Wine Tasting Event will Raise Funds for At-risk Children
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 27, 2011
Contact: Kathleen Manning
Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery
kmanning@crisisnursery.org | 763-226-2061
Wine Tasting Event Will Raise Funds for At-risk Children
Haskell’s to coordinate wine tasting; auctions feature artist Francene Christianson and Chef Steven Brown
Minnetonka, Minn., July 27, 2011 — Harvesting Hope, the Twin Cities’ premier fall wine event, will be a memorable evening of fine wine, fabulous food and exciting live and silent auctions. The 7th annual event will benefit at-risk children and is hosted by the Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery (www.crisisnursery.org), Friday, Oct. 14 at the Marriott Southwest in Minnetonka. Proceeds directly support Crisis Nursery programs to benefit children at risk of abuse or neglect and help strengthen vulnerable families in crisis.
GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY—STILL INNOVATING AFTER 28 YEARS
The following piece was featured in Social Venture Partner's June 16, 2011 EPCON Conference Program.
Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery’s mission is to end child abuse and neglect and create strong, healthy families. The Crisis Nursery offers a 24-hour crisis line, crisis counseling, community referrals, parent education classes, a family support group, and overnight residential care for parents to place their children voluntarily—newborn through age six—for up to three nights while they address their crisis. In addition, families that access the Crisis Nursery three or more times may be able to access the Crisis Nursery’s 4th Day Home Visiting Program—intensive, ongoing work with a qualified, experienced Crisis Nursery home visitor.
Still Innovating After 28 Years
Innovative is not often a word associated with non-profits, let alone 28 year-old ones. Yet that word aptly describes the programs of Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery. In 1999 the Crisis Nursery began its 4th Day Home Visiting Program. The Crisis Nursery had grown to be a vital resource for families in the community.
SVP and Crisis Nursery Co-Host Breakfast Forum
On April 28, Social Venture Partners-Minnesota (SVP) and Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery co-hosted a breakfast forum regarding the Crisis Nursery’s new, innovative and leading edge Nursery Way childcare protocols. 50 SVP partners and Crisis Nursery supporters attended the forum. The following is a brief overview of the event:
What was the main message of the forum?
Michele Fallon, LICSW and Dr. Anne Gearity, two leading experts on working with children who have experienced trauma, detailed the science behind the Crisis Nursery’s new protocols and explained how the Crisis Nursery can have a significant impact in the lives of the children that it shelters.
How has this research informed the Crisis Nursery's new protocols?
The protocols focus on the reality that most, if not all of the children that stay at the Crisis Nursery have experienced some form of crisis, if not trauma. A child’s ability to handle frustration, distress, and other emotions, even for a short time, may be compromised when that child experiences a crisis.
