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Volunteers Enrich Communities
Fredrikson has a long history of encouraging community service by its employees. Both lawyers and staff embrace this commitment and provide services too numerous to acknowledge. Their volunteer activities include such things as working with teens, serving on local community boards, fundraising for charitable events and working to keep low-income families in their homes. Fredrikson supports this commitment by giving each employee paid time off to volunteer for firm-sponsored community service programs.
With support from employees and the Friends of Fredrikson program, the Fargo office volunteered and packed 100 hygiene bags at the Fargo Emergency Food Pantry that were distributed to local nonprofits. Each hygiene bag contained deodorant, a toothbrush with cover, toothpaste, soap, shampoo, brush and comb, washcloth, a box of band aids, antibiotic ointment, razor and feminine hygiene products.
Front row: Roz Buck, Kathy Sandford, Andrea Jenson-Packer, Melissa Peterson, Kim Thompson, Kelly Barr-Muscha, Brianne Freeberg Back row: Gavin Muscha, Angela Hett, Andrea Nowak, Rachel Dewald, Lacey Lesmeister, Jordan Raymond Not Shown: Christy Carrier, Michelle Hans
Donated personal hygiene supplies
In Minneapolis, after hearing about the programs at House of Charity, a local shelter, employees purchased, packaged and delivered 150 personal hygiene kits to distribute at the shelter. Alyssa Troje serves on the board of the organization and expressed her gratitude to the group and firm for their support.
Alyssa addresses crowd
Natasha Kurtzon and Hollie Gaines help at the hygiene bag kit assembly for House of Charity.
FRIENDS OF FREDRIKSON PROGRAM
Friends of Fredrikson is a stand-alone nonprofit that began more than 25 years ago and is run by employees of Fredrikson & Byron. Its mission is to aid low-income families with children in a variety of ways, including working with local nonprofit organizations to bring a bit of cheer to low-income families and children.
In Minneapolis, the program purchased and donated nearly 200 gifts to five formerly homeless or very low-income veteran families in need through the Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans (MACV). We also purchased and donated approximately 150 gifts to Jewish Family & Children’s Services, who distributed the gifts to low-income families and senior citizens in the community and sent critical supply items to the Minneapolis Crisis Nursery.
Left to right: Gretchen Luessenheide, Shelley Carter, Elizabeth Young, Jennifer Bjorklund, Michelle Rockhill, Marilyn Donahue, Kristi Nickels, Marvic Salminen-Morillo, Todd Dybvik, Linda Steinger
Elizabeth Young, Lindsey Erdmann and Roxanne Gangl next to the wrapped and sorted Minneapolis gifts.
The Des Moines office worked with the Des Moines Council for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul to adopt a family and to provide holiday gifts.
The Bismarck office adopted a military family through the North Dakota Air National Guard’s Family Assistance Program. A grateful program manager sent the following note:
