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FAITHWORKSNOVEMBER – DECEMBER 2017

Opportunity Saint Paul’s first Learning Community Event was held on September 14. Now, more than 80 individuals are settling into their volunteer roles at our partner organizations, and we look forward to learning and growing together.

2017 Annual Report Edition of FaithWorks

THE LONG ROAD HOMEBY SARA LIEGL, DIRECTOR, PROJECT HOME

Every family’s journey through homelessness is different. Some journeys are short and others much longer, but all are agonizingly stressful. Homelessness by definition is traumatic; filled with loss, anger, regret, guilt, and a deep sense of powerlessness. Each day Project Home staff and volunteers walk with families every step of the way during their journey home. They do their utmost to reduce the stress of each family’s unique situation by providing a listening ear, a supportive shoulder, and simply being present.

Recently, I sat down with one mother, whom we’ll call “Adele Carter” for privacy, to reflect on her family’s journey.

After six months of staying at Project Home sites, Adele Carter and her three children are finally home.

Second Century SocietyThese individuals have supported Interfaith Action with a five-year pledge of $1,000 or more per year.

$5,000 or more for five yearsElaine Tarone & Grant AbbottCarl & Janet KuhrmeyerJoyce & Robert Rosene

$2,500 to $4,999 for five yearsJean Hammink & Tom DukeDusty MairsCurt & Kay Thorpe

$1,000 for five yearsRichard AndersenDennis & Carol AndersonDonna AndersonSteve Hermann & Kristi AndersonMuriel BachmanMarcia BallingerBernard & Phyllis BaltesDennis Boom◊ David & Sue BrostromJon & Ann CieslakLeigh & Sally CountrymanKathleen & Vincent DigiornoBonnie & John DriggsDesiree Kempcke & Karen DukeMike & Carol GarbischJoan & Philip Haan

Mary Jo & Mark HallbergPat HartJan & Jaymes HubbellGarth Schumacher & Norma

Rae HuntDiane & Paul JacobsonMaynard & Elaine JacobsonConnie & Kurt JohnsonMark Grauman & Linda JohnsonRoger & Pat KatzenmaierRenee LaneBarbara LutterStephen & Beth MagistadMarc & Kathy ManderscheidJudi & Todd MarshallPaul & Tara MattessichFlorence Sprague & David

MisemerCarl & Carolyn MohnSally Mortenson & Al Zdrazil Sue & David MosemanBruce & Ann NerlandRichard & Nancy NicholsonJohanna OsmanDick SarafoleanSusan VentoPeg & Doug WangensteenGeorge & Connie WeinmanMarilyn Benson & Tim Wulling

THANK YOU DONORSThe work of Interfaith Action is made possible by dedicated partners, volunteers, and donors who generously support our mission with their time and financial contributions. This year we welcome many new donors and are reminded of all those who gave generously over many years.

◊ in remembrance

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THANK YOU 2017 SPONSORS

We are very grateful for your support. Sponsorships keep our events affordable, allow more people to attend our events, increase our capacity to involve more faith communities, and convey the support of local businesses for our work. Together we create a better future for Greater Saint Paul. Thank you.

Please support our sponsors with your business. If you would like to become a sponsor, please contact Thekla Rura-Polley at 651-789-3857 or trura-polley@interfaithaction.org.

THANKS!Now living in stable housing, the Carter family is busy getting settled, learning about their new community, and starting new patterns of daily life. Even though her family is moving forward now, Adele recalls it was not an easy path through shelter.

The family’s time with Project Home began in early Spring. After waiting several weeks on the Ramsey County emergency shelter wait list, shifting between family and friends’ homes, sometimes sleeping in beds and other times on the floor, Ms. Carter and her children finally got the call that Project Home had an opening for her family of four.

The family’s journey with Project Home included stays at seven different faith communities: Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, New Life Presbyterian, Mount Olivet Baptist, Mount Zion Temple, Cretin Derham Hall High School, Saint Matthew’s Episcopal, and White Bear Unitarian Universalist. Additionally, many other faith communities provided volunteer support at these seven host sites.

Ms. Carter remembers many wonderful volunteers, but a few volunteers in particular really made a difference in their stay. She remembers a volunteer who came several evenings throughout the month, baked cookies for all the guests, played games and read to the children. Ms. Carter said, “She made us feel like family.”

