My team
Why I care
My runs are fueled by coffee (and let's be honest, my rest days are too). That's why I'm SO excited to fundraise for Wildflyer Coffee this marathon training season!! Wildflyer Coffee is a MPLS based coffee company that hires youth experiencing homelessness and helps them cultivate life and job skills.
Back when I ran the Whittier Farmers Market in South Mpls, Wildflyer was the first coffee vendor I booked for the market. They started out as a coffee cart serving market-goers on Saturday mornings, and it's been SO cool to see how they've grown and how many youth they've served! And now, I’m running to raise funds for their employment and life skills program so they can help more youth leave homelessness. Will you help?
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 08 | Anonymous | Undisclosed amount |
| Sep 04 | Anonymous | Undisclosed amount |
| Sep 03 | Paul and Laurie Lokar | Undisclosed amount |
| Aug 25 | Kevin Gotch | $25.00 |
| Aug 25 | Mary K | Undisclosed amount |
| Aug 20 | Adrianna A. | $27.48 |
| Aug 16 | Abby B | Undisclosed amount |
| Aug 10 | Cassie Clabaugh | $11.50 |
| Aug 04 | Anonymous | Undisclosed amount |
