Sailor
Lake crown
Know
the Truth
Hopkins girls win
conference title, may face
Wayzata again in sections.
Youth who have faced
addiction share their stories.
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PLYMOUTH / WAYZATA
Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019
Kimberly Lane families celebrate cultures
In the shadows:
Homelessness
often goes unseen
in suburban areas
Local organizations partner to
assist growing number of families
By KRISTEN MILLER
[email protected]
(SUN SAILOR STAFF PHOTO BY JASON JENKINS)
Homelessness is often viewed as an urban issue; how-
ever, the leaders of faith communities and local nonprofi ts
are seeing a rising trend in the number of homeless people
in the suburbs due to the lack of affordable housing.
“Homelessness here in the west metro might not be
as visible as it is in other places, but it is defi nitely pres-
ent,” said Rev. Amber Ingalsbe of St. Barnabas Lutheran
Church.
At least once per week, staff members of the Plym-
outh church are contacted by individuals or families who
are living in their cars or bouncing between motels and
A group of Bollywood dancers perform Feb. 22 during Kimberly Lane Elementary School’s International Night. The evening event cel-
ebrated countries and cultures from around the world through food, colorful cultural outfi ts, activities, exhibits and performances. See
page 9 for more photos.
See Homeless , Page 2
Interfaith Outreach aims to raise $200K, collect 100,000 pounds of food
By JASON JENKINS
[email protected]
Interfaith Outreach and Com-
munity Partners will soon kick
off its annual Prevent Hunger
campaign, which aims to raise
$200,000 and collect 100,000
pounds of food and household
goods before the end of March.
The money raised will be
used for employment, food and
family support services at In-
terfaith Outreach’s Plymouth
headquarters. Donated food
and household items will stock
the nonprofi t’s food shelf.
The community-wide effort
helps struggling families in the
organization’s service area of
Long Lake, Orono, Minneton-
ka Beach, Hamel, Medicine
Lake, Medina, Plymouth and
Wayzata.
According to Interfaith Out-
reach, the nonprofi t has seen a
19 percent increase over the past
10 years in the amount of food
and goods it has supplied to
struggling families. In 2017, the
organization distributed more
than 1 million pounds of food
to community members. Inter-
2019 Lake Minnetonka Wet Slips,
Boat Club & Dry Stack Storage
faith Outreach also noted that
last year, more than 4,100 in-
dividuals (44 percent of whom
were children) needed the food
shelf to stretch their budgets
and prevent hunger.
Prevent Hunger, which is a
part of the larger MN Food-
Share March Campaign, bol-
sters the nonprofi t’s ongoing
work to address hunger and the
In/Out Service
causes of hunger in the com-
munity.
Leaders with the nonprofi t
said job loss, threat of evic-
tion, medical problems and car
breakdowns present big chal-
lenges to local families lacking
fi nancial resources.
See Interfaith , Page 7
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