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4worldlovers: Free Week @ RecWell: September 5-10 is free week at RecWell! Enjoy FREE group fitness and climbing, no Fitpass or prior registrations required.

UMN Faculty + Staff: Join us for Free Days @ RecWell on the third Thursday of each month. Access all RecWell facilities an additional services for free! Click here to learn more.

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4worldlovers: YWCA Minneapolis is a nonprofit organization founded in 1891 to promote health, education, and gender and racial equity throughout the Twin Cities. As a member of YWCA USA, we’re dedicated to bringing about systemic change that improves lives.

For over 130 years, YWCA Minneapolis has been cultivating an inclusive and healthy community through a range of programs, classes and workshops. We provide high-quality Early Childhood Education, Girls & Youth, Racial Justice, Health & Wellness and Workforce Development programs that help build a vibrant, healthy community for all.

Our high-quality Early Childhood Education program provides engaging, holistic early learning environments for infant to school-age children. All YWCA Children’s Centers are NAEYC-accredited and employ highly trained teachers — enabling us to offer some of the best care and education opportunities for children in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Through stimulating activities, nutritious food and an anti-bias curriculum, YWCA nurtures positive social-emotional and academic habits in children to help them succeed in school and life.

YWCA Minneapolis offer Girls and Youth programs that prepare youth to be learners, leaders and creators of change. These programs empower youth to hone their leadership and decision-making skills, adopt healthier and more active lifestyles, pursue their academic interests in the science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) fields and much more. Most importantly, these afterschool and summer programs use culturally responsive, research-based curriculum that supports youths’ voices and empowers them to lead, be resilient and thrive.

YWCA Minneapolis is a trusted social justice organization that promotes racial equity and works to build a community of changemakers. We bring people together through facilitated dialogues, community workshops and signature events that help people have constructive, meaningful conversations about race — and most importantly, learn how to take action toward positive social change in their lives. We believe in the power of democracy and offer ways for people to advocate for meaningful causes, learn how government systems work and become more engaged residents.

We also offer Inc.lude Equity and Inclusion Consulting, a service designed to help businesses create more diverse and positive working environments for their employees. Inc.lude provides detailed diversity, inclusion and equity training programs to nurture better employee dynamics, support collaboration, and ultimately, improve productivity.

YWCA is the gym for every body. With a YWCA fitness membership, you can take advantage of all three of our state-of-the-art fitness facilities and achieve optimal wellness in a supportive and welcoming environment. These locations offer exciting amenities to make working out more fun and enticing, including swimming pools, running/walking tracks, basketball courts, fitness studios and more. We also offer a variety of premium services, such as personal training and small group training.

4worldlovers:
The American Red Cross serving Twin Cities Area is the Minnesota and Dakotas Region headquarters. It also supports communities across the counties of Anoka, Chisago, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Isanti, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington; as well as Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community and Little Earth of United Tribes.

Have you been affected by a home fire or other disaster?

The Red Cross is here for you. Please call us at 1-844-292-7677 for assistance.

Information on blood drives, blood donation appointments as well as your personal blood donor account can be found on our Red Cross Blood website>

We provide help for members of the military, veterans and their families to prepare for, cope with and respond to the challenges of military service.

The best way to provide immediate relief to your neighbors facing emergency situations is through a monetary donation. Our disaster assistance programs rely heavily on the generous financial support of citizens in the Minnesota and Dakotas region. Even if you only have a few dollars to spare, your donation to American Red Cross disaster relief will make a significant difference in the lives of those facing disasters. Make a one-time donation today either online, by phone, or by mail, or set up a recurring monthly donation to make an even bigger difference.

We cannot accept donations of household goods or clothing. Please consider supporting us with a financial gift.

The humanitarian work that we do at American Red Cross would not be possible without our volunteers. We have a variety of disaster relief volunteer opportunities available, as well as potential positions focused on facility management, health and safety, service to the Armed Forces, and professional specialties like photography, IT, and more. Check out our current volunteer opportunities near you in Minneapolis!

Host a charity stream by playing your favorite video games while raising life-saving funds to help those in need. You can also fundraise your way by energizing your community through celebrating a special occasion or being creative to help to those in need. Click a button below to get started!

Brice Johnson is the Regional Chief Executive Officer for Minnesota and Dakotas Region of the American Red Cross. Through the power of more than 2,000 volunteers and hundreds of staff, the region serves 7.3 million people across Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Douglas County (Superior) in Wisconsin, and 23 sovereign tribal nations.

