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United Negro College Fund
$3 PER PAY PERIOD pays student fees for one quarter at a historically black college or university like Morehouse, Xavier or Tuskegee.
$5 PER PAY PERIOD defrays the cost of one semester's books for a student with financial need who aspires to become a doctor.
$10 PER PAY PERIOD supplies a semester's books to a first-generation college student.
$20 PER PAY PERIOD supplies a year's worth of textbooks for a student today to become a leader tomorrow.
Community Health Charities Minnesota
$3 PER PAY PERIOD funds two scholarships to the Brain Injury Association of Minnesota's annual conference, where people with brain injuries participate in a supportive education event and learn about the latest innovations in treatment and rehabilitation.
$5 PER PAY PERIOD allows United Cerebral Palsy of Minnesota to provide a tub transfer bench that keeps a person with ALS safe and conserves his or her energy while bathing or showering.
$10 PER PAY PERIOD provides needed supplies to stock "Club Meds" infirmary, which is used by HIV/AIDS-impacted youth who need medical care while attending Camp Heartland.
$15 PER PAY PERIOD will support research at the University of Minnesota Cancer Center in such areas as the link between genetics and prostate cancer.
$20 PER PAY PERIOD allows the Muscular Dystrophy Association to assist one person for one year with the repair of a wheelchair or leg brace.
Community Solutions Fund
$3 PER PAY PERIOD will allow 10 patients to get a glucose test for blood sugar problems
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$5 PER PAY PERIOD provides an interpreter for a community event so that our non-English-speaking residents can participate and understand what is happening in the neighborhood.
$10 PER PAY PERIOD provides 10 Minnesota inmates with a nonviolent conflict-resolution and positive personal-power workshop.
$15 PER PAY PERIOD trains 15 childcare providers in child development, in caring for children with special needs, or in developing a childcare curriculum that promotes early literacy skills.
$20 PER PAY PERIOD completely insulates a low-income senior citizen's attic, keeping the home warm and energy bills low.
Minnesota Environmental Fund
$3 PER PAY PERIOD will buy a six-foot tree that Tree Trust youth workers will plant in a low-income neighborhood or purchase an adaptive canoe seat that enables people with disabilities to participate in Wilderness Inquiry experiences.
$5 PER PAY PERIOD provides tools for a community tree planting, a day of labor for improving national park trails, or the purchase of fire safety equipment for prescribed burning to help maintain native prairies.
$10 PER PAY PERIOD covers the cost of shipping Minnesota Wolf and Minnesota Prairie Educational "Trunks" to 10 schools and youth organizations throughout Minnesota each year.
$15 PER PAY PERIOD supports a volunteer planting event to restore native species to important wetlands in the Mississippi River watershed. It supports the creation of a long-term inventory and monitoring system for Minnesota Important Bird Areas, which provide essential habitat for threatened or endangered species.
$20 PER PAY PERIOD will purchase an acre of native tallgrass prairie in northwestern Minnesota through The Nature Conservancy.
Greater Twin Cities United Way
$3 PER PAY PERIOD helps four victims of domestic violence get counseling and legal advice.
$5 PER PAY PERIOD pays for a week of activities at a senior center.
$10 PER PAY PERIOD provides 25 children with screenings for medical, behavioral and developmental needs before they enter kindergarten.
$15 PER PAY PERIOD provides a struggling student with after-school tutoring to help the student succeed in school.
$20 PER PAY PERIOD helps 83 new immigrants learn English and moves them toward U.S. citizenship.
Open Your Heart to the Hungry and Homeless
$1 PER PAY PERIOD puts a smile on the face of a homeless child by providing a backpack and school supplies.
$3 PER PAY PERIOD provides voicemail services for four homeless Minnesotans for four months, allowing them the connection they need to seek employment, education and medical attention.
$5 PER PAY PERIOD provides more than 200 nutritious meals at a soup kitchen.
$10 PER PAY PERIOD provides diapers and other baby supplies to distribute in an emergency housing shelter for nearly four months.
$15 PER PAY PERIOD provides 300 pounds of produce to distribute at a local food shelf.
$20 PER PAY PERIOD makes possible one week of 24-hour staff coverage for counseling, education and support for residents using an emergency shelter.
United Arts
$3 PER PAY PERIOD purchases art supplies for a hands-on workshop for families.
$5 PER PAY PERIOD gives 15 low-income children ballet classes for 15 weeks.
$10 PER PAY PERIOD pays for costumes and props for a community theatre production that brings inner-city youth together with professional playwrights, actors and directors to create original theater.
$15 PER PAY PERIOD trains theaters to use ASL interpreters and audio describers to make their productions accessible to deaf and blind audience members.
$20 PER PAY PERIOD provides residents at a homeless shelter with an on-site performance and workshop produced by a professional theater company.
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