MATTER Partner Gorgui Dieng Awarded Offseason NBA Cares Community Assist Award
Growing up in Senegal and seeing so much needless suffering made a deep impression on the young Gorgui Dieng. Kids wandering the streets barefoot and aimless, mothers with small children begging desperately for food, people [...]
Connecting Health & Innovation: Dr. Peter Melchert
Imagine you’re a young child waking up one day to find a lump developing in your abdomen. Over the next several weeks, the lump gets larger and becomes more uncomfortable. As it grows, you start experiencing nausea, [...]
MATTERbox Partners: Feeding Healthier Lives
“When I first started doing this, I was focused on sports and education. Food was the last thing on my mind. But kids would be tired, and some were literally hurting because they were hungry. [...]
Solving Global Health Challenges: Turning Dreams into Realities
“Half of the world is unable to access essential health services. Think about that. One out of two people in the world do not have the healthcare they need. One out of two babies born [...]
2019 YOU MATTER GALA: 588,330+ LIVES CHANGED!
It was a magical night. At the YOU MATTER Gala on October 3rd, hundreds of MATTER’s sponsors, donors, partners, suppliers and volunteers, came together to do something bigger than we’ve ever done before. The goal [...]
YOU MATTER Gala Happening October 3, 2019!
Excitement is building for October 3, 2019, when MATTER holds its 2019 YOU MATTER Gala at the McNamara Alumni Center in Minneapolis! It promises to be an engaging evening celebrating the collaborative work of MATTER with [...]
2019 YOU MATTER Gala Speaker Announcement: Chris Cronin
Our YOU MATTER Gala is almost here! On October 3rd, at the stunning McNamara Center, we'll hear from a few innovative and exciting leaders to help us better understand some of the biggest challenges facing [...]
Partnerships MATTER: Thielen Foundation, MOBE & MATTER
“Creating a better world requires teamwork, partnerships, and collaboration...” So says best selling author and brand futurist, Simon Mainwaring, and we here at MATTER couldn’t agree more. Only through collaboration with local and global organizations, [...]
Offering Healthy Food Creates Conversations for Avivo
On a sunny day in Minneapolis recently, a homeless man, tired and disheveled, walked through the doors of 1800 Triage, a health and wellness center for individuals and families bogged down in the mire of [...]
2019 YOU MATTER Gala Speaker Announcement: Lual Mayen
MATTER is excited to announce the first of several speakers for the 2019 YOU MATTER Gala taking place on October 3, 2019, at the McNamara Alumni Center in Minneapolis! Lual Mayen, a South Sudanese [...]