Tip donations this month
August 2010
Project Minnesota/Leon is a people-to-people sister-state organization fostering relationships and solidarity between the people of Minnesota and Leon, Nicaragua. PML supports small scale, local initiatives for community development in Leon and provides opportunities for educational and cultural exchange. Tips from the Table support the Center for Maternal and Infant Nutrition. The Center was founded as a Maternal Waiting Center where women could go beofe and after giving birth; it also is a nutrition Center where malnourished children and breastfeeding mothers receive nutrious meals to improve their overall health.
July 2010
The Gandhi Ashram in Jaipur, India is a refuge for families who have suffered the stigma and social isolation from leprosy. The families began a weaving coooperative, then an infirmary and a school for their own and neighboring children. By providing these services the weavers became respected members of their community. For more Information, Hennepin Avenue United Merthodist: hennepinchurch.org or Prospect Park United Methodist prospectparkumc@gmail.com
May 2010 Tip Recipient
First Nations Kitchen. All Saints' Episcopal Indian Mission in Minneapolis launched this new Sunday evening feeding program in 2008. Their goal is to serve healthy, organic, traditional food in a welcoming, family environment every Sunday from 5:30 to 6:30 pm. The clientele is the Indigenous community in the Twin Cities, residents of nearby Little Earth, and other people from the neighborhood.
April 2010 Tip Recipient
The Real Food Challenge is a network of student famers, workers and fair-trade campaigners, climate change activists and food system advocates to transform campputs food service operations. U.S. universities spend over 4 billion dollars on food; RFC works to ensure those dollars are ethically invested in local producers, fairly produced and traded products, and healthy food. www.realfoodchallence.org
March 2010 Tip Recipient
Our Saviour's Housing at www.osom-mn.org <http://www.osom-mn.org>
We provide educational services for adult immigrants and refugees – over 450 each year – including classes in English, math, computers, and citizenship preparation.
We operate an emergency shelter and transitional housing for people experiencing homelessness. Over 650 people each year find the encouragement and hope they need to get into traditional housing.
The engine behind it all? Our volunteer corps. Over 1,400 people each year come top serve meals, teach English classes, do grounds clean up – and so much more!
February 2010 Tip Recipient
The Lambi Fund of Haiti
www.lambifund.org <http://www.lambifund.org/>
The Lambi Fund has workes with Haitian rural communities for 16 years. They asked people what the immediate needs are and will prioritize rebuilding efforts. The four phase plan is to bring food and emergency essentials; repair damage; expand sustainable agriculture programs to meet food needs; and increase opportunities for sustainable income.
Recent recipients: December 2009
The Rabondo Community Project, USA
"Africa is on fire, and we need firefighters." This quote is from Timon Bondo, founder and sole staff of Rabondo Community Project USA. He is a native of Rabondo, Kenya, who has put together this US organization that has been supporting health care needs and education for the poverty stricken Rabondo area. The funds have made possible a community water well, a dining hall, and renovated school buildings. The organization has provided food, medicine and shelter for local orphans and plans to continue work on clean water supplies, health care and education. P.O. Box 27954, Minneapolis, 55427; www.rcpusa.org
October Tip Recipient
Poverty Eradication Network Trust (PEN Trust)PEN Trust is a non-governmental development organization operating in Central Tanzania, with a sister nonprofit in Minnesota. PEN Trust works with other NGOs to distribute food relief, support cooperative gardens and distribute books to area schools and libraries. They have helped out in the distribution of vegetable and flower seeds, provided scholarships for students, helped construct classrooms, and distributed school books.
September Tip Recipient
The Bluefields Children's Fund
The Bluefields Children's Advocates are volunteers dedicated to supporting the children of Bluefields, Nicaragua. This ethnically and ecologically diverse community on the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua is plagued with poverty. The Advocates provide resources so that more children have basic nutrition, shelter, and education. Among many necessities, they have opened and expanded a street kitchen that feeds 120 children every day. Questions and correspondence to Lorena Klinnert, 300 Marshall Ave Apt 3, St. Paul, MN 55102 651-290-7756
July Tip Recipient
Nourish the Children Initiative
Nourish the Children Initiative donates millions of nutritious meals every month to feed hungry children in Africa, China, Southeast Asia, and South America. Scientists with the organization teamed with Dr. Ken Brown of the University of California, Davis -- an expert in child nutrition -- to create an ideal food for malnourished children, VitaMeal. This food has been distributed to children around the world. Feed the Children is the nonprofit organization that transport the food to the locale where it is needed.
June tips recipient
Community Emergency Assistance Program
The mission of CEAP is to stabilize individuals and families in financial distress and to maximize their ability to live independently and with dignity. CEAP serves Brooklyn Park, Brooklyn Center, East Champlin, and Anoka County. Among the many services they offer, CEAP was recognized as a Blue Ribbon Food Shelf by Hunger Solutions Minnesota. This designation recognizes food shelves that offer excellent service to the community. CEAP has freezers and refrigeration which allow them to provide fresh and nutritious food to the families they serve. They also provide a Meals on Wheels program.
May tips recipient
Volunteer servers at St. Martin's Table contribute their tips to programs that alleviate hunger in the global community. 85% of tips are donated directly to the organizations; the remaining 15% is used to help recruit and retain volunteers. For May 2009, tips from The Table will go to
East African Women's Center
The Confederation of the Somali Community is located in the heart of the Riverside Plaza high-rise apartment complex in the Cedar Riverside neighborhood, Minneapolis. The Center serves women and girls of all ages and its purpose is to fill gaps in service and support families holistically as they begin their journey into American life. The Center provides classes in ESL, sewing, a drop-in childcare, and a kitchen. the Center also supports the Women's Textile Cooperative, which not only teaches and displays beautiful and useful items, but it instrumental in helping women develop business skills. Items from the Textile Cooperative can be found for sale at St. Martin's Table.
Earlier this year, tips went to
Peace House, 510 E. Franklin Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55404
www.peacehousecommunity.org
Peace House celebrates being a community providing “a place to belong” for the poor and disenfranchised. Peace House serves a meal five days a week and provides a daily time of meditation. As the late Sister Rose Tillemans wrote, “Peace House, while sharing what little it has for food, rent assistance, job-seeking funds and occasional emergency aid, follows the deeper call of the Gospel to renew and restore human dignity and well-being to the poor who struggle to live in the Phillips neighborhood.” Peace House is a house where food and coffee are shared. Life’s happenings are affirmed and honored through rituals.