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A Brush With Kindness (11)

The Timaul Family Receives A Brush With Kindness

The Timaul family of three has lived in their North East Minneapolis home for nearly three years. Tilkiewattie is a single mom from Guyana, with a...

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A Brush With Kindness Restores Home to its Former Glory

Gene Hedy, a veteran of the U.S. Military, has lived in his family home in North Minneapolis for the past 23 years. A year and a half ago, Gene's...

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Veteran gets A Brush with Kindness on National Day of Service

Across America, September 11th has become a day to volunteer and give back to your community.

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Valspar Ladies Help Kick-Off Second Women Build House of the Year

Though the build just began this past Monday, things are already starting to take shape in West Saint Paul, site of the second Women Build project...

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Be a regular and take your volunteering to the next level

To a volunteer, the benefits of joining a regular construction crew are that it’s fun, there’s great camaraderie and you get the chance to help...

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Mr. Rooter Plumbing Provides Critical Home Repair to a Family in Need

Fridley based Mr. Rooter Plumbing generously provided plumbing materials and services to one A Brush With Kindness partner family this spring....

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Winters’ Wonders

Last week with the late spring snowstorm had me thinking about a family in Southeast Minneapolis that we worked the week before Christmas. The...

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Bringing a World of Hope to Those Who Served

It’s hard to find a better example of “hero” than Sgt. Brian Neill. In 2007, Sgt. Neill, a twenty-year National Guard member, deployed to Camp Tallil...

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A Day in the Life of an ABWK AmeriCorps Member

Sometimes the worst days can actually turn out to be the best days, and today was one of those days. It all started when I put our unmarked white van...

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