Throughout their stay, every Wednesday, the Carter family arrived late in the evening to the Project Home shelter site. They went to their own church for bible study. Although it was a challenge for Ms. Carter to budget the time and money to take her family to bible study, it was always a priority for her. “Raising my children to love and trust God is very important to me, no matter what situation we are in,” said Ms. Carter.

Each of the three Carter children celebrated their birthdays this year while they were at Project Home. Volunteers and staff made sure each child received a gift and shared cake with everyone in honor of their special days. Ms. Carter was especially thankful to have the support of everyone in shelter to help celebrate.

A BUMP IN THE ROAD

Midway through summer, Ms. Carter got a call from a local housing program. Her family’s name had come up on the wait list for housing. A three-bedroom apartment became available. Ms. Carter was thrilled. They moved in late one Friday afternoon. Then, disaster struck on the very first night of what they thought would be their forever home.

“Raising my children to love and trust God is very important to me, no matter what situation we are in.”– ADELE CARTER, PROJECT HOME GUEST

“We support Interfaith Action’s work and are excited about the potential of Opportunity Saint Paul. Increasing the nonprofit sector’s capacity by matching volunteers from faith communities with outstanding, effective service deliverers just makes sense to us.”

– BRUCE NERLAND, NERLAND CUMMINGS GROUP MORGAN STANLEY

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Thank You Donors: You Support Our Triple-Bottom-LineWe are writing this month to express gratitude to you, the donors who make Interfaith Action’s work possible. We are thrifty, and we raise money from a wide variety of sources—from private foundations, from corporations, from government contracts, and more—but donations from individuals and from faith communities are the critical piece that makes the funding puzzle fit together. Your contributions pay for the staff, facilities, and supplies that allow us to make the programming work.

Your investments here really pay off in terms of strengthening our community. Interfaith Action is deep at work in our East Metro, helping us move forward in three ways.

1. We’re working to fight poverty—we are feeding people who are hungry, providing shelter to families who are homeless, and adding horsepower to critical work in tutoring, job coaching, and mentoring to help build an infrastructure of opportunity in Saint Paul;

2. We’re activating and educating faith community volunteers—we are matching them with opportunities to be authentically present in the lives of others in ways that make a big difference; and,

3. We’re strengthening faith communities— we are giving faith communities well-supported pathways—like Project Home and Opportunity Saint Paul—that their members can engage in to act on religious imperatives to heal the world outside of the walls of the house of worship.

We have a triple-bottom-line:

• Fight Poverty

• Activate Volunteers

• Strengthen Faith Communities

We do this through all of our programs: Project Home, the Department of Indian Work, Project SPIRIT, Farm-Faith Project, Interfaith Youth Connection, and Opportunity Saint Paul.

Your decision to invest in our work moves us greatly. We are careful stewards of the resources you entrust to us. As we look through the list of your names, we see so many of you who have given to us faithfully for five or ten years or more. And we see many who have joined in supporting this organization recently.

Many of you have also been our valued, long-time volunteers. Thank you for giving so generously of your time to serve the families in our programs. We are ever so grateful for your support.

FROM RANDI ILYSE ROTH

The Carter family woke from a fitful sleep covered in bites. The apartment was infested with bedbugs.

Deeply saddened, Ms. Carter asked to come back to shelter. We instructed her to leave everything and come right back, for, it being a weekend, intake had not filled the empty shelter beds yet. The Day Center staff helped her recover her things and sanitized everything. Again, Project Home staff and volunteers helped ease the pain of the dream dashed.

Ms. Carter remembers so many wonderful volunteers willing to listen and pray for her family during those dark days.

HOME SWEET HOME

A second chance came along in September. Just after school started, Ms. Carter was alerted that another apartment had become available. Volunteers at Saint Matthew’s Episcopal and several other partner faith communities stepped forward to bring her family needed household items, from kitchenware to a full bedroom set. The Carters’ new home includes a beautiful playground on the property, laundry facilities in the building, and two balconies, where Ms. Carter hopes to put a small table and chair and some plants next spring.

The family is enjoying cooking family dinners together again, and continues to spend their Wednesday nights with friends at their congregation. After a long journey, Ms. Carter is ready to look towards a bright and stable future.

To learn more about Project Home, contact Sara Liegl at 651-789-3848 or sliegl@interfaithaction.org

Adele Carter and her youngest daughter are overjoyed at their new apartment home.

Individual Donors Fiscal Year July 2016–June 2017

Community Builders’ SocietyThese individuals have included Interfaith Action in their estate plans or established a planned gift.

