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American Red Cross
Southeast Minnesota Chapter
 
The American Red Cross

The Red Cross provides relief to victims of disasters and helps people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies. Programs include 24-hour emergency assistance to victims of disasters, 24-hour emergency communications between military personnel and their families, collecting blood, and teaching health and safety courses such as CPR, first aid, swimming lessons, life-guarding, and babysitter’s training.

The Southeast Minnesota Chapter serves the residents of Dodge, Fillmore, Olmsted, Steele and Wabasha Counties.

Click here to donate to the American Red Cross of SE Minnesota

Arc Southeastern Minnesota

Arc Southeastern Minnesota

Arc SE's mission is to build inclusive communities for all by providing support, education, and advocacy to persons with developmental disabilities and their families. Arc improves the quality of life for persons with developmental disabilities and assists them in obtaining the full range of civil rights, including the right to equal education, housing, and employment. 

Arc supports and advocates to secure and enhance opportunities for people with developmental disabilities and their families to choose how they live, learn, work and play in their communities. Arc Southeastern Minnesota serves the counties of Dodge, Fillmore, Goodhue, Rice, Olmsted, Houston, Wabasha and Winona.

Click here to donate to Arc of S.E. Minnesota

Bear Creek Services


Bear Creek Services

Bear Creek Services provides group homes and other support services for individuals with developmental disabilities and traumatic brain injury.   Bear Creek Services also provides an after-school program for children with disabilities.

These programs will allow families a safe and fun place to take their special-needs child when other specialized caregivers are unavailable.    

Donations to Bear Creek Services help us to fund scholarships to many families who cannot afford this service - so your donations are much appreciated!

Click here to donate to Bear Creek Services

Boy Scouts of America    


The Boys Scouts of America

The outdoors is our workshop to fulfill our mission to serve others by instilling values in young people and, in other ways, to prepare them to make ethical choices over their lifetime in achieving their full potential. These values are found in the Scout Oath and Law. The curriculums facilitate meaningful mentoring and communications between youth, parents, and community leaders to help youth adopt these values and life skills. Scouting provides program for Scouting Troops in Olmsted, Dodge, Steele, Goodhue, Wabasha, Winona and Fillmore counties.

Preparing Youth to Succeed by Building Life and Leadership Skills

Click here to donate to the Boy Scouts of America

Dorothy Day House

http://www.goodshepherd
church.net/dorothyday.html
Dorothy Day House

Since 1984, the Dorothy Day Hospitality House has provided a short-term live-in situation for people who are homeless or in a personal crisis; people who are in need of food, shelter and clothing.

Guests may stay up to 14 days as they look for jobs or seek help from various social service organizations.   The house is run entirely by volunteers with many skill sets, and the board of directors is made up of volunteers as well.   The Dorothy Day House  receives no government funds and can continue only with the generous donations of individuals, churches and other organizations.


Paws & Claws

www.pawsandclaws.org
Paws & Claws

Paws & Claws Humane Society (PCHS) is a non-profit, mostly volunteer organization that rescues and shelters homeless cats and dogs until they can be adopted into their “forever” homes.   We teach our clients that adopting an animal is a lifetime responsibility and commitment to that animal.

In addition, to being a shelter, PCHS advocates for universal spaying/neutering of all companion animals, and for the humane treatment and care of animals.   We educate our adopters and the general public about proper pet care and animal welfare laws.

Click here to donate to Paws & Claws

Rochester Arts Council
www.rochestermnarts.com
Rochester Arts Council

Rochester has a vibrant, rich arts and cultural community which promotes a sense of well-being through exposure to the arts, contributes to our strong quality of life and strengthens our economic development. Our mission is to showcase Rochester arts and cultural organizations and southeast Minnesota artists, and promote Rochester as an arts destination through collaboration, marketing and advocacy.

Rochester Better Chance

www.rochesterbetterchance.org
Rochester Better Chance

Rochester A Better Chance (RBC) provides bright, talented and aspiring minority candidates with a mentoring and nurturing home environment, optimizing their opportunities to excel in school and community settings. This prepares them for an excellent college education and future leadership opportunities.

Donate now to Rochester Better Chance

R Autism Awareness Foundation

www.rtautismawareness.org
RT Autism Awareness Foundation

The RT Autism Awareness Foundation is an organization devoted to making people aware of Autism and the effects it has on the individual and their families.    It is the organization's desire and dedication to Advocate, Educate and Promote events for Autism Awareness so that present and future individuals, along with their families who face this diagnosis, will have strong support.

RTAAF has also lead the campaign in assisting and implementing PROJECT  LIFESAVER in several Minnesota counties, but it's primary focus has been SE Minnesota where it has coordinated efforts and raised funding to impletement Project Lifesaver in Omsted-Rice-Wabasha-Dodge-Goodhue-Freeborn-Fillmore-Mower and Houston Counties.   Project Lifesaver, "Bringing Loved One's Home".

Rochester Senior Center


www.rochesterseniorcenter.org
Rochester Senior Center

Supporting Life Enrichment and Wellness Programs, Advocacy and Support Services and the Dining Program will provide over 6,000 older adults with the services and programs they need to maintain their independence.

Since it’s inception in 1961 the Rochester Senior Center has been a critical link to the coordination and delivery of comprehensive services for the elderly in our community which enables seniors to live active, healthy and independent for as long as possible. Living independently for as long as possible reduces the need for other services and costly specialized health care.

The Senior Center strives to combat depression and loneliness, poor eating habits and lack of assistance with medical issues, governmental programs, tax issues, housing questions, and emotional support in order to keep older adults from having to move in to costly assisted living or skilled care centers and thus keep costs to the public tax-payer lower.

Click here to donate to the Rochester Senior Center


Women’s Shelter Inc.

Rochester Women’s Shelter Inc.

The Rochester Women's Shelter has been providing safe housing for battered women and their children through a variety of programs since 1978.

Our oldest programs are a 24-hour Crisis line and emergency shelter. In addition to physical safety, Women’s Shelter provides personal advocacy, information and referral, support groups, children’s programming, classroom education, domestic assault intervention, and transitional housing. Women’s Shelter works in partnership with the community to promote positive social change.
Click here to donate to the Rochester Women's Shelter
Seasons Hospice

Seasons Hospice 

Seasons Hospice is a community based, non-profit organization providing specialized care to persons living with terminal illness, while giving support to their loved ones. 

Serving Rochester and communities within a 30 mile radius, Seasons Hospice has been caring for residents of Southeastern Minnesota for over a decade with its home hospice care services and residential hospice facility.

The mission of Seasons Hospice is to provide individualized, comprehensive and compassionate care, education and support for the dying, their loved ones and others who have experienced loss.  Hospice is a philosophy of care that takes place wherever the patient calls home.  Seasons Hospice believes that dying can be accepted as a unique part of life, respecting the right of each individual to actively participate in planning for how and where hospice care will be delivered. 

Team 25

Team 25 - Shjon Podein Foundation

The mission of the Shjon Podein Children’s Foundation is to improve the quality of life and create an environment of caring and community support for children facing extraordinary difficulties in their lives. The children, their families, our board and volunteers, sponsors, and celebrities all work together in our efforts to accomplish this mission and together we are TEAM 25.