How to help: Volunteer opportunities and donation requests
MANKATO — Below is an ongoing list of requests for emergency volunteers and donations of needed items to help with area efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. • Greater Mankato Area [...]
Community seniors give back to local homeless through gift wrapping
With the holiday spirit of giving upon us this time of year, St. Peter Heritage Meadow residents joined forces with Partners For Affordable Housing (PAH), and Freedom Home Care, to [...]
Partners for Affordable Housing to raise funds for homeless shelter with Fire Up the Smoker Raffle.
Partners for Affordable Housing (Partners) announced ticket sales for two fundraiser opportunities. “Fire Up the Smoker” raffle tickets are $10 and may be purchased from any staff or board member, [...]
Housing nonprofit moving into new home
Partners for Housing’s clients regularly deal with the challenges of finding an affordable place to live in the Mankato area. Earlier this year, Partners found itself in a similar situation. [...]
Partners for Housing receives $8,500 grant
MANKATO — A Minneapolis-based nonprofit that helps the state’s homeless and food-insecure population has provided funds for an area shelter’s new heating and cooling system. Partners for Housing is the [...]
St. Clair third grader collects pillows for homeless families
MANKATO — Shortly after Sydney Stover turned 9 years old last month, a package for her arrived in the mail. The St. Clair third grader thought it might be a [...]
Spear: Homeless project part of public service
Public service remains a hallmark of Free Press journalism, and we see it as an even more important mission now as communities grapple with social and economic upheaval in the [...]