Elaine Tarone & Grant AbbottDennis & Carol AndersonDonald K. Bauer◊Bruce & Doris BroadyGerald CarlsonJon & Ann CieslakMarylyn Deneen◊Elizabeth Doyle◊John & Bonnie DriggsJean Hammink & Tom DukeFred & Marion Fisher◊J. Stanley◊ & Doris Hill◊Carl & Janet KuhrmeyerStephen & Beth MagistadMary Bigelow McMillanDavid Misemer & Florence

SpragueDorothy Newcomb◊Lee Olson◊Helen Josephine Pelletier◊Art◊ & Martha Sternberg◊George◊ & Marian Toren◊Anonymous

Legacy$10,000-$20,000Dennis & Carol Anderson**Kirk & Karen Kleckner*Donald & Beverly OrenBruce & Joan Richard

Family Fund

Pacesetter$5,000-$9,999Elaine Tarone & Grant Abbott**Ralph Ebbott**Stephen & Beth Magistad*Bruce & Ann Nerland**

Investor$2,500-$4,999M. Janice Hogan-Schiltgen*Roger & Pat Katzenmaier**Carl & Janet Kuhrmeyer**Florence Sprague & David

Misemer**

Leader$1,000-$2,499Richard Andersen*Donna Anderson*Steve Hermann & Kristi

Anderson**Anne AtenMarcia BallingerBernard & Phyllis Baltes**Eberhard & Erne Bulach*Cindy & Brian Bullock*John ClevelandGregg CummingsKathleen & Vincent Digiorno*Bonnie & John Driggs**Jean Hammink & Tom Duke**Gary Hietala & Diane E.

Follmer**Jan & Jaymes Hubbell**Garth Schumacher & Norma

Rae Hunt*June Husom**Esther Malabel & Stuart

KaufmanF. Alexandra & Robert KlasKristen & Kristofer Lund**Patricia & Steven LundeRonald & Faye Mader*Marie & John MayhewDean & Kate McCallHugh McCallTom Richardson & Donald

McCallKate & Jordan McGowanChris & Cheryl McHugh**John & Lorna PainJennifer & Bruce PedaltyCarleen RhodesDick Sarafolean**

Paul & Deanna Siliciano*Thomas SmithRoman Stepchuk*Thomas Todd**Richard Todd**James & Michelene Verlautz**Peg & Doug Wangensteen**Mary Ann Barrows Wark &

David WarkJane Keeley◊ & Douglas

Weiss**Deb Musolf & Arthur

Wineman**JoAnn Winter*Marilyn Benson & Tim

Wulling**Mary Beth Young**

Partner$500-$999David BiceFeryle & Betty Borgeson**Dana BoyleBill & Cheryl Brady*Sharon & Michael DeMark*Thomas DupontKlayton EcklesMatt Ehling*Bonnie & Vernon EidmanJon Farber & Holly Brod

Farber*Mary FenskeLouis Andre FischerLisa Isenberg & Philip

Friedlund**Robert & Becky Galkiewicz*Mark & Mary Jo Hallberg**Valoris Hansen**Sandra & Gordon HicksPeter HilpischRuby Hunt**Bruce Johnson*Joanne Jones-RizziAlan Olstein & Phyllis KarasovElizabeth J. KeyesJimmy & Stephanie LevineBeverly & Don Liebenstein*

Bruce Redmon & Connie Manske*

Judith & Todd Marshall**Rex & Linda McKee**Muriel Olson**Johanna Osman*Charlie Nauen & Pati Jo PofahlCraig Polley & Thekla

Rura-PolleyDimitri & Sarah SenaratnaMary & Randy Senkbeil*Debra Christgau & Jon

Spoerri**Karen & Leslie Suzukamo*Ellen Wersan*Wayne & Mary Lou Wolsey**

Advocate$250-$499Eileen Adams**Bruce & Nancy AgnebergMark AppelbaumMichael Bander*Priscilla BergLee BlonsKate BoothArlene Carpenter & FamilySharon CastleLissa Chipeco-ColtonJohn & Mary Comford*Lee Erickson*Eve Borenstein & Candace FalkBrandon FitzimmonsLenore Franzen*Emily FritzDeborah Fulton**Maureen GitlinPeter Hanson & Sarah GrowJanet HumphreyOrville & Kathleen Johnson**Michael Skoler & Maria KirschCraig & Jill Klausing*Stuart & Mary Ellen

Knappmiller**James & Charlene Knudsen*Dave & Linnea Krahn

Luke & Renee Kuhl*David Leitzke**Richard & Margaret A.

