2011-12 Tree Trust Biennial Report

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TREE TRUST

Transforming Lives and Landscapes

Board of Directors

G. Rolf Svendsen, Chair Vice President/Investments, Stifel Nicolaus

Kim Jenkins Retired Senior Vice President, SunOpta, Inc.

Donald C. Willeke, Vice Chair Independent Trustee, Wells Fargo Advantage Mutual Funds

Carl Jones Financial Services Representative, Mid American Financial Group

Kurts Strelnieks, Treasurer Vice President Commercial Lending, Star Bank

Barbara McGraw Senior Vice President/General Manager, MN, Lee Hecht Harrison

Bob Hand, Secretary Retired, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development

Douglas Peterson Director, Marketing & Sales, CenterPoint Energy

Dana S. Beasley Supervisor of Real Estate Assessment, City of Minneapolis

Thomas Redmann Supervisor of Sites and Grounds, Anoka Hennepin IDS #11

Johanna M. Berg Chief Information Officer, Ramsey County

Scott A. Schnuckle Senior Vice President – Dental, Pharmacy & Business Development, HealthPartners

Sahar S. Erickson Consultant, Sales & Business Development

Transforming Lives and Landscapes

trust noun \'trest\ 1. Firm reliance on the integrity, ability, or character of a person or thing.

2. Something committed into the care of another.

3. Reliance on something in the future; hope. e

The most important word in Tree Trust is “trust.” Whether we are helping youth and young adults to become great employees and positive members of their communities, or partnering with cities and schools to build our urban tree canopy and improve public spaces – everything we do relies on trust.

And every day we earn that trust from our donors, partners, communities and, most of all, our participants.

At our core, we provide our communities and at-risk youth and young adults with hope. We give communities a picture of a future that includes young people as successful, productive citizens. We give youth and young adults the opportunity to learn job skills, make the right decisions, graduate from high school – and pursue post-secondary education if they want. Tree Trust is a part of the community, and our participants become part of the Tree Trust family – and as long as the challenges and issues remain in the community, we will be committed to helping our youth and young adults create a better future.

In 2011, a tornado devastated the North Minneapolis community. Tree Trust is playing a major role in reforesting those areas most affected by the loss of trees, an effort that will take years. We are partnering with the community to provide free trees for residents and leveraging the energy of young adults to help plant trees. Every tree we plant in North Minneapolis is a symbol of hope and optimism for a positive future – not just for the urban tree canopy, but also for the people who live there.

Thank you for the trust you have placed in us.

Sincerely, G. Rolf Svendsen, Chairman of the Board

Community Forestry

Neighbors and members of the community connect with each other and the natural world.

We give them tools, educational resources and technical assistance and empower them to design and carry out environmental improvement projects within their own communities.

Many program participants are part of the Learning with Trees program in which Minnesota schools transform their grounds into outdoor classrooms. Students become informed environmental advocates and learn first-hand their own power to make a difference.

Four Seasons in the Life of Community Forestry. Each passing

Through spring 2012, Tree Trust has imple-

Fall typically includes one or two community

mented 177 school projects since LWT started

plantings funded by the Tree Trust Green

year seems to welcome a new threat to our

in 1992.

Futures Fund. This fund provides an oppor-

urban forest. Currently emerald ash borer is

tunity for giving which designates all gifts

the prevailing menace, but other diseases and

The spring season also brings a deluge of

toward planting trees and is matched by an

invasive pests, along with poor planting prac-

phone calls from eager Minneapolis and

anonymous donor – making contributions go

tices and violent weather, can all bring harm

St. Louis Park residents who are anxious to

twice as far. We may also do one or two more

against the beautiful trees that make the

purchase a tree through their city’s tree dis-

Learning with Trees plantings in the fall, but

Twin Cities one of the most livable communi-

tribution program. Tree Trust facilitates these

allow time for more forestry special initiative

ties in the country. While thousands of trees

annual tree distributions, making about 2,000

projects, which currently includes a lot of

are lost each year, our Community Forestry

trees per year available to residents to plant

work planting trees in the tornado-affected

program works hard to reverse the damage.

on their properties.

area of North Minneapolis.

