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Medical Training Supplies: How To Obtain Essential Products

July 8, 2024

Medical Training Supplies: How To Obtain Essential Products Affordable Medical Training Supplies for Your Educational Needs Looking to stock your medical training and simulation lab affordably? Look no further than MATTER, a Minnesota-based nonprofit dedicated to repurposing hospital surplus for educational purposes. Here’s why MATTER is your go-to destination for quality supplies at unbeatable prices. […]

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Chaya Kickstarter Campaign Launches!

June 4, 2024

For the last several years, we’ve been sharing the remarkable journey of the Chaya Tree Project in Zimbabwe. What began as a visionary idea by our dear friend Sandi Young to improve health in Zimbabwe through Chaya has blossomed into a thriving network of women’s farming cooperatives around the country. These resilient women are not

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Shamwari Lending Association: Empowering Entrepreneurs and Changing Lives

May 10, 2024

It’s hard to believe today, but Zimbabwe was once known as the breadbasket of Africa. Boasting one of the most fertile lands on the African continent, it was a huge exporter of wheat, tobacco, and corn to the rest of the continent and beyond. Sadly, political and social upheaval over the last forty years have

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From Skateboards to Community: The Birth of Samkele Park

April 26, 2024

Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe is one of Africa’s most spectacular sites. As the world’s largest waterfall, it boasts an incredible 5,000 feet wide curtain of thunderous falling water. As one of the seven natural wonders of the world, it welcomes roughly one million tourists a year. Nestled alongside the falls is the bustling town of

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Team Spirit and Goodwill Collide at MATTERbox Madness 2024

March 14, 2024

On March 7th, more than one-hundred people descended on the Mall of America® to compete in MATTER’s tenth annual MATTERbox Madness. Held in the Huntington® Bank Rotunda, sixteen teams of employees from companies across the Twin Cities, all with amazing team spirit, raced against each other in a bracket-style competition to assemble boxes of beneficial

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Africa Stories Live! 2024: You’re Invited!

February 27, 2024

If you joined us last year for Zimbabwe Stories Live! you know what a special evening it was. Over a hundred people gathered at MATTER to share in the impact and power of partnership for the people of Zimbabwe. Together we celebrated the opening of the Jeannie Burns Buckner Maternal and Pediatric Hospital in one

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MATTERbox Madness 2024: Where Competition Meets Compassion

January 25, 2024

The tenth annual MATTERbox Madness is right around the corner! On March 7th, sixteen companies will once again meet at the Mall of America® for a friendly competition to pack 10,000 MATTERbox snack packs for hungry children this summer. MATTERbox Madness 2024 brings teams of employees together from some of Minnesota’s most generous companies to

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Chidobe Chaya Center: Creating a Path to Sustainability

January 18, 2024

If you were anywhere near the small village of Chidobe outside of Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, a couple of months ago you would have heard a dozen or more voices raised in joyful, exuberant singing. You probably would have stopped what you were doing to try and figure out what was going on. You would have

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Frontline Compassion: Valentyna Pavsyukova’s Chalice of Mercy in Ukraine

December 14, 2023

“I felt such a presence of God. And the closer I got to the front lines, the stronger I experienced Him. When people ask me, ‘How can you go? Aren’t you afraid?’ all I can say is that I’m ready to give my life for this. I’m not afraid to give my life, alongside my

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Hoops in the Sky: Luol Deng’s Foundation and Chicago Bulls Team Up for Charity

December 7, 2023

British Olympic medalist, Sebastian Coe, once said, “Sport is a universal language, building more bridges between people than anything else I can think of.” The truth of this statement was on full display on November 9th, when a couple hundred people gathered in Chicago for Hoops in the Sky, a special event that raised $100,000

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