New heroes are emerging during this global crisis and health care workers are at the very top. Willing to risk their lives to care for the rest of us, their work is indispensable to the global fight against COVID-19. Helping these heroes prepare for the pandemic has been one of MATTER’s top priorities over the last couple of months. Ellie Zuehlke is the Director of Community Benefit & […]
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Minnesota Timberwolves Head Coach Ryan Saunders smiles into the camera as he begins a video message to the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities (BGCTC). His wife Hayley sits next to him on the couch, their young son fidgeting in her lap. Behind them a wall of basketballs and what looks to be
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When MATTER board member Amanda Escen heard about the MATTERbox Snack Pack Kit, she immediately ordered one. She loved the idea that her family, including her two young children, could pack 50 healthy snack packs from the safety and comfort of their home and give them to children, seniors or anyone in need during this
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you matter. Dear MATTER Friends, Thank you so much for your longstanding support of MATTER and our global mission to increase access to health, a mission now more critical than ever. Your support allows MATTER staff to rapidly mobilize to respond to the current health challenges with the resources and urgency required in a
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This week’s blog is written by MATTER’s Vice President of Business Operations, Victor Salamone. Lights! Camera! Action! Standing in the darkened studio room under a bright spotlight with a television camera staring us in the face, my MATTER colleagues and I straightened our aprons, took a deep breath to calm our nerves and happily welcomed
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Sunday is International Women’s Day. At MATTER, we’re privileged to work with some of the most inspiring, dedicated, and accomplished women from around the world. On MATTER’s Board of Directors sits one of these amazing women, Chipo Mtasa. A successful businesswoman and passionate humanitarian, Chipo’s life is dedicated to helping others and improving life in
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General Mills Foodservice Partners with MATTER & Chartwells Higher Education to Host Volunteer Event on College Campuses Nationwide About The Event For the third year, General Mills Foodservice is partnering with Chartwells Higher Education and MATTER to engage college students in a mass, two-day volunteer effort to spread good in their communities and help fight
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At MATTER, we have the privilege to partner with some of the best organizations in the world to help them make an impact for good in their communities. Recently, we developed a MATTERbox packing partnership with the National Grocers Association (NGA) and Clarion Events North America to host a volunteer event at their annual NGA Show in San Diego which included attendees from throughout the United States. The result
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This week’s guest blog written by Joie Norby Lê, PhD, Co-Director of Education|Special Projects for Friends of the Lakota Nation, Inc. Oftentimes, the work we do would not be possible without the assistance of others. For our organization, Friends of the Lakota Nation (FOLN), this certainly proves true. In October of 2019, our nonprofit developed
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They say it takes a village to raise a child. At MATTER we understand the concept of “village” well. In fact, we rely on it. It takes a village, oftentimes a global village, to nurture life-changing projects from the infancy of initial ideas to their activation in the community. A recent project in the West
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