Throughout every season, our small but

With summer comes planning for fall events,

In the winter, forestry staff prunes trees

mighty staff of two in the Tree Trust Forestry

as well as watering and maintenance of recent

along miles of bike and pedestrian trail in

Department coordinates with cities, partners,

plantings in various locations including the

Hennepin County while we begin again to

and schools to plan for community and school

Midtown Greenway.

plan for spring.

planting events, tree distributions and special forestry initiatives.

It is this cycle of the seasons which drives our work in the forestry department, but it is

The calendar year begins with late winter

our love of the trees which keep us smiling

planning for the spring planting season.

while we work.

Our first planting event is typically the annual Arbor Day planting along the Midtown Greenway. In May we also implement three or four Learning with Trees plantings at various schools around the metro. The Learning with Trees (LWT) program helps schools implement environmental education into their curriculum and forms Green Teams to create sustainable outdoor learning areas on their grounds.

commitment

Young Adult Conservation Corps

Unemployed young adults, ages 17-24, find positive direction and transform their lives in this three- to nine-month program. Young people work in crews of five to complete a variety of challenging landscape and environmental improvement projects in Twin Cities parks and recreation areas, as well as maintain trails, shovel snow, and mow lawns. Participants also spend a day per week in Tree Trust’s classroom building on the job skills they learn through their work and learning additional employment soft skills.

Tim’s Tale

Sitting across the table from

On December 6, 2011, Tim started in an entry

“The angle grinder, I fell in love with that

a confident young man whose friendly voice

level position with the Young Adult Conser-

tool!” Tim says. Tim credits his crew leaders

booms as he speaks could be intimidating if

vation Corps (YACC) program at Tree Trust.

who led him on the entry, advanced and

it weren’t for the smile in his eyes and caring

YACC is a three to nine month job training

intern crews and his fellow YACC intern,

attitude he projects. As we start talking about

program. The young adults in this program

Merrian, for his work ethic and growth. “If

his experience and time with the Young Adult

do property maintenance and construction

every boss in the world was like Laura,

Conservation Corps, the words coming from

projects to improve Hennepin County parks,

Charlie & Elliot, I would be happy.”

his mouth are wise beyond his years.

neighborhoods and public spaces while building transferable job and life skills. Three

At the YACC ceremony where Tim graduated

Barely into his third decade of life, he speaks

months later Tim successfully completed the

from the advanced crew, he received the

with great positivity and compassion for an

YACC entry crew program and was selected

“Most Valuable Player” award and was also

organization that has helped him progress

to become part of the YACC advanced crew.

asked to speak about his time at Tree Trust.

toward new achievements in his life. He is

Upon graduating in June with the other four

He left his fellow crew members and friends

21-year-old Tim Taylor.

members of his advanced crew, Tim was again

with this, “Don’t ever give up on yourself,

selected for “promotion” and became an

on what you want to do in your life or where

Sleeping from home to home, at bus stops or

intern with the YACC program. The internship

you see yourself going. Don’t let anyone stop

wherever he could find a place to stay, Tim

program is a good change Tim says. “It gave

you; the only person that can stop you is

lived this lifestyle for more than a year, and

me the opportunity to continue working at

yourself.”

felt like he had hit rock bottom with no way

Tree Trust and gain even more skills.”

to go but up. “Before I started with Tree Trust

Tim’s future looks bright. He has goals of

I was at a point where I didn’t know what to

When first asked what his favorite job site

heading to college, but right now he is

do. I was basically homeless, and had just

was he could not pick just one. He says,

focused on doing the best he can to make

become a father.” Then he started talking to

“I’m the type of person that loves doing new

sure his life is in order and his daughter’s life

friends from school who mentioned that Tree

things, trying new things and acquiring new

is the best it can be. Now, Tim expresses a

Trust might be able to provide some help.

skills anywhere I can.” After talking more

confidence that once was not present in his

So Tim got in touch with the Tree Trust

though, Tim did seem passionate about one

life; and he credits Tree Trust. “The Tree Trust

recruiting coordinator and started the

project in particular; a boardwalk Tim and his

slogan on the back of our shirts says, Trans-

application process.

crew built in a Plymouth dog park. Although

forming Lives and Landscapes. Tree Trust has

it was a cold winter project and the work was

definitely transformed my life in a positive

difficult and dogs were everywhere, Tim liked

direction, one hundred percent.”

working with the many different tools he was able to learn about and use on this site.

integrity

Summer Youth Employment Program Low-income, at-risk and special-needs youth, ages 14-21, spend their summers improving their communities while learning valuable employment skills. Half of participating youth work in parks and recreation areas throughout the Twin Cities completing challenging landscape and environmental improvement projects. The other half work in businesses, nonprofits, and government agencies to help provide a variety of services throughout the Twin Cities.