Lidstad**Michael & Sara Liegl**Patricia Lull*Wendy Magnuson*Susan MarcottAnna Maria MastrangeloMalcolm & Patricia

McDonald**Vicki & David McKenna**Marvin & Nancy McNeffJennifer & Adam Miller*Manley & Ann Olson**Charles PallasJan & Janet Phillips*Jason RupertNancy SimkunasAdam Stock Spilker &

Rachel Spilker**Scott & Patricia StevensElona Street-Stewart and H.

David Stewart**Deena Strohman*Oby Balllinger & Javen

Swanson*Roger & Carol UphamDavid & Nancy Van Dyke*Kimberly VanderwallAlisa & Bruce Weber**Holly & Don WeinkaufDan & Jane WhiteJames Johnson & Margaret

Wirth-Johnson**

Department of Indian Work Project Home Project SPIRIT

◊ in remembrance* donor for 5-9 years

** donor for 10 or more years

Builder$100-$249Karla AlexanderPhyllis Gorin & Morris AllenRoger & Diane Allmendinger**Alma D. AndersenJoel & Theresa AndersonSophie Anderson**John & Barbara Anderson**Dorothea & Gordon

Anderson**Liddy Rich & Amy ArielKaia ArthurSusan AustinMentor Addicks & Jenny Bach*Jane & Dale BaconJoann BartePhyllis BeattyJohn & Karen BeckerTiffany BeckmanPhyllis Bentley*Kay Blair**Bonnie & Michael Bougie*Dixie BrachlowCarol BrannockDavid & Susan Brostrom**Mary BrownRob BrueningBonnie & David Buzza*Richard & Karen Carrier**Janet & Paul CarstensMary Ellen & Jim

Cheeseman**Jon & Ann Cieslak**Bradley & Mary-Louise Clary*Jane & Gary Clements**Robert & Kimberly ColbertDavid ColbyLaura & Michael ColeAbigail CrouseGretchen DamonKathy Denman-Wilke*Charlene Dickerson**Stephen DingerMolly Driscoll*Desiree Kempcke & Karen Duke

Arlys & Len EiltsRebecca & Robert Emmons**Loren & Shirley Espeland*Joyce EsterCharles Eversman**James & Jane FennellDonna FinkRuthena & Doug Fink**Susan Koch & Robert

Garfinkle*Rene & R. James Gesell**Robert & Janice Gestner**Mary Gillespie**Heidi GoldsteinNancy Gountanis Menning**Kenneth & Shirley Gowdy**Lynette GrahamMarguerite & Ted Grahn-

Bowman**Kris GrangaardHazen GravesKatherine GrayJessica & Brent GriffithCarol Tollefsrud & Gary

Gullikson**Marie & Marie HagertyRuth Halvorson*Carol HansenKate HansenAnne HansonMaureen Reed & James Hart**Howard & Helene Hass**Mary & Louis Hauser**Joan Cleary & Jerry Helfand**Jon & Karen Helgason*Annamary Herther**Sheila Hoffman*Gael & Rob HornerJohn & Deborah HortonDavid HowdRichard Morrison & Claire

Hoyum**Coralie HunterHeidi Anderson-Hsaacson &

Marc Isaacson*Vicki and David ItzkowitzPearl Jackson**

Sherwin JamesMarci & Harry JamisonJeffrey JapingaWalter & Dianna Johnson**Sigrid Johnson**James & Christine JudgeStanley & Ginny KarbowskiRobert & Elaine KirkJohn & Kathryn KirwinLouise Klas**Susan & David Klevan*Diane KlinefelterLynne Krehbiel-BrenemanJohn & Jean LandreeMichelle LevensonKathryn Lightfoot**John Lindley**Jo Lottsfeldt**Lesley MacArthurKatherine & John MackeStephanie & Matt MagersTom MarverJoAnn & Thomas Mason*Jake MavoltDave & Sherla MayerLori McBrideAnita & Jim McCarthy*Irene MeinenEdie MeissnerLaura MerriamBrian & Laurie MillerKelly MillerSteven & Cheryl Miller*Mary Miller**Michael & Susan MinsbergAlan & Shari MitchellJonathan & Martha Morgan**Ann MulhollandLouise Mullan**Brian & Julia NerbonneSusanne & Donald Nevin**Sandra NewcomMichael NordJesse Okie**Jon OlsonKim & Stuart Olstad*

