Your adventures abroad can serve a greater good. There’s an important trend in travel that many people are calling “voluntourism”—travel with a...
Your adventures abroad can serve a greater good. There’s an important trend in travel that many people are calling “voluntourism”—travel with a...
“Writing on a blank slate is one form of love. Finishing a story already written, over which you have no power except to bring it to a full and...
A group of high school students creates a climate report card for the city of Minnetonka. When Minnetonka teen Lia Harel, 18, speaks about her...
Meet bakery owner and community volunteer extraordinaire Kim Cassens. Bakers are notoriously early risers, waking up well before dawn to create...
Care for yourself and your community at donation yoga. Sometimes inspiration strikes in the middle of the night. Or when you’re daydreaming in the...
Guy Mohs shares his journey as an immigrant and soccer star. On January 12, 2010, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake rocked Guyvenson Fortune’s homeland of...
Navarre artist and business coach Anne Pryor shares her strategies for building a true-to-yourself online brand. When you talk with Anne Pryor, her...
Local company gives back— with food—to families in need. In 2014, Wayzata’s Jillian McGary came up with the idea for Mostly Made, her...
Local organization offers enrichment like theater to adults with special needs. Since 1984, Sojourn Adult Day Services LLC in Mound has been serving...
Wayzata resident Gary Marquardt will be very busy on Veterans Day, as he is every year, by choice … even though he is not a military veteran. As a...
Food has a way of bringing people together—from Sunday brunch with a good friend to experiencing the food of another culture for the first time. We...
Families Moving Forward offers hospitality, emergency shelter and a path to a home with support and stability. Twice a year, volunteers at Mount...
Ready to Learn—the Mound school supply drive put on every year by WeCAN, an organization supporting and providing resources for low-income families...
The animals at Long Lake’s Spring Farm Sanctuary look happy. But behind their loving eyes are heart-wrenching stories of past abuse, neglect and the...
Mound’s annual celebration is this month. Mound’s Spirit of the Lakes Festival will include food, fun and fireworks spread out over two days at...
Excelsior Commons hosts the 10,000 Lakes Concours d’Elegance this month. Nothing puts a gleam in Randy Guyer’s eye like the gleam of an immaculately...
Excelsior Fire District is recruiting people to serve. Joining the Excelsior Fire District as a firefighter recruit is a way to help save lives and...
Reach “On Tap” is a fundraiser to support employment services for individuals with developmental disabilities. Reach for Resources is a...
Stable Living helps adults and children find health and happiness through connection to horses. When the going gets tough, therapy might well...
A local crew of mostly volunteers works hard each spring to get the historic steamboat Minnehaha ready to launch into Lake Minnetonka’s waters for...