All youth also participate in educational enrichment activities.

A Climb to the Bottom Through the course of a year, there are very few days when one can’t find a Tree Trust crew or staff member out on the Midtown Greenway. Whether it is YACC crews clearing buckthorn, Forestry staff pruning or planting trees, or the summer Youth Conservation Corps building retaining walls and staircases – Tree Trust has been helping make the Greenway better for years.

One of the most notable projects Tree Trust has done on the 5.5 mile long former railroad corridor in south Minneapolis was a timber staircase built to minimize erosion along the north side of the Greenway just to the west of 12th Avenue. The problem was not at a pedestrian or bicycle access point but rather was being caused by pedestrian traffic entering the Greenway by walking down the hill creating a “goat path” to the trail.

The long-term solution was a tiered retaining wall with stairs for pedestrian access which would help stop erosion by addressing the cause. The hill was very steep, so a straight staircase was not possible. Additionally, the entrance to the Greenway needed to be parallel to the trail so that trail users could see oncoming bike and pedestrian traffic as they entered.

pride

The design was challenging, and the building

In addition to the Summer Youth Employment

of the staircase was even more challenging

Program’s contribution to the staircase, three

for the variety of programs that contributed

other Tree Trust program areas also provid-

to its completion. The work was primarily

ed assistance in building of the staircase:

completed by two Summer Youth Employment

Community Support Program crews delivered

Program crews who were led by crew leader

materials to the site; Young Adult Conser-

Derek Magee, a 3rd year crew leader and

vation Corps staff designed and constructed

architecture student. The project changed and

part of the retaining wall and did some of the

evolved as the summer went on, and Magee

final plantings in the area; and the Landscape

said he enjoyed the project and that he and

Services Department completed the railing.

his two crews were challenged by it. Of the building of the Greenway staircase, Magee

The Greenway staircase was a difficult and

said, “Of my three summers leading crews at

truly collaborative effort across Tree Trust

Tree Trust, this was easily the most difficult,

programs, but 46 steps and three retaining

yet engaging project I took on, and I think

walls later, its completion solved the erosion

my crews and I really rose to the challenge.”

problem while increasing access to this popular bicycle and pedestrian trail. Truly a great team effort!

Youth Development Services Youth overcome obstacles to success in education and employment through individual and group support. Participating young people, ages 14-21, receive case management, mentoring and financial assistance to prepare for work and school, summer employment placement, assistance in setting and meeting goals, and life-skills training.

responsibility Meeting Youth Where They Are For four years Tree Trust has worked with counselors, teachers and staff at Brooklyn Center High School to emphasize the importance of graduation and employment.

The school is situated in an area with great diversity and high needs; an area similar to neighborhoods Tree Trust has worked in for 36 years.

It’s a unique partnership. Every Tuesday morning, Tree Trust’s Youth Development Services (YDS) case manager, Nate Hurliman, sits in the school’s common area remaining a consistent and familiar face to Brooklyn Center High School students. As he meets with students, each of their stories and cases are different. One student has lost his naturalization card, so Nate helps the student get a new one. Another student needs help obtaining a driver’s license, another help with finding a job. Nate helps students develop a strategy with goals and objectives that lead to success. He connects them with community resources and locates possible jobs in the area, including jobs with Tree Trust.

“We are helping in different ways,” Nate

Many youth do not have consistency in

says. Tree Trust is working with youth the

their everyday life. He wants to show them

college-driven programs are not able to

that there is opportunity for success. Many

reach—helping students who may have fallen

disadvantaged youth don’t know what success

through the cracks. Tree Trust has been able

really is. Nate and other case managers are

to enroll many youth—some starting in the

able to use this school partnership to show

Young Adult Conservation Corps program.

students that there are other options that they may not be aware of.

