My team
Why I care
Welcome! I am running the Twin Cities Marathon to raise money for Wildflyer Coffee, an organization with the noble goal of ending youth homelessness.
Over the last couple years Wildflyer has grown from a company that delivered coffee beans on a bicycle route to a full brick and mortar coffee shop in Longfellow. What has stayed the same is their dedication to helping teenagers find their way. Wildflyer has a 6 month training program that guides their youth through the ins and outs of maintaining a job while also providing them with stable housing, mental health supports, and other vital life skills. They also happen to brew some kickass coffee.
As an educator for the past 10 years, I know the value and challenge of providing this support system to youth. There are innumerable challenges homeless youth face every day and by providing employment, housing, and education Wildflyer is helping kids break the cycle. I am running the Twin Cities Marathon for Wildflyer Coffee because I want to help them fight for our youth and because every kid deserves somewhere to call home.
Every dollar helps Wildflyer to sponsor another teenager in need. Every dollar helps them provide clothing, educational tools, and housing. Every dollar helps take one more youth off the street.
Description
Wildflyer Coffee is a coffee company that hires and trains youth experiencing homelessness throughout the Twin Cities, giving them the tools and skills they need to leave homelessness, achieve self-sufficiency and build the future they deserve.
Every day, there are approximately 7,500 youth ages 16-24 in Minnesota that experience homelessness. These are people's sons or daughters, siblings, and friends, who are not only fighting to fit in with their peers but trying to find basic needs like food and shelter. The likelihood is high that these vulnerable youth will experience untreated mental health disorders, struggle with substance use, engage in survival sex or trafficking, become victims of violent crime or complete suicide.
This fall, I'm running the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon/10 Mile race to raise money for Wildflyer Coffee. Your donation will help provide youth experiencing homelessness with paid employment, housing assistance, mental health referrals, skills coaching, education help, and future career planning. Thank you for joining me to end youth homelessness!
Recent donors
| Donation date | Donor name | Donation amount |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 26 | Diliana | $25.00 |
| Sep 26 | Zach and katie | $67.95 |
| Sep 26 | Gwen | $27.48 |
| Sep 26 | Ashley Koller | $22.15 |
| Sep 21 | Carlyn | $54.10 |
| Sep 20 | Rachel McIntosh | $54.10 |
| Sep 04 | Anonymous | $11.50 |
| Sep 04 | Cathy, Doug and David | $54.10 |
| Jul 18 | The Wakins | Undisclosed amount |
| Jul 01 | Kiki | $27.48 |
