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For participating in 2025 Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon Weekend

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Why I'm Running for Urban Roots

I'm very excited to be running with Team Urban Roots for my first time taking the shortcut to the capital, the Twin Cities 10 Mile! 

I've been running for nearly 20 years & am a mom to my best lil gal, Elliot, and her sidekick (the OG baby), Roosevelt. I'm getting back into racing post baby & am thrilled to have my daughter grow up experiencing the energy + excitement of races. It's even more meaningful that I get to give back to the community while doing what I love. Thank you in advance for helping me support Urban Roots! 🌱

Description

Urban Roots is a Saint Paul organization that cultivates and empowers youth through nature, healthy food, and community.

We provide paid internships to youth on the East Side of Saint Paul. Youth interns develop leadership, entrepreneurial, and life skills through our Market Garden, Conservation, and Cook Fresh Programs. Each year, up to 90 youth interns, ages 14-24, participate in our progressive, tiered programming, connecting to one another and the world around them.

Programs

Conservation
Conservation interns install and maintain local rain and pollinator gardens, restore public lands, and engage in citizen science projects. Last year, Conservation planted 3,683 plants, collected 64 species of native seeds for restoration projects, and gave away 77 trees to the community to improve urban tree canopy.

65e8a3dc279f0.jpgYouth Interns Identifying Macroinvertebrates at Trout Brook Nature Sanctuary

Cook Fresh
Cook Fresh interns learn valuable skills in food preparation, safety, and planning. Interns also explore nutrition, food careers (hospitality, food policy, food media, entrepreneurship, etc.), and the cultural importance of food. Last year, Cook Fresh served over 1,000 meals using 500 pounds of produce grown by Urban Roots.

65e8a670b4074.jpgYouth Intern Serving Food from the Mobile Kitchen

Market Garden
Market Garden interns participate in small-scale crop production at our urban gardens. The produce that's grown goes to the Cook Fresh program to be made into shared meals for interns across all three programs. Produce also goes to farmers markets and is distributed to community hunger relief efforts. Last year, Market Garden grew 8,300 pounds of produce, nearly half of which was distributed for community hunger relief efforts.

65e8a2ea346a4.jpgYouth Interns Selling Urban Roots' Produce at Mill City Farmers Market



Urban Roots
1110 Payne Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55130
651-228-7073
info@UrbanRootsMN.org
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Recent donors

Donation date Donor name Donation amount
Aug 03 Emily & Lainey Jorgenson $27.48
Jul 28 Sue & Steve Schulte $54.10
Jul 27 Mary & Jay Thompson We love that Jenna is running for this charity! $54.10