EVENT: (Pictured left) Minnesota Twins players Nick Punto and Kevin Slowey joined high school student volunteers from our Minnesota Action Team, as well as other special volunteers, for "Homerun to Health," a baseball-themed health fair for older adults at Volunteers of America’s Park ElderCenter June 16. The event provided older adults with... awareness and information about improving and maintaining their health including blood pressure/blood sugar management, maintaining flexibility, engaging the brain and improving eye-hand coordination.  <Click here to learn more>

EVENT: Congratulations Graduates! On June 9, Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak delivered the commencement address and presented diplomas to 26 of our Adult High School students. The graduates were all English language learners age 18+ who enrolled in the program to acquire English skills and earn a high school diploma. <Click here to learn more about our Adult High School program>

NEW PUBLICATIONS: Check out upcoming activities, programs and more for older adults at our senior centers.  <Click here to read/view Southwest Center Newsletter>  <Click here to read/view Park ElderCenter Newsletter>

NEW PUBLICATION: Take a peek at our fiscal 2009 Annual Report which contains select stories of participants whose lives have been changed by our programs, financial information and more.  <Click here to read/view Annual Report> 
<Click here to request a printed copy (provide your name and address)>

NEW PUBLICATION: Check out our latest Bar None Residential Treatment Services newsletter (published May 2010) to find out how we are helping kids with emotional and behavioral problems. <Click here>

NEWS: Volunteers of America-Minnesota was one of six charter school authorizers in the state to be approved by the Minnesota Department of Education under a new law passed by the legislature in the 2009 session. All charter school authorizers (formerly known as “sponsors”) have to be approved by the department by June 30, 2011. The new criteria for authorizers include stricter financial and academic controls and adherence to national standards for charter school oversight and quality.  <Click here to learn more>

THANKS A MILLION! Our Phoenix High School had no student library. So, Boy Scout Jeffrey Arcuri (pictured to the right) of St. Paul decided to provide our school with a library complete with bookshelves and books. To accomplish this daunting feat, Jeff led a group of scouts and volunteers to construct and paint six bookcases, as well as raise money for and conduct a book drive for more than 100 new and used books. Jeff himself spent 105 hours on the project, and scouts and volunteers spent another 169 hours on the project for a total of 274 hours. Wow! The project was completed in April for an Eagle Scout Leadership Services Project. The students and teachers of our Phoenix High School and Volunteers of America-Minnesota are eternally grateful for your enormous contribution! Read more about our Phoenix High School <Click Here>.

Minnetonka Mayor Terry Schneider thanks some of the Comcast volunteers who cleaned the grounds, mulched flower gardens and painted the fence at Omegon Residential Treatment Center in Minnetonka.   (Pictured above L-R: Tom Elliot and Joe Thill of Comcast, Minnetonka Mayor Terry Schneider, and Lance Leupold of Comcast.)	Comcast volunteers mulched flower gardens at Omegon Residential Treatment Center in Minnetonka as part of Comcast Cares Day.”  (Pictured above L-R: Comcast employees Chad Brabant, Lisa Jones, Claudia Nordling.)

THANK YOU COMCAST! On April 24, a volunteer crew from Comcast cleaned up the grounds, mulched flower gardens, and painted the fence at our Omegon Residential Treatment Center in Minnetonka. As the economy continues to tighten its grip on Minnesota nonprofits, Comcast employees volunteered all over the Twin Cities to assist many nonprofits upgrade their facilities. More than 1,200 local Comcast employees and their families and friends volunteered at 30 Twin Cities nonprofit sites as part of Comcast’s 9th annual “Comcast Cares Day.”  “We are well aware of how the economy has pinched most nonprofits,” said Mary Beth Schubert, Comcast’s vice president of corporate communications.  “Comcast Cares Day is an important way for hundreds of our employees and volunteers to directly impact their communities through service.”