Paul OmodtDavid & Rosamond OstendorfLarry & Elizabeth O’TooleStacie PaetznickMary Pattock*Tyler PennimanBarbara PersoonRonald◊ & Betty PhillippoMary PickardRichard & Rosalie Pinomaki**Allison & Adam PlummerLeila Poullada*Randy ProppDavid PurcellDennis & Florence RasmussonJames RedmonMarjorie RomigKelsey RoseEverett & Nancy Rotenberry**Randi RothIlona & Bob RoudaCarole Rust*Erich RuttenLesley & C. Verner Rylander**Jack & Judith SchlukebierConnie ScholtesJohn SchwehnAntoinette & Albert Seaver*Dave & Julie SeykoraConnie SheehanRobert & Rebecca SicoliCatharine SimlerMaureen Smith**Lee & Lois SnookStefanie SokupKristine SolheimNancy SpindlerDeeAnn & Dwayne Stenlund*Hawona Sullivan JanzenKaren TarrantJulie Thomas*Tim Roska & Kiely Todd RoskaElsie & Carl Trapp**Kathleen Vellenga**Sarah Pradt & Kathryn Wallace

Terry Dinouo & Diane Wallace-Reid*

Janet WarwickRochelle WeberJeanne WeigumL. Douglas Throckmorton &

Marilyn WellsLaurie & Alan Wenker*Jean Meister-Westermann &

Marvin WestermannMarthetta Wetzler Watson*Kenneth Larsen & Roxanne

Wieken-Larsen**Gina WilliamsLetha & Scott Wilson-BarnardJoann Youngstrom**Lyndy ZabelWilliam & Linda Zelm**Colleen Zuro-WhiteAnonymous

Friend$1-$99Melanie & Michael AccolaBrenda AlexanderJan AlexanderApril & Bergh AlfuthVirginia & Craig AllenRebecca & Michael AmidonStanley & Marlys AndersonMike AndersonAntoinette & Blair Baker**Terri & Gregory Banaszewski**Richard & Kathy Barker*Kelli BarronKristina Barr-ZoerbSusanna BeatonSandy & Terry BebertzWendy BergRoger & Dallas BetzPatrice Vick & Bart BevinsEric BieseAllegra Birdseye-Hannula

◊ in remembrance* donor for 5-9 years

** donor for 10 or more years

Individual Donors Fiscal Year July 2016–June 2017

Farm-Faith Project Opportunity Saint PaulInterfaith Youth Connection

Nancy & J. Ragnar Bjornson**Norma Black**Gail & Richard BohrDenise BonebrightSharon & John Booher*Kathleen & John Booth*D’Arcy BordeauxZach BrazierTom BrockwayThomas & Susan BrownAllynne Burg*Nathan CarlsonTrent CarlsonHerbert Cashdollar & Theresa

Cashdollar-PowellHolly & Mark CaskeyMark & Christine ChaceLeah ChallbergLois & Darrell CharboneauDavid & Michelle Christianson*Jeanette & Pat ClearyRobyn Cohen HannanBarbara Conklin**Carol & Ed ConradJackie Cook-HaxbySusan CrawfordMichele Cromer-PoireMargie & Richard Crone*Charles & Penelope CurryHoward & Barbara CuttsRoberta Dale**Catherine DavisKaren & David DavisDoug & Ann DerrFaith & Brian DietzMolly DoranNeal DotyKirstin & Roman DrabaLeilani DrakeNancy Driscoll*Cynthia DurandElizabeth Dyson*Barbara & John Edgar*Karin EggeConnie & Jonathan EideTimothy Elchert

Nancy & Patrick ElliasBarbara EricksonJoani & Tim EssenburgKendra FehrmanChristine FifieldLaurie & Stan FlumKen Scherber & Rose Ann

ForemanDeb FosterJoAnn & Howard FrenchJeanne Frerichs**Noah GagnerColleen GarciaJulie GartrellAnn & William GeeryRichard & Lois GehrmanKaren & Raymond Gerst**Bruce Tyler & Nancy GiguereRobert Goepel**Sarah GoodallClare GromollEvonne & John Halvorsen**Roman Soto & Ronna HammerAndrea HansonMaureen HarkAnn Harrington**Alice & Robert HausmanKate HavelinCynthia HeelanAmanda HerbstPairin Hongsoongnern &

