NSRG Charities
The North Star Roller Girls are proud to support the following charities:
Bridging IncBridging is a fabulous local charity whose mission is to support families and individuals transitioning out of homelessness and poverty. By providing beds, furniture and household goods to those in need, Bridging gives hope to the thousands of people who walk through its doors every year. Since 1987, Bridging has served 57,000 households in the Twin Cities! When the Vikings volunteer for charity, they go talk to kids in the hospital, but the North Star Roller Girls do actual toil: as the Bridging website volunteer page says: "Note: This is physical work in a warehouse setting." Which makes it clear that we are both tougher and prettier than football celebrities. Want to know more about Bridging, Inc., accepted furniture donations, or volunteering in their warehouses (like rollergirls do!), here's their website www.bridging.org. |
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Arcs Value Village, Celebration of SortsWe unpacked and sorted hundreds of Halloween costumes and accessories. |
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Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the CureThe North Star Roller Girls are supporting the Robb's Ralliers and Kathy Heins, who is a two time survivor of breast cancer. Visit Kathy's team site to show your support for the cause! |
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Bedrace for Bridging2009: North Star teams raised $500 for the cause and one of the NSRG teams won 15th place out of 164 teams! |
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Special Olympics Minnesota
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Minnesota Reading CorpsOur bout day book drive collected 347 books to help struggling preschool-3rd grade readers. |
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Ebenezer Care CenterEmergency Food Shelf NetworkSalvation Army |
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The Jeremiah ProgramThe North Star Roller Girls hosted pasta bar dinner at the Rollergarden and skated with the programs members and their children. We also invited a guest from Jeremiah blow the first whistle at our season opener. |
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NAMI MinnesotaMore than 2,000 Join NAMIWalks MinnesotaMore than 2,000 walkers joined in the 2009 NAMIWalks, making it the largest public awareness event about mental illness ever held in Minnesota. One walker commented, "WOW! What a fabulous event! It was once again very emotional seeing the waves of people walking for mental illness. What a great day for mental illness! What a great day for NAMI!" Held Sept. 26 at Minnehaha Park in Minneapolis, it was the third year for this terrific event. Over $283,000 was raised for NAMI's programs. See the event and walk team photos.
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