Chest Drive. This seasonal program provides new toys and gifts to children and teens through senior high living in Deephaven, Excelsior, Greenwood, Hopkins, Minnetonka, Shorewood and Woodland. Families receive one large item, two smaller items, and stocking stuffers for each child. The program provided gifts to more than 1,350 children in 2010—a sharp increase compared to the 1,020 children who received gifts in 2009. Families that qualify for free or reduced lunch can call 952-988-5350 to sign up for the program. ResourceWest will be collecting new, unwrapped toys through Dec. 19. Drop-off locations are listed below. Cash donations are also welcome and can be made on the …
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915 Mainstreet, Hopkins, MN
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Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Full details on what to donate and where to drop it off
Donations: ResourceWest is collecting the following school supplies: Drop-off locations Volunteers: ResourceWest needs volunteers to sort through all the supplies coming in. The organization is looking people to perform the following tasks:
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Friday, August 12, 2011
Cargill Grain and Oilseed Supply Chain North America also donated $1,500.
ResourceWest’s storage space is filling up with school supplies—thanks in part to truckload of supplies from Cargill that arrived Tuesday. Employees and volunteers carried thousands of items into the downtown nonprofit, including: Volunteers: ResourceWest needs volunteers to sort through all the supplies coming in. The organization is looking people to perform the following tasks: Donations: Meanwhile, ResourceWest is still collecting the following school supplies: Drop-off locations
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
A group of local faith communities are hosting a two-day volunteer event this weekend.
Area faith communities are looking for 700 volunteers to join-in this year's Community Days of Service event, scheduled to take place tomorrow and Sunday. Community Days of Service is an annual event, organized and led by local faith communities, to help area schools, city parks and charitable community organizations in Minnetonka, Hopkins and St. Louis Park. Minnetonka’s Marie Levitus is one of the volunteers who will represent Bet Shalom Congregation. Since losing her job in December, she’s thrown herself into volunteer work, and she said she’s very excited about the opportunity for Synagogue and Church members to live out their faith through their service at this event. "We want to develop relationships with our neighborhood and …
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Bet Shalom Congregation
13613 Orchard Rd, Hopkins, MN
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Wednesday, March 16, 2011
The annual fundraiser brought in a record amount of money to help the needy.
- VOLUNTEERS IN THE NEWS
- James Warden
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Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Tuesday’s Empty Bowls fundraiser showed the community’s artistic side. It also showed that the community can cook. And it showed that the community knows how to have a good time. But most of all, it showed that the community takes care of its most vulnerable. Organizers set a goal of raising $60,000 to fight hunger this year. Last year's event raised $67,000. In the end, the 2011 Empty Bowls event surpassed both those totals, setting a new record of close to $90,000. The 13th-annual event at the Hopkins Center for the Arts raised money for ResourceWest and ICA Food Shelf. Attendees made a free will donation; chose their favorite bowl from among 1,000 created by local artists, students and volunteers; enjoyed a bowl of soup and bread and …
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Hopkins Center for the Arts
1111 Mainstreet, Hopkins, MN
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Ms. Shelly Delores Thomas
1:50 pm on Friday, March 23, 2012
Awesome! Beautiful story about the new generation of Artist! Thanks! Always supporting the kids! more ›