News at 360 Communities
360 Communities Provides the Gift of Support
By Karla Bauer Burnsville Family Resource Center Coordinator Twelve-year-old Miya had one wish this holiday season: to have her own guitar. Miya’s parents were not in a financial position where they could afford the luxury of buying holiday presents for their two children, let alone [...]
Green Ribbon Initiatives Recognizes Eagan Collaboration
Green Ribbon Initiatives, a nonprofit corporation, recently recognized the community building partnership of Thomson Reuters’ Eagan Green Team, Dakota Woodlands, and 360 Communities Lewis House. In 2010, the Thomson Reuters Eagan Green Team launched an onsite organic garden staffed by 30 employee volunteers to provide fresh [...]
Armful of Love Inspires a Circle of Giving
There are many gift programs across the metro area that help families in need experience joy during the holiday season. Since 1971, 360 Communities Armful of Love has drawn amazing and dedicated volunteers as well as generous family sponsors who ensure families can have gifts [...]
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,” [...]