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In This Issue
Getting Her Life Back
Grand Opening
A Strong Start
Upcoming Events
Movies in Park, 7/23
Blvd. Apartments Grand Opening, 8/12
WCC Rummage Sale, 8/18-19
CfKI Walk/Run, 9/11
JJ Hill Days, 9/11

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IOCP's monthly online newsletter

July 2010


We are now in a full-court press to reach the Building for Good goal of $5.5 million to purchase and convert the former Erickson's New Market into a new and holistic one-stop family and children service center.  As always, this amazing community has stepped up, and progress to date has been so heartening. Thank you! Thank you!
 
Time is short, however, and we need everyone in the game right now to meet an Aug. 31 purchase agreement timeline. At this writing, we are $1.9 million from goal.
 
More good news! The Otto Bremer Foundation has offered a $75,000 match of new pledged or cash donations. Please let Jill Kohler know if you would like to have your donation or pledge to IOCP Building for Good leveraged by the Otto Bremer match. Donate now.
 
Check our web site to catch the "Imagine what we can do together" spirit!

LaDonna Hoy
IOCP Executive Director
Grand opening, all welcome
Celebrate the completion of Boulevard Apartments (shown above), 6 affordable units at 645 Wayzata Blvd., Thursday, Aug. 12, 5:30-7:15 p.m. Tour the newly renovated apartments, enjoy a free BBQ picnic, and listen to the upbeat sounds of electric keyboardist Tim Graf. The apartments are the latest affordable housing development that IOCP has spearheaded. Families will move into the units Sept. 1.
Giving kids a strong start
Every August, families of more than 600 kids i
n the community count on donated school supplies for a strong start in school. We are looking for donations, which can be dropped off at Redeemer Lutheran Church, 115 West Wayzata Blvd., on these dates:
Tuesday, Aug. 10, 9 a.m.-noon
Thursday, Aug. 12, noon-3 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 13, 9 a.m.-noon
Monday, Aug. 16, 9 a.m.-noon
Thursday, Aug. 19, noon-3 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 21, 9-11 a.m.
For details, contact Liz Erstad.
The mission of IOCP is to identify and respond to the unmet basic needs of people in our community,
and to assist them in moving toward self-sufficiency through the creative action of an inclusive
partnership of communities of faith, schools, government, businesses, community groups,
foundations, health systems, and individuals.