Andrew Heuer**Deborah HeuwinkelSusan & Tim HinzeRonald Lattin & Julie HoffSandra & Donald HoffmanLisa Hoffman-KonnDoreen HolteFred & Dorcas Hueners**Kathy HullErica & Dan HuntKathleen JohnsonLois JohnsonErin KeyesNathaniel KhaliqSue Killeen

Andy Mobley & Loretta Kimmet-Mobley**

Kristin KinneyWilliam & Diane KruegerSusan Krumm*Amanda Roll-Kuhne & Michael

KuhneShirley KulevskyScott Stewart & Jill Kunz StewartHarold & Marjorie LangKristen & Barry LarsenJames LarsonJeanne LarsonHelen Lattary**Peter LawsonBetty Pat Leach**LaVon Lee*Stephen & Rita LevinLinda LindekeMichelle LindenfelserJulie LindholmJennifer LopezDavid & Vicki LorenzAndrew & Clare LubarMelanie & Andrew Lund**Lynne MacziewskiHolly MaddoxDenise Marlowe**LaVonne Mayer**Larry Mens**Marcia MoermondLeslie MorrisDeb MosesPatricia MuenzhuberMary Diebel Munion & Michael

Munion*Janet MurphyMary MyersSusan Myers**Joseph & JoAnn NathanDana NelsonKathy Lamp & Steve NelsonMyrna & Lyle Nelson*Jo Ford & Sheryl NiebuhrRebecca NoeckerAndrew ObstMatt Olson

Linda & Glen OwenFlorence Pappas**Mabel Pappenfus*Carole & Randall PastoriusDawn & Jeffry PaulsKristin PayneDonna Pechacek-FinkDavid Crawford & Diane

Peterson**Ron & Miriam Peterson**Douglas PettyNicolita Picotte*Renita Picotte**Ron Ofstead & Claudia PoserJulie & Greg Printz*Robert Qualls**Leroy Erickson & Cynthia

Reimers EricksonCindy & James ReisdorfJames RichardsonMary RobersonJoel & Gail Roberts**Thomas Kline & Kathleen RobeyShelley & Michael Robshaw**Linda RodgersLynn & Gerald RossowMatilda Rupp**Anne RykkenKashif SaroyaArline Satrom**Laurence & Susanne SavettColleen Schinneer-MilneHJ SchmidtLori & Christopher SchmidtMarie SchoettlerSheila SchwirtzRobert & Jacquelyn SellersPhil SetalaLaurel Severson*Susan SeymourThomas Wolfe & Sally SilkElaine & Donald SimeDebora SleeJohn SotebeerBlake Sower**William & Mary Ann

Spangenberg**

Janet Spatafore*Greg Mueller-Liele & Virginia

SteinhagenDavid & MaryJo SterlingCheryl & Frank SteverAndrea StimmelCarri SullivanAmy & Jason SwalleyMargaret & Ronald TabarNanneette & John TaylorWayne & Sindy Tellekson**Chris TolbertShya TranCharissa UemuraVictor & Janet UrbanowiczClarence Berg & Mary Lou

Vining-Berg**Irene WarnertCedric & Hazel WatermanValerie WeaverAlice & Jerome Webster**Kelley & Roland WellsVera WenzelRolf Westgard*Ruth White**Joel WibergLaura WilliamsBeverly WittgensteinPatty WrightEllen YoungPaula Zenker**James & Lynnette ZikaSharon & David Zopfi-JordanAnonymous

If you made a gift and your name was omitted or listed incorrectly, please accept our apologies and contact Kristi Anderson at 651-789-3843 or kanderson@interfaithaction.org

Individual Donors Fiscal Year July 2016–June 2017

Department of Indian Work Project Home Project SPIRIT

◊ in remembrance* donor for 5-9 years

** donor for 10 or more years

Faith CommunitiesThese faith communities are Interfaith Action members. Membership requires a donation of a minimum of $100, active participation in at least one program, and a designated key contact.

