Mission from Minnesota :: In the Media

TO VOLUNTEER
Call our Volunteer Coordinator at
612-822-5357 or sign up here.

"What a great trip — I'm glad we found you and your organization."

"I've been feeling very grateful looking back on the week I had with you guys."

"Wow, what a wonderful experience. Working side by side with so many fantastic people was a truly rewarding, life-enriching experience."

Mission from Minnesota
is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Our goal is to create volunteer projects that meet the tangible needs of survivor communities and leave volunteers inspired by what they've accomplished

In the Media

Mission from Minnesota has been featured in the following:

City Pages

11/11/05: The Blotter: Mission from Minnesota

Dakota County Tribune

09/09/05: New Orleans couple starts fresh in Burnsville

First Coast News

09/09/05: Couple Looking for a New Start in Minnesota

KARE-11 News

11/21/05: Minnesota volunteers on Thanksgiving Mission
11/15/05: Sunrise program covers volunteer "meet and greet"
09/06/05: Flooded out couple arrives in Minnesota looking for a new start
09/02/05: Minnesota man on a mission to bring homeless Katrina victims here

KSTP News

09/06/05: Evacuees already start arriving in state

KS95-FM

Minneapolis Star Tribune

12/30/05: Hurricane Katrina: Nic Bonsell
11/21/05: Minnesotans send supplies, help for hurricane victims' Thanksgiving
09/07/05: Burnsville family takes in evacuees
09/06/05: Minnesota mayors detail plans to assist refugees
09/02/05: Dazed refugees find hope in Minnesota

Minnesota Public Radio

11/15/05: Minnesotans head back to Gulf Coast for holiday week (includes interview of Diana Knobel by Tom Crann)
09/07/05: 'Right now, Minnesota is our home'
09/04/05: Minnesotans opening hearts and homes in wake of hurricane disaster
09/03/05: Minnesota to accept 5,000 evacuees; some residents aren't waiting
09/02/05: Minnesota relief effort running into its own snags

Mississippi Public Broadcasting

11/15/05: Interview of Diana Knobel by Patti Davis

St. Paul Pioneer Press

09/07/05: Couple starting over in Minnesota
09/04/05: Minnesotans mobilize to help
09/03/05: Worried, far from home

WCCO News

11/12/05: Volunteers Head To New Orleans To Rebuild
09/13/05: Hurricane Victims Overwhelmed by Generosity
09/08/05: Survivors Begin Rebuilding Lives In MN
09/06/05: Some evacuees arrive in MN
09/06/05: MN couple welcomes New Orleans evacuees

The following cover story profiles Pastor Lance Eden and the First Street United Methodist Church, one of the groups Mission from Minnesota has been assisting with cleanup.

Colors NW Magazine

11/05: After the Storm: Special Report from the Gulf Coast