The Southwest Weekly

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COMMUNITY ACTION REQUESTED  💪

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On Wednesday night a devastating fire severely damaged House of Charity's Food Centre, located downtown. St. Stephen's House of Charity typically provides three meals a day to people who live in the charity's emergency shelters and a nearby housing complex on 8th Street.
Our hope is that, through local donations, House of Charity will rebound as fast as possible to continue feeding people going through homelessness. You can make a donation on St. Stephen's website. St. Stephen's also has an employer match program, too. Or you can organize your work team/block/book club/friends to band together and donate as a group. However you can help, please do. This is a horrible loss during a difficult time for too many people.

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If you are a Minneapolis Public Schools parent or caregiver, you will probably relate to the stories four mothers shared with us this week. Melissa Whitler interviewed the moms about the current move back to online learning and how it has impacted their children and themselves. The interviews are broken into two stories that we hope you share with caregivers around the city:
MPS Parents Share Their Experiences Going Online (Again) and Sending Students Back

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Minneapolis Public Schools are slated to return to in-person learning on Monday. At this week's school board meeting, the board discussed getting KN95 masks and test kits distributed directly to schools. If the children in your life go to MPS schools, let us know what your experience is next week regarding in-school mask and test availability.

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OUT & ABOUT 🛵
Look no further than our filled-to-the-brim events calendar. The SW Voices crew already has our favorites picked out.

Andrew is excited for the perfect weather for cross country skiing and taking his family to the U.S. Pond Hockey Championships.

Charlie is excited to visit Trattoria Mucci's one last time before it closes (you can still visit them in St. Paul!) and to swing by the Cardamom ice bar.

I am excited for Latins on Ice to perform this weekend at The Great Northern, a 10-day winter festival. Our events calendar includes all of the Great Northern events. Subscribe to our calendar so you can keep up with everything happening around town.

Have a beautiful weekend, neighbor. -Melody

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