Moving forward in the partnership, consistency will be key. “Being a consistent voice

Since being present at the high school every

and face,” Nate says, “will help the students

week the number of students Nate talks to

become familiar with Tree Trust and have a

has grown. Just being present in the school’s

familiar person who knows their story.”

common area, Nate has reached more than 100 students in the 2011-12 school year.

Beginning in fall 2012, to further outreach to students, YDS will hold workshops at community libraries. This kind of outreach will provide opportunities for even more students to get the assistance they need to better their individual success.

YouthBuild

A national educational, leadership, development and occupational skill-training program for disadvantaged young adults, ages 17–24. Participants divide their time between classroom-based learning activities and on-site construction training. While in the classroom, participants work toward their high school diploma or GED. During alternating weeks on the job site, they rehab homes that are rented or sold to low-income individuals. Through active job training and furthering their education, youth realize the opportunities for success in their life, while also providing an economic benefit to the community through housing revitalization.

Sonja’s Story When you think of the

painting, demolition, roofing, fence work,

construction field, most of the time an image

landscape and concrete. As their final project,

of men pouring cement, operating large

Sonja and the crew started work at a

machinery and hammering nails comes to

Minneapolis home site to build a garage

mind. Not one image of a female performing

from the ground up. This home was a part

the same tasks crosses your mind, because

of an Urban Homeworks program which

it is pretty rare to see women in the

develops affordable housing in low-income

construction field.

neighborhoods.

However, if you had passed the area of

Every week, Sonja would alternate between

Emerson and 37th Avenue in Minneapolis

school and her job at YouthBuild. While work-

during spring 2012 you would have been

This is an enlightened perspective from a

ing in rain and hot temperatures, Sonja says

pleasantly surprised.

young lady who just eight months ago didn’t

she was able to learn how to work in both

know what her future held. While attending

good and bad working conditions and obtain

Three young women working for Tree Trust’s

Minnesota Transitions Charter School (MTCS),

good communication skills with her

YouthBuild program were hard at work

Sonja heard about YouthBuild through her

supervisors. Teamwork was also important,

swinging hammers, carrying heavy brick for

teacher, Tom Sima, who has worked with the

and she says, “Usually I like working by my-

a retaining wall, and laying cement for the

YouthBuild program for many years. Sonja,

self, but as a team with Tree Trust it’s fun.”

foundation of a garage. 17-year old Sonja

along with her best friend since third grade,

Flemons was one of these girls, and as one of

La’Shone, decided to apply together and were

Sonja graduated from both Minneapolis

only three girls in the program, Sonja knew it

both accepted into the program.

Transitions Charter High School and Youth-

would be a challenge, but she was up for it.

Build in May 2012 and now has the skills Starting in October 2011, Sonja and La’Shone

necessary to accomplish whatever she sets

“It makes me feel good,” she says. “Some-

started their first job working at Tree Trust’s

her mind to. “The YouthBuild staff helped us

times you want to give up, but you have to

YouthBuild. They alternated work weeks at

with more than just working,” Sonja says,

prove to the guys that even though the job is

Tree Trust with school weeks at MTCS and

“They helped us with school and trying to

hard I know I still need to get the

after taking safety and basic construction

find jobs after this.”

work done.”

skills courses at Tree Trust, they went to work on the job sites with 18 other YouthBuilders.

Sonja’s first job was to build a chain link fence. From there she experienced many aspects of the construction trade including:

Sonja’s future looks bright as she will be

When asked what her future plans are Sonja

working for the summer at a local school as

said she loves working with kids and hopes

a teaching assistant and will continue her

to someday work in a hospital, or pediatrics,

education in fall 2012 in a two-year practical

“saving lives.”

nursing program at St. Paul College.

Whatever direction Sonja ends up going, we’re Sonja was awarded a Power of YOU scholar-

quite certain she’ll be successful. After all,

ship which covers the cost of tuition and fees

one should never underestimate a woman who

for two years at either Minneapolis Communi-

While construction work may not be in her

ty and Technical College (MCTC) or Saint Paul

future, the YouthBuild experience did help

College through state and federal grants and

Sonja learn the value of holding a job, being

private scholarships.

responsible for numerous tasks and working

knows how to work with tools.

in teams.

leadership

Community Support Program

Tree Trust places low-income or unemployed parents in the workforce to help them reshape their lives. Twin Cities childcare centers, offices, retail stores and other partner businesses and nonprofits keep their workloads manageable by acting as host sites that provide meaningful work experiences to program participants. Placement counselors connect participants to paid and unpaid work experiences at host sites throughout the Twin Cities to invest in and strengthen the community as a whole.

