Volunteers Needed

WON is looking for volunteers of Welsh, Colliers and Hope for the City who are interested in volunteering for the upcoming events below.  Please contact Vennessa Goodwin if you are interested in volunteering.

• HFTC Volunteer Event September 19th
• Pizza Thursday on September 26th
• Fall Social Event in November (more details to come)

HFTC Volunteer Day

You’re invited!

All the women of Welsh and Colliers are invited to Hope for the City’s Volunteer Day.

When: September 19^th
Where: Hope for the City Warehouse: 7005 Oxford Street St. Louis Park, MN 55426
What time: Lunch will be served at 12:30pm
Volunteer time will be 1:00-3:00pm

Please make your way to the back side of the building to the BLUE awning that says "Hope For The City Volunteer Check-In."  Our staff will greet you there.

RSVP to Lori Helland by September 16th

Facility Services, Brokerage & Property Management have also received WBENC certification

Facility Services, Brokerage and Property Management have now also received their Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) certifications.  As a certified woman-owned and operated business, Welsh and Colliers will now have opportunities to win more government and large corporate contracts through supplier diversity programs.

Quote of the Month

Efficiency is doing things right;
effectiveness is doing the right things.

-Peter Drucker

Welsh Architecture has also received its WBENC

Welsh Architecture has also received its Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) certification. As a certified woman-owned and operated business, we will now have opportunities to win more government and large corporate contracts through supplier diversity programs. The other divisions of Welsh and Colliers are still in the certification process, and we will update you as each certification is earned.

Ann Hartman Promotion to Senior Real Estate Manager

Congratulations to Ann Hartman on her promotion to Senior Real Estate Manager.  Ann has been with Welsh for 12 years, recently received her CPM designation and works on John Johannson’s retail portfolio.  Congratulations, Ann!!

Book Club

If anyone is interested in joining the monthly book club, the next gathering has been changed from June 26th to July 9th from noon to 1 PM in the Boardwalk conference room.  Feel free to bring your lunch. The book we’ll be discussing is “Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet” by Jamie Ford.  Even if you don’t have time to read this, please consider attending to hear about the next book. 

If you have questions or would like any additional information, please contact Susan Taylor 952-837-3071 susan.w.taylor@colliers.com

Krystle Gamrak Promotion

 Congratulations to Krystle on her recent promotion to Senior Graphic Designer!

Welsh Construction Receives WBENC Certification

Welsh Construction has received its Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) certification.  As a certified woman-owned and operated business, we will now have opportunities to win more government and large corporate contracts through supplier diversity programs.  The other divisions of Welsh and Colliers are still in the certification process and we'll add a new post as each certification is earned.

 
Lunch Box For Kids BBQ - Thank you!

Thanks to your involvement and generosity at the BBQ, we were able to raise $671.32 which is $221 more than last year and means that Hope for the City will be able to provide 952 Lunches to children in need. That's HUGE and we can't thank you enough for your support!

I am especially grateful to the WON Committee for their continued enthusiastic support for Hope for the City, to our awesome Grillers: Mark Parten, Bill Krake, Allen Bernard & Karen Harris, and to my associates at HFTC who volunteered to help set up and clean up. Because of all of you, this event was not only a support to our local community, it was a lot of fun!

Summer brings additional stress for some parents when their stretched budgets have to stretch even more because their children do not have access to free and reduced fee school lunch and breakfast programs. As a result, children are often going hungry. In fact, children account for 40 percent of Minnesota's hungry. Findings from a 2011 study conducted by Feeding America, a national hunger-relief charity, show that more than 212,000 children in Minnesota are at risk of hunger on any given day.

Hope for the City is committed to alleviating childhood hunger. Our Lunch Box for Kids program is one example of how we are working to address childhood hunger, especially in the summer.

Each year, we assemble thousands of child-oriented lunch boxes. Every "lunch box" is filled with enough nutritious, kid-friendly food to provide two kids lunch for two weeks. In addition to nutritious shelf-stable food, such as canned vegetables and fruit, each Lunch Box for Kids contains two packages of Hope Meals, each containing six servings of fortified rice and beans or macaroni and cheese meals. The lunch boxes are then distributed to our 49 community partners who ensure they reach families in need.

Thank you for your continued support of all that we do at Hope for the City!


Lori Helland | Business Manager

Hope for the City
4350 Baker Road, Suite 400
Minnetonka, MN 55343
Direct: 952-897-7716
Fax: 952-842-7611
lori@hopeforthecity.org | www.hopeforthecity.org
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