News at 360 Communities
Join the Team: Say NO MORE
By Sal Mondelli President & CEO Recently, the Minnesota Gophers Men’s Basketball Team visited 360 Communities to help out at our Burnsville food shelf and then traveled over to our Lewis House sexual and domestic violence shelter in Eagan. This is the team’s second visit [...]
Mother Donates Artwork to Lewis House in Memory of Daughter
On a recent trip to a Hudson, Wisconsin art gallery, Lisa Anderson purchased a piece of floral felt art created by Fiber Artist Robbin Firth. She bought it for its “joyful appearance and appeal” and when she got home she thought of a special place where [...]
Supporting Survivors with Baked Goods
By Dawn Will 360 Communities Volunteer Most Thursdays, 8-year-old Samantha (Sammy) and 6-year-old Carson Gierke usually end up bickering about whose turn it was to bring their homemade treats to the front desk at 360 Communities Lewis House in Hastings. “You know how that goes,” [...]
360 Communities Provides Choice When It’s Needed Most
By Anika Rychner Director of Self-Sufficiency She was 88, he was 92, and when the couple arrived for their food shelf appointment at the 360 Communities Burnsville Family Resource Center, they looked traumatized and defeated. Volunteer Archie MacPhee had seen this look before: They had [...]
Make giving back a way of life with 360 Communities
By Sal Mondelli 360 Communities President & CEO 360 Communities believes every person should have the opportunity to live a safe, healthy and successful life. We work diligently to turn this belief into reality by engaging communities to prevent violence, ensure school success and promote [...]
A child asks me to describe myself … in one word
By Tony Compton Director of Marketing and Communications One morning over breakfast, my 11-year-old daughter posed a seemingly simple question: “Dad, if you had to describe yourself with one word, what would that be?” I couldn’t come up with an answer, so I did what [...]