New Partner: NewSource

NewSource is a great partner to Tree Trust

Tree Trust’s Community Support Program pro-

and we have placed 19 participants in em-

vides paid and unpaid employment to parents

ployment experiences at the site during the

who are recipients of the Minnesota Family

nearly two year partnership. Each participant

Investment Program. This program provides

performs a variety of different types of work

hands-on employment training opportunities

including light packaging, cleaning, recycling

for low-income adults with children, many of

and other duties.

whom have limited work experience. The goal of the program is participants’ self-sufficiency

Currently, there are three former Tree Trust

through employment.

participants who completed their 12 week employment placement through Tree Trust,

For the paid employment program, partici-

were then hired by Midwest Staffing Temps,

pants are placed in employment experiences

and are now each working 40 hours per week

for 12 weeks with a variety of community

at NewSource. The experience that they built

partners, including a partner called

through their employment placement provided

NewSource. NewSource is a subsidiary of

Tree Trust placed the first four participants

them with the skills to acquire employment.

Opportunity Partners, a Twin Cities nonprofit

at NewSource in September 2010. Instead

Salad, a NewSource employee placed by

organization that provides employment,

of working just 22 hours per week like the

Tree Trust, said of his work at NewSource,

training and residential support to people

Community Support Program normally allows,

“I clean and do packaging. I love any job.”

with disabilities. The partnership with

the participants at NewSource were scheduled

NewSource was created in part due to their

to work 40 hours each week with NewSource

ability to accommodate placements of recent

providing compensation for the additional

immigrants who speak little to no English

18 hours per week! This gave participants

and have no work experience.

both greater on-the-job experience and additional expectations that would assist in their continued job search.

resiliency

Landscape Services

Since 2004, Landscape Services has generated revenue to help financially support and sustain Tree Trust’s programs. Landscape Services provides professional services to businesses, municipalities and private land-owners in three areas: commercial landscape construction, lawn maintenance and snow removal; and exterior home accessibility projects for persons with disabilities.

Around the Stream and Through the Woods Beginning in 2004, Land-

A broad range of capabilities, from tree care

In addition to tree removals, multiple plant-

to earth work, allows Landscape Services to

ing projects have been completed for the

scape Services was created as a means to

offer a variety of services to any entity.

city as part of erosion control and water

support Tree Trust programs and expand

“Tree Trust has done some very nice work

quality improvement.

project capabilities. Exclusively a landscape

in Plymouth the past couple of years. They

contracting department, they focus on client

provided tree removal services on a one

From municipal to nonprofit clients, Land-

needs and employ experienced green industry

million dollar stream restoration project that

scape Services measures success through

professionals who rigorously pursue continu-

has helped reduce phosphorous loading to

the impact of environmental improvement

ing education and certifications. An emphasis

Medicine Lake by over 1,000 lbs.”, said Derek

projects, maintaining partnerships and

on quality and efficiency has helped to forge

Asche, Water Resources Manager with the

sustaining Tree Trust programming.

key partnerships that further the mission of

City of Plymouth.

transforming lives and landscapes.

Kathy Marker, Product Manager with the YMCA says, “We love our partnership with Tree Trust. They are consistent in quality and find creative ways to implement projects within our budget.” A walk through almost any YMCA camp reveals the signature capital improvement projects that Landscape Services has constructed, ranging from 350 seat amphitheaters to cellular confinement erosion control.