Augustana LutheranBethlehem Lutheran In-The-

MidwayCamphor Memorial United

MethodistCentennial United Methodist*Central Baptist*Central PresbyterianCherokee Park United*Church of the Messiah-Prairie

IslandCommunity of Christ*Corpus Christi CatholicDayton Avenue PresbyterianEdgcumbe PresbyterianFairmount Avenue United

Methodist*Falcon Heights United Church

of Christ*First ChristianFirst Presbyterian/South

Saint Paul*First Presbyterian/StillwaterFirst Presbyterian/White

Bear Lake*Gloria Dei Lutheran*Grace LutheranGuardian Angels CatholicHamline Church, United

Methodist*Hazel Park Congregational

United Church of ChristHoly Trinity EpiscopalHouse of Hope Presbyterian*Immanuel Lutheran*Lakeview LutheranMacalester Plymouth United*Mendota Heights United

Church of Christ*Mounds Park United

Methodist

Mount Zion TempleNew Life PresbyterianNorth Emanuel LutheranNorth Presbyterian*Olivet Congregational*Our Savior’s LutheranPath of Grace United

Methodist Church*Pilgrim Lutheran*Roseville LutheranSalem Lutheran*Spiritual Assembly of Bahai’s

of St. PaulSt. Anthony Park Lutheran*St. Anthony Park United

Church of Christ*St. Clement’s Episcopal*St. George Greek Orthodox*St. James on the Parkway

EpiscopalSt. John in the Wilderness

EpiscopalSt. John the Evangelist

Episcopal*St. Luke LutheranSt. Mary’s Episcopal*St. Michael’s Lutheran*St. Paul’s United Church

of Christ*St. Stephen’s LutheranSt. Timothy Lutheran*Trinity Presbyterian*Twin Cities Friends Meeting*United Church of Christ in

New Brighton*White Bear Unitarian

Universalist*Woodbury Baptist

American Indian TribesBois Forte Reservation Tribal

CouncilFond Du Lac Tribal CenterForest County Potawatomi

CommunityGrand Portage ReservationMille Lacs Band of Ojibwe

IndiansPrairie Island Tribal Council

Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community

White Earth Reservation

Government AgenciesCity of Saint PaulEmergency Food and Shelter

ProgramMinnesota Department of

Employment and Economic Development (DEED)

Minnesota Department of Health

Minnesota Department of Human Services

MInnesota Department of Transportation

Ramsey County Ramsey County Community

Human ServicesSaint Paul Children’s

Collaborative

Religious OrganizationsBethlehem Lutheran Church

WomenCentennial United Methodist

WomenChrist United Methodist

WomenChurch Women United in the

Saint Paul AreaEvangelical Lutheran Church

in AmericaGreater Minneapolis Council

of Churches MN FoodShareLuther SeminaryLyndale United Church of

Christ - the Center for Sustainable Justice

North Presbyterian Church Women United

Presbyterian Church-Synod of Lakes & Prairies

The Presbytery of the Twin Cities Area

St. Peter Claver Altar & Rosary Society

St. Timothy Lutheran WomenWhite Bear Lake United

Methodist Women

United WayGreater Twin Cities United Way

Foundations & Corporations*3M Foundation, Inc786 FoundationAllina Health American Endowment

FoundationAmerican Indian Family

Center, Inc.Association on American

Indian AffairsBenevity Community Impact

FundThe Bibelot Shop, Inc. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of

Minnesota FoundationCastlelake Charles K. Blandin FoundationClevelend Maher, LLCEugene U. and Mary F. Frey

Fund of The Saint Paul Foundation

F.R. Bigelow FoundationFirst Nations KitchenGlobal Traffic Technologies, LLCGeneral Mills FoundationGreen Heron ToolsGreenwald Wealth

ManagementHardenbergh FoundationHmong American PartnershipHubbard Broadcasting

FoundationHunger Solutions MNInterfaith Action of Greater

Saint Paul FoundationLarkin Hoffman AttorneysLloyd’s Barbeque CompanyM & M Charitable Fund, a

Donor Advised Fund of U.S. Charitable Gift Trust

MacGillis Family FoundationMAHADH Fund of HRK

FoundationMairs and Power, IncMarbrook Foundation

Mardag FoundationMargaret Rivers FundMcGoughMcNeely FoundationMedtronicMississippi Market

Cooperative, IncMorgan Stanley FoundationMSA Professional ServicesNasty Women Order (NWO)Northland Visions, LLCNorthwest Area FoundationOpen Your Heart to the

Hungry and HomelessOtto Bremer TrustPajama ProgramParsons Electric, LLCPohlad Family FoundationRBC Wealth ManagementReal Estate EquitiesSaint Paul FoundationSandcastle Child CareSouth Robert Street Business

