Krishanti O’Mara Vignarajah, former adviser to Michelle Obama, will be the next president of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services (LIRS). The largest refugee resettlement organization of its kind, LIRS partners with organizations like LSS around the nation to support immigrants and refugees.
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota (LSS), along with partners Big Stone County Memory Link Group and First English Church of Ortonville, will host an event providing training on more effectively serving consumers who may struggle with symptoms of Dementia.
The Dementia-Friendly County Resource Fair will take place on Thursday, January 31 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the First English Church, 9 NW. Third St., Ortonville, Minnesota. Please join us for lunch at 11:30 a.m. followed by training until 1:30 p.m.
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota (LSS) is combining the reach of three regional services in Rochester in a new office. LSS Financial Counseling, Older Adults Services and Youth Services welcomes the community to join us for an open house celebration Wednesday, January 30 from 3 to 6 p.m. at our new office in the Metro Sales Building, 1610 NW 14th Street, Suite 300 in Rochester.
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota (LSS) will host two events to raise awareness about the signs of sex trafficking and educate Brainerd area residents on what they can do to prevent it.
January Soup-Off
When: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, January 25
Where: Rooms 1 and 2 of the Land Service Building, 322 Laurel Street, Brainerd, MN 56401
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota (LSS) is teaming up with the University of Minnesota School of Public Health to participate in a new research project to provide greater understanding about the best and most effective ways to support families caring for loved ones with dementia.
Cherish All Children, a service of Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota, will host a community event designed to create greater awareness and understanding about how to raise young men to be their best selves and end demand for sexual exploitation.
Kathy Hermes, a longtime educator and advocate for youth, has received the Changemaker Award from the Minnesota Women’s Press. The annual award recognizes women who “have not only changed the lives of women and children but those who are (also) changing narratives of what it means to be a collaborative, connected community.”
With no immediate end in sight for the partial government shutdown, more than 800,000 federal workers nationwide are without their first paycheck as of last Friday.
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota (LSS) began providing management services on January 1 for Saint Paul-based Lifetrack, a 70-year old nonprofit organization located in the Promise Neighborhood, which includes Frogtown, Thomas-Dale and the Summit-University neighborhoods in Saint Paul, and which serves communities across the state of Minnesota.
Two young people who worked with LSS’ LINK service discuss how the service equipped them with life skills to achieve stable lives in their community.
Krishanti O’Mara Vignarajah, former adviser to Michelle Obama, will be the next president of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services (LIRS). The largest refugee resettlement organization of its kind, LIRS partners with organizations like LSS around the nation to support immigrants and refugees.