professional

North Minneapolis Tornado Recovery

May 22, 2011 – the day started early for Tree

Following the tornado, Tree Trust knew our

Through this support, the Tree Trust Commu-

Trust staff that morning. It was the second

North Minneapolis community needed us now

nity Forestry and Young Adult Conservation

day of the 5th annual Minneapolis City Trees

more than ever, and tornado recovery efforts

Corps programs will have distributed and

Distribution and seemed like any other tree

would be an extension of the services we

planted nearly 1,200 trees back into North

distribution day. Cars lined up early, vol-

were already providing. As we were consider-

Minneapolis and the YouthBuild program

unteers arrived with coffee in hand, trees

ing the best ways for Tree Trust to assist with

rehabbed homes and apartment buildings in

were ready to be picked up. The sky seemed

tornado recovery, Jan Carstens requested that

the tornado-affected area, providing much

unsettled, but not atypical for a late spring

a fund be created at Tree Trust in memory of

needed housing.

day in Minnesota. The event was to be over

her husband, Rob MacIntyre. Rob had been a

at noon and a garden variety thunderstorm

stalwart of support to the youth crews work-

Hopefully, North Minneapolis will never again

came through around 11 am with significant

ing in his neighborhood over the years and

be struck by the kind of natural disaster that

enough lightning to put volunteers at risk,

was one of two men who lost their lives as a

occurred on May 22, 2011, but regardless of

so we shut down an hour early and headed

result of the tornado. The Rob MacIntyre Fund

the circumstances, Tree Trust programs will

home. The sun reappeared. It looked to be a

was established with the goal of supporting

continue to work in North. YouthBuild will

lovely Sunday afternoon.

youth crews and restoring trees to the North

rehab homes; YACC crews will provide property

Minneapolis community.

maintenance for foreclosed properties; the

But by early afternoon, there was a differ-

Community Support Program will work with

ent scene; the sky changed, the churning

In just one year, the Rob MacIntyre Fund

low-income parents to assist them in their

clouds turned dark… and what unfolded next

and other supporters have contributed over

pursuit of employment; the Summer Youth

changed the lives and landscape of North

$136,000 to support North Minneapolis

Employment Program will work on projects

Minneapolis like no one could have expected.

recovery efforts through Tree Trust. Major

and in businesses in North Minneapolis, and

contributors including the Minnesota Helps –

of course, Community Forestry will continue

The EF-1 tornado that struck North Minneap-

North Minneapolis Recovery Fund, State Farm

to distribute and plant trees.

olis on that fateful day in May 2011 was re-

Insurance, Wells Fargo, Xcel Energy, Knecht’s

sponsible for taking two lives, injuring many,

Nurseries and Landscaping, and Bachman’s

damaging countless home and buildings, and

Wholesale Nursery have all provided financial

tearing out 6,000 trees. In an area already

or in-kind support for tornado recovery efforts

oppressed by poverty, this natural disaster

through Tree Trust.

was devastating.

But the story of the North Minneapolis tornado is not entirely negative. If anything, it is a lesson that good things can come from bad.

dedication Star Tribune/Minneapolis-St. Paul 2012

support

Thank you to all of our donors and funding partners.

Your support makes our work possible.

TREE TRUST

Transforming Lives and Landscapes

2011 Financial Summary

Tree Trust is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded

By merging lives and landscapes, our

• Provide meaningful opportunities for

in 1976 to provide out-of-work individuals

programs...

greening our local community

• Teach practical job skills to help adults

• Help neighbors understand and connect

reshape their lives

with each other and the natural world

with training and paid jobs reforesting the community.

Since then we have expanded to provide integrated employment training, environmental • Give youth the chance to experience education and community forestry programs

success, boost their self-confidence and

throughout the Twin Cities metro area.

find direction

9.0% 2011 Income

$4,471,301.00

Contributions

$402,148.00

Federal Grants and Contracts

$1,696,289.00

State Grants and Contracts

$433,888.00 9.7%

Local Government Grants and Contracts

$971,379.00

Earned Income

$972,462.00

Investment and Other Income

$(4,865.00)

-0.1% 37.9%

21.7% 9.7% 21.7% 2.6%

2011 Expenses

$4,449,881.00

Management and General

$476,752.00

Fundraising

$113,952.00

10.7%

Employment Training and Case Management $2,891,083.00 Community Forestry and Environmental Ed. $267,459.00 Landscape Services

$700,635.00

15.7% 65.0% 6.0%

This statement of income and expense is based on the audited financial statements for 2011.

Audited financial statements are available upon request by calling 952-767-3881.