EVENT: Sharing sweet sounds! Seniors from our Southwest Senior Center and DayElders program spent the last ten weeks on a special project: The Mountain Dulcimer. Under the direction of musician, Karen Mueller, they learned the history of the fretted, stringed instrument along with its cultural significance.  What’s more, they each built and decorated their own mountain dulcimer. Now it’s time to share the music!  Performance dates: May 3 at 11:00 a.m. at Walker Methodist, 3737 Bryant Ave. S., Minneapolis, and May 17 at 1:00 p.m. at Volunteers of America’s Southwest Center, 3612 Bryant Ave. S., Minneapolis. 
<Click here for more information>

EVENT: (Pictured left) Minnesota Twins players Nick Punto and Kevin Slowey joined high school student volunteers from our Minnesota Action Team, as well as other special volunteers, for "Homerun to Health," a baseball-themed health fair for older adults at Volunteers of America’s Park ElderCenter June 16. The event provided older adults with... awareness and information about improving and maintaining their health including blood pressure/blood sugar management, maintaining flexibility, engaging the brain and improving eye-hand coordination.  <Click here to learn more>

EVENT: Congratulations Graduates! On June 9, Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak delivered the commencement address and presented diplomas to 26 of our Adult High School students. The graduates were all English language learners age 18+ who enrolled in the program to acquire English skills and earn a high school diploma. <Click here to learn more about our Adult High School program>

NEW PUBLICATIONS: Check out upcoming activities, programs and more for older adults at our senior centers.  <Click here to read/view Southwest Center Newsletter>  <Click here to read/view Park ElderCenter Newsletter>

NEW PUBLICATION: Take a peek at our fiscal 2009 Annual Report which contains select stories of participants whose lives have been changed by our programs, financial information and more.  <Click here to read/view Annual Report> 
<Click here to request a printed copy (provide your name and address)>

NEW PUBLICATION: Check out our latest Bar None Residential Treatment Services newsletter (published May 2010) to find out how we are helping kids with emotional and behavioral problems. <Click here>

NEWS: Volunteers of America-Minnesota was one of six charter school authorizers in the state to be approved by the Minnesota Department of Education under a new law passed by the legislature in the 2009 session. All charter school authorizers (formerly known as “sponsors”) have to be approved by the department by June 30, 2011. The new criteria for authorizers include stricter financial and academic controls and adherence to national standards for charter school oversight and quality.  <Click here to learn more>

THANKS A MILLION! Our Phoenix High School had no student library. So, Boy Scout Jeffrey Arcuri (pictured to the right) of St. Paul decided to provide our school with a library complete with bookshelves and books. To accomplish this daunting feat, Jeff led a group of scouts and volunteers to construct and paint six bookcases, as well as raise money for and conduct a book drive for more than 100 new and used books. Jeff himself spent 105 hours on the project, and scouts and volunteers spent another 169 hours on the project for a total of 274 hours. Wow! The project was completed in April for an Eagle Scout Leadership Services Project. The students and teachers of our Phoenix High School and Volunteers of America-Minnesota are eternally grateful for your enormous contribution! Read more about our Phoenix High School <Click Here>.

Minnetonka Mayor Terry Schneider thanks some of the Comcast volunteers who cleaned the grounds, mulched flower gardens and painted the fence at Omegon Residential Treatment Center in Minnetonka.   (Pictured above L-R: Tom Elliot and Joe Thill of Comcast, Minnetonka Mayor Terry Schneider, and Lance Leupold of Comcast.)	Comcast volunteers mulched flower gardens at Omegon Residential Treatment Center in Minnetonka as part of Comcast Cares Day.”  (Pictured above L-R: Comcast employees Chad Brabant, Lisa Jones, Claudia Nordling.)

THANK YOU COMCAST! On April 24, a volunteer crew from Comcast cleaned up the grounds, mulched flower gardens, and painted the fence at our Omegon Residential Treatment Center in Minnetonka. As the economy continues to tighten its grip on Minnesota nonprofits, Comcast employees volunteered all over the Twin Cities to assist many nonprofits upgrade their facilities. More than 1,200 local Comcast employees and their families and friends volunteered at 30 Twin Cities nonprofit sites as part of Comcast’s 9th annual “Comcast Cares Day.”  “We are well aware of how the economy has pinched most nonprofits,” said Mary Beth Schubert, Comcast’s vice president of corporate communications.  “Comcast Cares Day is an important way for hundreds of our employees and volunteers to directly impact their communities through service.”

EVENT: Sharing sweet sounds! Seniors from our Southwest Senior Center and DayElders program spent the last ten weeks on a special project: The Mountain Dulcimer. Under the direction of musician, Karen Mueller, they learned the history of the fretted, stringed instrument along with its cultural significance.  What’s more, they each built and decorated their own mountain dulcimer. Now it’s time to share the music!  Performance dates: May 3 at 11:00 a.m. at Walker Methodist, 3737 Bryant Ave. S., Minneapolis, and May 17 at 1:00 p.m. at Volunteers of America’s Southwest Center, 3612 Bryant Ave. S., Minneapolis. 
<Click here for more information>