Giving Back
Volunteers, philanthropists and everyday citizens doing good in and around the community.
Rebecca Cooke
Participants in Big Brothers Big Sisters form a lasting friendship in Chaska.
With one quick click of her camera, Eden Prairie’s Connie Kunkle started a chain of events that she describes as miraculous.
Lawrence Schumacher
Local parents create a culture of philanthropy by teaching their children about charitable giving.
The Hebert family’s golf tourney raises money for the Down Syndrome Association of Minnesota.
The Chaska-area chapter of Let’s Go Fishing offers free boating opportunities to older adults and youth.
Minnesota Viking Visanthe Shiancoe gives back to his homeland and his community.
Most Read
Best of the Southwest Metro
Carolyn Pierson
25 reader picks for the people, places and businesses that make us happy to live here.
Shady Acres Herb Farm in Chaska
With plenty of ingenuity and creativity, Theresa and Jim Mieseler tend Chaska’s Shady Acres Herb Farm.
Southwest Metro Prep Elite 2011
5 of the area’s most promising and multi-talented students.
Inside the home of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum’s new director
The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum’s new director lives on the arboretum grounds with his wife, Sandy.