2011 Donors

CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS & ORGANIZATIONS $20,000+ Minnesota Helps - North Minneapolis Recovery Fund Minnesota Environmental Fund State Farm

$10,000-$19,999 Beim Foundation Connexus Energy Pentair Foundation Carl & Eloise Pohlad Family Foundation Xcel Energy Foundation

$5,000-$9,999 Best Buy Children’s Foundation CenterPoint Energy City of Rosemount SKB Environmental Trust Fund Deluxe Corporation Foundation Jaye F. and Betty F. Dyer Foundation Ecolab Foundation McNeely Foundation

$1,000-$4,999 Allina Health Systems Baker Foundation Lillian Wright & C. Emil Berglund Foundation Bloomington Community Foundation Bloomington Lions Club Buuck Family Foundation DuAll Service Contractors, Inc. Kopp Family Foundation Nash Foundation Quadion Foundation Elizabeth C. Quinlan Foundation, Inc. Rahr Foundation RBC Foundation - USA Securian Foundation Smikis Foundation Target Foundation Tennant Foundation Wells Fargo Foundation Minnesota

Up to $999

$100-$499

Actuarial Research Corporation American Academy of Actuaries American Legion Post 424 Inver Grove Heights Ameriprise Financial, Inc. Employee Gift Matching Program Hands On Twin Cities Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation Landmark Concrete, Inc. NPC Robotics Corporation Professional Turf and Renovation Rosemount Lions Club Suburban Lawn Center Tessman Company Zero-Max Motion Control Products

Reed and Holly Anderson Ruth Arneson Janet Arones Jim Azarski and Nancy Werner-Azarski Carl Baer M Therese Bellaimey Johanna Berg and Greg Carlson Pete Berg Greg Boland Sara Brice Ernest and Stephanie Brody Jamie Buss and Ruby Steigerwald Stephen R. Eide Patti Ellingson and Robert Solheim Joseph Engle David Eppler Sara Ferber William and Ann Fox Nadine Fuxa Hans Gasterland Robin Getman Mark Glover Karin Jean Grossman Joe and Wendy Haefliger Bjorn and Maria Hawes Martha Head Mark Hiemenz Lisa Hoene David A. Holt Susan Howe Michael Huntington Kim Jenkins Richard and Carrie Jensen Kevin and Pam Johnson Carl and Jeanette Jones Karen Kind Kerri and David Kolstad Deborah and Andrew Korenek Paula and Mike Koshmrl Paul and Sally Kraske Julie Kunin Kim Lawler James Lenfestey Lorna Levine Alexandra Light Jacobs and Irwin Jacobs Jennifer Linn Ted and Aileen Lyle Lee Lynch and Terry Saario Wayne and Donna Lystrom Giampaolo Malin Larry Mammen Richard M. Mast

INDIVIDUALS $3,000+ Ken and Abby Dawkins Barbara McGraw & Steve Mosow G. Rolf and Patricia Svendsen

$1,000-$2,999 Norman and Connie Bjornnes Kirk and Ione Brown Jim and Carmen Campbell Norm Champ Richard and Susan Goldman James A. Halls Bob Hand Sharon Hughes James and Dawn Lund Susan Ranney Donald C. Willeke Douglas Winn & Susan Moore

$500-$999 Deborah Angelucci and Michael Waterman Jon and Metta Belisle Robert J. Beugen Janet Carstens Russell Cowles and Josine Peters John and Bonnie Crouch Christine Erlenbusch Bob Fallon Susan Gethin Jayne Griffith Kathleen Hawes John and Shirley Horn Doug Peterson and Katie Anderson Wayne H. Reffke James and Barbara Roegge Scott A. Schnuckle Gordon Trapnell

Mark McGuire and Christine Whitfield Alan and Kirstin McMullen Michael Miner Lawrence Molsather and Linda Sallee Katherine Mueller Todd and Mary Murley W. R. and Connie Nickel Cynthia Noet Ann Novitske Dave and Joan Pasiuk David Paulson John W. Peyton Mary Polzin Curtis and Betty Provo Mark and Jean Raabe Susan Ranney David Richfield and Jodi Polzin Martha Rosen David and Claire Ruebeck Jim Rustad Sandri Rutten Felecia & Nick Schmidt John Skogmo and Tom Morin John and Marsha Soucheray John and Carol Standal Jeffrey and Patty Stewart Lori Stromberg Kurts Strelnieks Eric Sullivan Mary and Gil Sundeen Arnulf Svendsen Peter Swenson Richard Thomas Vicki Turnquist and Tucker Plumstead Cori Uccello Mary Wagner Steven and Tara Wander Keith and Barbara Watschke Wendy C. Wehr Dale and Barbara Weick Cami Whitt William Williams Thomas and Nicole Wolfe Stephen Wood James Wucherpfennig

