The Story Center
Have you given your time? Has your organization found just the right person for that need? This is your place to tell that story!
Your story is a great way to inspire others, and encourage volunteerism right here in the Twin Cities.
Click here to share your story, or just browse through the other great stories below.
Helping Packing Food
My family helps once a month with packing food at FMSC at the chanhassen location. It is a blessing for my family because we believe that giving to others who are in need is more rewarding because we will get paid by our Jesus. Our lovely God will provide for us so we can give [...]
Honoring those who’ve helped us! Looking for more!
As I was driving into work, I heard about coming online and sharing volunteer stories. I couldn’t help but come on and honor the people who are currently serving with us! Youth Encounter is a non-profit organization based out of Shoreview that sends out traveling relational music ministry teams around the country and world. We [...]
What An Awesome God we Serve
We thought you might enjoy hearing your part in the beautiful story below. It’s from one (of hundreds) of our program volunteers who is making a difference in her community! Back in August 2010, I felt a strong need to find some volunteer work. Even though I’m a busy full-time working mom with 2 small [...]
Family fun
Well I found a couple of ways my family and I could volunteer together and it has been so much fun. The first thing my oldest daughter and I volunteered for was the stages theater in hopkins, we have done it once so far for the play annie and it was so awsome to see [...]
Clothing to Zimbabwe
I would like to start by thanking everyone who donated clothes and prayed for me, on my first mission trip to Zimbabwe. I feel very much transformed and humbled by the experience. I left for Zimbabwe last October to fulfill the vision that the Lord had given me a few years ago. After arriving in [...]
Serving Food
Britni sent us this note! I went to this little church on a sat afternoon and got food prepared and cups and plates in this truck and we drove to the Dorthy day center. We dished up food on plates with apples and yogurt to go with…The people were very grateful. Its hard to go [...]
Hospice Volunteers
It takes a special kind of volunteer to work with hospice patients. We have had many referrals come to our organization thru this website, thank you! We frequently hear from prospective volunteers that they “felt called” to volunteer with the patients and families in our program. We also often hear from the volunteers that “I [...]
Playing Guitar at Sunrise.
I applied a job asking for persons to play for residents of the assisted living home for memory care clients. I am 52 years old and have been instructed for a year. I played for a half an hour in a small cafe in the house called The Bistro after auditioning with the recepionist. Some [...]
Filling an Empty Room
A couple of weeks ago I found Reach and Restore on the icanhelptwincities.com website. I was looking for a way I could help by making deliveries. I am a courier in the early hours and have the afternoons open and I found that I could help Reach and Restore by picking up items that are donated [...]
Kids Helping Kids on Make A Difference Day
Cheerful Givers partnered with the Kids ‘n Kinship program on national Make A Difference Day, Sat. Oct. 23rd which allowed mentors and mentees an opportunity to give back to their community by assembling toy-filled birthday gift bags. As a result of their efforts, 1,870 less fortunate children will be able to receive a birthday gift [...]