The Link Minnesota

IT'S GIVE TO THE MAX DAY! When you give to The Link, you are supporting youth and families to exit homelessness, heal from trauma, develop healthy relationships, and build stable futures. Help us raise $100,000 to sustain this vital work. Give TODAY and be the link to stability for youth in our community! Give to the MAX: https://lnkd.in/g3HgmFwx

The Link has a new website!?? A very special thank you to ArcStone for making The Link's new website possible! We are honored to be the first recipient of ArcStone's Unleash the Good social impact grant for nonprofit organizations. Check it out at www.thelinkmn.org ??

Imagine facing each day with your only focus on survival. For too many young people, that’s their reality- unsure of where they’ll sleep, who they can trust, or if they’ll be safe. From Street Outreach ? Emergency Shelter ? Relationships with Safe and Trusting Adults - Give to the Max gifts provide the link to safety for youth and young families in our community. Join us and help us reach our $100,000 goal! ?? https://lnkd.in/g22j2Ybk #GivetotheMax #GTMD24

Each year, The Link aims to provide 300+ youth with a $25 gift card as part of their holiday gift! Can you help?? We are looking for community members and businesses interested in hosting a gift card drive, or donating $25 gas, grocery, Target, Walmart or fast food gift cards! Together, we can make sure youth who are working hard to heal from trauma and build stability have a gift to enjoy this holiday season ?? Sign up to donate gift cards or Adopt-A-Need: https://lnkd.in/gd5Mmbni

?? IT'S GIVE TO THE MAX SEASON!????From now until November 21st, we need your help to raise the $100,00 needed to sustain our critical work! Give to the Max gifts will be DOUBLED thanks to a $25,000 anonymous matching fund! That means your gift to The Link goes twice as far in supporting local young people experiencing the impacts of poverty and social injustice. ?? https://lnkd.in/gDWFK6U5

Today and every day, we choose to hold tightly to a hope that is grounded in the strength, courage, and unity- within our youth, staff, and community. We have seen love, respect, compassion, and inclusion rise to the top both at The Link and in our community,?and know these values are far stronger than hate and oppression. We will continue to find inspiration in each other and work together for the future we want to see.?

Thank you to Rachel and the Little Charity Book Truck for stopping by our Lindquist Apartments Program to deliver a donation of new books ?? ? We are beyond grateful to be one of the organization benefitting from the Little Charity Book Truck. EVERY DOLLAR the book truck made this summer was donated back to the community. If you have a reader on your gift list this year (or want to restock your own shelves), consider buying books through the Little Charity Book Truck: https://lnkd.in/gh78VYm7

Woooo! Thank you to our friends at Mortenson for collecting and donating so many fantastic household items for youth at The Link! Most youth transition out of homelessness into housing at The Link with very few belongings. Donations like these help make sure youth have the essentials they need to make their bed, cook a meal, and start to feel at home in their new unit!

It is amazing to see the impact that ONE TEAM can make in ONE DAY ?? Employees at Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union spent their Plus it Forward Day volunteering to support youth at The Link across the Twin Cities Metro. Volunteers packed snack bags, made delicious meals, assembled move-in kits, and helped organize hygiene supplies. Thank you for choosing to support young people at The Link!

While The Link works every day to reduce and end youth sexual exploitation in Minnesota, we are also proud to be part of the national anti-trafficking movement. Our team attended the JuST Conference on juvenile sex trafficking to continue learning from and working with leaders from across the country.