2011 Donors

Up to $99 Mike Addy and Nancy Johnson Daniel and Michelle Anderson Patricia and Steven Anderson Valerie Anderson Ted Bair and Harvey Filister Mary Bankovics Paulette Barth Mary Benjamin Larry Betterman Michelle Bevis Roy A. Bogen Patricia Bolger Gina Bonsignore and Rick Garber Sharon and Gary Borg Raymond Boyle and Susan Tuck Kevin Brown Mary Schuster Brown Jon and Jacque Brunsberg Teresa Buchinger Kim Bung Steven and Mary Beth Bunnell Deanna Buraczewski James and Sally Burns Jerry and Kathy Burns Glenna Case Mark and Rebekah Cibuzar Gordon B. Conn Judy Cowden and Neil Bright Danielle De Gregory Liz Dorr Patrick and Jennie Downey Cammie Downing Andrea Ekeberg Cindy Elgren Erik and Marjorie Ellingson Cheryl Evans Jeff and Katie Fitzkappes Christina Frederickson Pamela Fricke Bill and Sandy Goral Jean Greenwood Bruce and Jean Grussing Kenneth and Patricia Hallett Nora Nell Hamburge Jessica Hampton Marin Hansen Dianne Hanson Amy Hargens Jon and Jane Hawes Linda Higgins Anthony Ihrig Chris Johnson Genevieve Johnson Wally and Deb Johnson Terrance Jones

Phyllis Kahn Cindy Kaine Gene Kalligher Dot Karlsen Robert Kean John G. Keimel and Ellen L. Kraft Michael Joseph Kelly Anne Klueh Donna Koran Sue Kosmoski Donna and Edward Kraus Jessica Kuenzli Rod Lehn Karen Leiferman Dennis and Linda Maetzold Ellyn W. Marell Gayla Marty Joan Mathews Anne McCandless Nancy and Terry McCormick Vicki McDarby Reed McEwan Pamela McMurry Bridgette McNulty Jessica Meech Timothy and Judith Meginnes Norman E. Midthun Tom and Marilyn Miller Richard Miner Beatrice Mulawarman Mark and Sylvia Nelson Richard and Nancy Nelson Paul Ness Richard Neuman Rose Nightingale Christian Oestreich John Olseth & MaryPat Anderson John H. Olson Kevin Olson Cindy Palm Judith Parr Patti Pellegrin Constance Pepin Deb Pleasants Stuart and Jeanne Portoghese Kelsey Quiring Dale and Beth Raymakers Tom and Janis Redmann Judy Regenscheid Debbie Remer Gloria Rice Elizabeth Richards Jonathan Riehle Stuart and Linda Ruehle Ewa and Anders Rydaker Nissa Sandley

Elise Schendel Carl Schlueter Dean Schwanke Pryce Score Patricia Seflow Edie Slape Ed Sootsman and Scott Appelwick Conan and Monica Stanton Red Stauffer Celeste Swanson Heather Swanson Melissa Sweet David Swenson Franklyn and Trudi Taylor Peter Thompson Gary and Marilyn Tillman Khristine Wald Jon and Amy Wander William K. Wangensteen Janet Weivoda Stephen and Sarah Weld Greg Wenz David and Marcy West Shawn Willy Gary P. Winter James and Kathleen Wolf Lori Zurn

2011 PUBLIC FUNDERS City of Minneapolis City Coordinator Community Planning and Economic Development City of Saint Paul Dakota County Employment and Economic Assistance Department Hennepin County Housing, Community Works & Transit Human Services and Public Health Department Regional Railroad Authority State of Minnesota Department of Public Safety Department of Employment and Economic Development Housing Finance Agency U.S. Department of Labor Washington County Community Services Department

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