Association (SRSBA)Southwest Initiative

FoundationSunrise BanksTargetTherapeutic Services Agency, Inc.Thrivent FinancialThrivent Financial FoundationUnited Health Group

(Benevity-Community Impact Fund)

United Negro College FundUniversity of MinnesotaWarren FoundationWells Fargo Community

Support CampaignWestern BankWilkerson, Guthmann &

Johnson Leadership Fund

Organizations Fiscal Year July 2016–June 2017

* contributes $2 or more per member

includes in kind gifts

Farm-Faith Project Interfaith Youth Connection Opportunity Saint Paul

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FUNDRAISING GOAL MET AT ANNUAL BREAKFAST

We exceeded our goal of raising more than $100,000 at the annual Bringing Faith to Life Breakfast! The 32 Table Captions and 250 people who attended were the key to the breakfast’s success. And we continue to receive gifts from individuals who were unable to attend the breakfast.

The morning began with Imam Abdisalam Adam reading the opening prayer in Arabic and English. Following a delicious breakfast by Spirit of Asia Catering, we heard from Randi Ilyse Roth. She wove together stories of her grandfather, the allegory of the long spoons and an invitation for everyone to think about how we can support one another in our drive to build a better East Metro. Rabbi Adam Spilker closed the breakfast with a powerful blessing.

We thank Mount Zion Temple for hosting the breakfast once again. For more information, visit INTERFAITHACTION.ORG/BFTL.

Memorials

In Memory of Bruce & Alice McCall

Hugh McCallTom Richardson & Donald

McCallDean & Kate McCall

In Memory of Arthur SternbergShelley & Michael Robshaw

In Memory of Carmen SotoFeliúRoman Soto & Ronna Hammer

In Memory of Caroline & Allen Eschelbach

Anne Aten

In Memory of Charles LundAmy Swalley

In Memory of Dora Lee D Throckmorton

L. Douglas Throckmorton & Marilyn Wells

In Memory of Dorothy Newcomb

Janet Spatafore

In Memory of Jan GudknechtConnie Scholtes

In Memory of Jane EcklesKlayton Eckles

In Memory of Jeffrie SotebeerJohn Sotebeer

In Memory of John H. HansenValoris Hansen

In Memory of Joseph WalshAnn & Joseph Harrington

In Memory of Ken Pelto III & James Walter Young

Mary Beth Young

In Memory of Marcia Van ScoyNancy & Patrick Ellias

In Memory of Patricia LedensRichard & Rosalie Pinomaki

In Memory of Randy CastleBill & Cheryl BradyJanet & Paul CarstensSharon CastleCarol & Ed ConradSusan CrawfordMark HennemanDoreen HolteKristen & Barry LarsenMichelle LindenfelserDave & Vicki LorenzLesley MacArthurPatricia MuenzhuberLinda & Glen OwenRon Ofstead & Claudia PoserLeroy Erickson & Cynthia

Reimers EricksonHJ SchmidtDebora SleeNancy SpindlerAndrea StimmelNannette & John TaylorCharissa Uemura

In Memory of Sheila WhiteEagleRobert QuallsBill & Linda Zelm

In Memory of Shoshana Kaufman

Esther Malabel & Stuart Kaufman

Gifts in Honor

In Honor of Bernard Z. WeberRichard & Rosalie Pinomaki

In Honor of Bill BradyHolly Maddox

In Honor of Christopher HinzeMary Fenske

In Honor of Daniel ElchertTimothy Elchert

In Honor of Dr. William JacksonBetty Pat Leach

In Honor of Jim BradshawGary Hietala & Diane E. Follmer

In Honor of Kristi K. AndersonLuther & Roberta Dale

In Honor of Loved OnesScott Stewart & Jill Kunz Stewart

In Honor of Marcella AnibasPaula Zenker

In Honor of Martin Luther King Jr.

Jan & Janet Phillips

In Honor of Mary Beth YoungCarol BrannockJudi & Todd Marshall

In Honor of Niki Pico Art ShowNicolita Nataliana PicotteRenita PicotteJames Richardson

In Honor of Noelle NoonanErin Keyes

In Honor of Pam BervenKaia Arthur

In Honor of Randi Ilyse RothMalcolm & Patricia McDonaldKarin EggePhyllis Gorin & Morris Allen

In Honor of Sharon DeMarkAnn MulhollandJoseph & JoAnn Nathan

In Honor of Susan & Dick OkieJesse Okie

In Honor of Tom DukeTerry & Patricia Hammink