Timber Bay supports youth through funding from its annual Christmas tree lots.
Giving Back

The Pink Social started as a network-marketing party. Now it's a pink-filled night of fun to raise money for cancer research and support women who are battling breast cancer.

Excelsior native Tony Filippi founded Summit Creek Hat Co. last summer, inspired to create a line of hats and other products that make the wearer think about their favorite places in the world.

Joe Ryan’s worldview is simple: leave the world better than you found it.
As the CEO and owner of Oppidan Investment Company, a national property development firm based in Excelsior, Ryan knows he—and Oppidan—can make a real difference in the communities they serve.

While Top Dog Country Club has earned the unofficial title of the “un-kennel,” boasting Club Med-style digs for dogs when their owners are away, behind the hotel lies a cause that’s close to the owner’s heart

The next time you plan a trip (even here in the states), think about how you might do some volunteering while you’re there.

A group of high school students creates a climate report card for the city of Minnetonka.

In September, award-winning former WCCO-TV anchor Don Shelby and Minnesota Public Radio’s chief meteorologist Paul Huttner were the featured speakers at a private event in support of the Great Plain Institute (GPI).

Service dogs are making a difference in Hopkins.

This spring, one Wayzata teacher received the Leo Weiss Courage to Teach Award for her commitment to Holocaust education. The award—which is named for the late Leo Weiss, a Holocaust survivor and Minn.

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.