October grants have been awarded! Thanks to the generous donors and OYH board members, we were able to award over $33,000 in funds this month to Minnesota crisis service agencies in need! Edward Neill Elementary $3,500 | Burnsville, MN For refrigeration to supply...
2019 August Grants have been Awarded!
August grants have been awarded! Thanks to the generous donors and OYH board members, we were able to award over $52,000 in funds this month to Minnesota crisis service agencies in need! Small Sums client with Monthly Bus Pass Community Emergency Service, Inc. $8,240...
2019 June Grants have been Awarded!
June Grants have been awarded! Thanks to the generous donors and OYH board members, we were able to award over $92,000 in funds this month to Minnesota agencies in need! Loaves & Fishes Hunger and Homeless Grants Ascension Place, Inc.$1,958 | Minneapolis, MNFor an...
2019 April Grants have been Awarded!
April grants have been awarded! Thanks to the generous donors and OYH board members, we were able to fund over $59,000 in funds this month to Minnesota agencies in need! Al Maa’uun (Minneapolis, MN) for $7,000 to replace their main cooler needed to store perishable...
2018 December Grants have been Awarded!
Thanks to the generous donors and OYH board members, we were able to award over $47,000 in funds this month to Minnesota agencies in need! Advocates Against Domestic Abuse (Aitkin, MN) for $2,092 to update and improve their security system with a key-less entry for...
Volunteers Bring Food, Other Items to People Living at Minneapolis Homeless Camp
People living at the homeless camp in Minneapolis got a surprise Saturday when a group of local college students served a hot meal and handed out donated items. The encampment is near Hiawatha and Franklin Avenues and has grown over the last several months. Earlier...
MnDOT: St. Paul Homeless Encampment Site To Be Cleared By Thursday
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) — The onset of wintry weather is impacting the safety and well-being of dozens of people living in a St. Paul homeless encampment. That’s why city officials have announced the site must be cleared by 10 a.m. Thursday. That announcement has many...
Homelessness, drug use rife at Native American tent city
At a tent city for homeless people in Minneapolis, the path is strewn with used syringes. Some are shooting up in the open. Dozens have been found unconscious. At least two have died. Most of the more than 200 people here are Native Americans, who have spontaneously...
2018 October Grants have been Awarded!
Thanks to the generous donors and OYH board members, we were able to award almost $40,000 in funds this month to Minnesota agencies in need! Avenues for Homeless Youth (Minneapolis, MN) for $6,516 to purchase under bed storage chests and new metal bed frames. Casa de...
Council OKs plan to move Minneapolis homeless camp onto Red Lake land
The Minneapolis City Council on Wednesday signed off on a plan that would relocate a growing homeless encampment along Hiawatha Avenue to property nearby owned by the Red Lake Band of Chippewa. Tribal leaders on Friday offered the land just south of the Franklin...