Brice comes to the region from his role as Executive Director for the American Red Cross of Central Indiana and is beginning his third decade of organizational leadership in non-profit and higher education in both Europe and the United States.

In 2015, Brice witnessed firsthand how the Red Cross responds to a humanitarian crisis when more than a million individuals and families fled to Europe seeking refuge from conflict and famine. "It was a community effort; all agencies came together to help rehome our new neighbors. Watching the Red Cross at work was inspirational and left a lasting impression.”

Brice jumped at the opportunity to join the Red Cross in February 2020. During his tenure he has echoed the model he saw in Europe, coaching staff and volunteers, engaging youth and a diversity of cultures to better serve their neighbors through the work of the Red Cross.

In response to local and national large-scale disasters, Brice continues to provide leadership and a vital link between elected officials and the work of the Red Cross.

He is looking forward to leading the Minnesota and Dakotas team in building a Red Cross rooted in the communities that it serves.

Brice grew up in Oregon and attended Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. He and his wife Katherine enjoy travel and time with their four children and two dogs.

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4worldlovers: We provide opportunities to people of all ages and abilities, races and backgrounds, and genders and sexual orientations for inclusion in all programs. Our inclusion philosophy is woven into the fabric of each and every department at the J. We work to build a community where everyone acknowledges and respects people’s differences, while celebrating each individual’s inherent uniqueness.

The Minnesota JCC creates a wide-range of opportunities for people to connect, grow, and learn through meaningful programs that enrich Jewish life, build Jewish identity and strengthen our community. Our unprecedented level of inclusiveness embraces the true diversity of our community. Jewish or not, affiliated or not, young or just young at heart. Our life enriching programming is what keeps us all connected. Everyone belongs to the J!


In Hebrew, those qualities can be summed up in one beautiful word – NADIV. We welcome our Nadiv Circle donors, who make gifts of $10,000+ annually to the Minnesota JCC. Your generosity supports our unique mission and the thousands of people we serve, engage and uplift each year.

The Martin and Esther Capp Fund of the Saint Paul Foundation

4worldlovers: The Southdale YMCA gym, fitness center, and swimming pool in Edina, MN offers over 180 group exercise classes weekly, personal training, swim lessons, and other great fitness and community-building programs. Our newly renovated fitness center and warm water family/therapeutic pool complement our climbing wall, skate park, 6 lane lap pool, whirlpool, sauna and steam room, racquetball courts, and much more. Become a member for access to all of our facilities and more. Sign up for a trial membership today!


The new Virtual Y offers members online fitness classes as live streams, on-demand videos and more!


Embrace body, mind, spirit and community through group wellbeing experiences at the Y!


To ensure we are creating a safe environment, reservations are required for select programs in the pool and water exercise classes. Learn more and reserve your space.


Self-guided care is an important part of health and wellbeing that goes far beyond scented candles and beauty routines (despite what your social media feed might suggest).


Here at the Y, we have always embraced and created space for many forms of self-guided care. We’re committed to creating self-guided care opportunities for people from every background and belief system. To us, the future of self-guided care means more communities and individuals playing a proactive, empowered role in advocating for their own health and wellbeing.


At its core, self-guided care is about taking charge of our personal mental and physical health. The “self” in self-guided care gently reminds us nobody can do this work for us. Instead, we must each decide what “good health” means, no matter how someone else defines it.

But it doesn’t stop there: We must also follow through repeatedly with choices (sometimes tough ones!) that support our personal goals. On a physical level, self-guided care might include a fitness routine or movement practice, choosing nourishing foods over processed snacks, and going to sleep at a reasonable time instead of staying up late scrolling our screens.

On an emotional level, self-guided care can involve acts of love and compassion toward oneself and others: It might mean standing up for ourselves, or speaking out against injustice. It might mean volunteering in our community. It can also mean choosing not to spend time around people who disrespect us.

Self-guided care can be playful, too. Self-guided care might look like saying yes to trying something new, singing at the top of your lungs to your favorite song, or laughing so hard you fall off your chair!

Even though self-guided care starts — and ends — with each of us, that doesn’t mean we only practice it alone. In fact, community connection is a vital part of self-guided care. We can actively practice self-guided care by finding and spending time in communities that nurture, inspire, and challenge us to be our best.

Since 1844, the Y has provided spaces and programs designed to support healthy communities and individuals. We see both mental and physical health as fundamental parts of overall wellbeing. That’s why we’re using our familiar gym and camp settings to introduce health and wellbeing services that might be new to many people.

As we all grow in our understanding of the many layers of health and wellbeing, the Y will continue to lead national efforts for community healing.