2019 Annual Report

2019 Campus Expansion

Life House’s capacity has expanded. Upon our final inspection in November, we have officially opened our Annex Building and Commons Area where we have programs taking place now. The Annex is home to a fully outfitted classroom on the top floor, complete with study pods, a smart board, new computers, and coffee bar. The classroom is enclosed in beautiful exposed brick walls and natural lighting from southern facing windows. The space is connected to our main build-ing where the Drop-In Center is located and connects many youth to our programs and services. Youth and young adults are able to walk through the center and head into the Annex classroom.

On the main floor of the Annex, we have a retail space with an open concept workshop where our youth and young adults both create and sell their merchandise. We also created an enclosed outdoor recreation area with a new concrete slab and a privacy fence. This is considered the Life House Commons, which offers LOLL furniture seating, picnic tables, a gas grill, and patio heaters for year around use. Enthusiasm for the classroom, retail showroom and work space can be seen

on any given day, in the sheer number of youth utilizing these spaces to work on their education and career goals.

We appreciate all our partners in this project: Donald Holm Construction, Stack Brothers Mechanical, Tom Wutruba,

City of Duluth, Bernicks Family Foundation, Mardag Founda-tion, Duluth Superior Community Foundation, Harbortown Rotary, BNSF Foundation, Canadian National Foundation, Northland Foundation, Shavlik Foundation, Union Pacific

Community Ties Foundation, and Cathedral Cares.

A Special Thank You to the Holmgren Family for their generous contribution.

2019 Statistics

931 youth reached through all programs

10,484 meals served in the Youth Center

876 visits to the free store

216 Youth Center groups, classes & activities

36 youth resided in Life House Housing program

77 placed in Affordable Housing in the community

16 youth stayed at Sol House - human trafficking survivors, for 976 bed nights

31 youth stayed at The Loft Emergency Shelter for 1454 bed nights

147 youth provided Mental Health Counseling

17 youth received Substance Abuse Counseling

41 active in “Sober Life” Recovery support group

113 youth provided Academic support, 11 completed a degree

146 youth received Employment support

15 youth completed between 40 and 119 hours of paid job training in the Legitimate Hustle Program

2019 Board of DirectorsShane Jopke, Co-Chair

United Health care

Leanne Ventrella, Co-ChairMinNesota 6th Judicial District

CHERYL goldberg, TreasurerIGO legacy Hotel Group

Laurie Hull, Secretary

Essentia

Ron ALston Community relations

Patrick BoyleSt. louis county Commissioner

Charles FaiMinnesota sex offender program

Renee GibbsFond Du Lac Human Services

Eric HuieA Touch of Plasch

Morgana Kolendamaurices

Nick LepakDuluth PolicE Department

Jim PaulsonRetired

Gudrun WitrakRetired

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Funding Partners• Anonymous• Cathedral Cares• City of Duluth• Commonwealth Cares Fund• Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation• Enbridge• Essentia Health Foundation• Fidelity Charitable• Harbortown Rotary• Head of the Lakes United Way• Hearth Connection• InFaith Community Foundation• Junior League of Duluth• Lahti Family Charitable Trust• Lloyd K. Johnson Foundation• Medica Foundation• Miller-Dwan Foundation

• North Star Foundation• Northland Foundation• Ordean Foundation• Overman Charitable Trust• Pachel Foundation • Partners in Arts• Radices Fund• Rotary Club #25• Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community• Sherman Associates • St. Louis County• State of Minnesota• The Victory Fund• Union Pacific• US Bank Foundation• US Department of Justice: Office on Violence

Against Women• YouthPrise

2019

Financial ReportExpense

Futures $243,251 10%

Housing $1,207,313 51%

Youth Center $267,806 12%

Wellness $332,977 14%

Management/General $276,993 12% Fundraising $16,969 1%

Total $2,345,309

Revenue

Contributions $169,878 7%

Foundation Grants $451,383 17%

Government Grants $1,733,871 65%

Fundraising Events $103,510 4%

Program Revenue $185,035 7%

Other $4,913 0%

Total $2,648,590

2019 Donors

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GIfts Of $2,500 +AnonymousJerry and Nancy DoddMaude DornfeldGreg and Nancy FranciscoCheryl Goldberg and Gregg BatinichDavid and Lisa GoldbergRobert E. HoytWard and Charlotte JohnsonGeof and Gudrun Witrak

Gifts of $1,500 - $2,499Jinell AbernethyJames and Phyllis ChildsRoderick and Kathleen HoodAndrew KortuemDan and Sarah MaddyJames and Diane MinerJoan Mork Patrick and Gail SchoenfelderMaggie ThickensSusan VandersteenLeanne Ventrella & John Hoivik

Gifts of $1,000 - $1,499Leslie Beiers and Linda KrugJoan BonelloWilliam and Pat BurnsSteve and Tina LicariKandi Garrison and Paul FishGeorge and Elizabeth GoldfarbTheresa GrosserDennis HamsherLaurie HullShane and Nicole JopkeLloyd Ketchum and Kimberly KrohnRobert and Candace Madich Harvey Plasch and Eric HuieMary SitekWade Smith and Kathleen Braddy-Smith

Tom and Mimi StenderRonn and Pamela TomassoniMichele UblMichael and Luanne WachulaAndrea WatsonPaul and Mary Windberg

Gifts of $250 - $499AnonymousDean and Debra AgerJen AllenTim and Kay AllenCatherine AndersonCharles and Karen AndersenJohan and Susanne BakkenChristine and Edward BartaJennifer BeersDavid and Paige BensonLinda BensonChristy BioloCindy and David BlombergKevin Michael BrownKenneth and Mary ButlerJill ChristieNoah Cooper and Nick CampanarioNoah CraftLesley CrosbyTony CuneoPatrick and Jamie Sathers-DayPatrick and Lynn DevlinRick and Beth ElstadWilliam and Colleen EricksonJoe EverettShaun and Sara FloerkeMichael and Ann GibbonsJudy GibbsRichard and Linda GoeseRichard and Dawn GriffithTerri and Joe GriffithsGeorge and Connie HostMark and Anita HoyneDavid Hutchinson

Sarah Sneve Teresa TheobaldJason Vincent and Jeff AndersonElaine Wickstrom

gifts of $500 - $999Michael and Ellen AltmanPatricia AndersonJustin and Andrea BlackTodd and Victoria BlattPatrice BradleyTerry and Kara BurnFrancis Bussey and Amy Entzminger-BusseyTim Carpenter and Kathryn NelsonDebbie CervenkaMark Danielson and Theresa SmithThomas and Barbara ElliottAngela and Tim FellmanJulie FlintPeter and Judith GemuendenKaren and Richard GranSteve GrindyGreg and Rebecca HansenGilbert HarriesPatrick and Carrie HeffernanScott and Amber JohnsonKate and Zach BeresfordNancy KohlhaasMorgana KolendaByron and Rebecca KusterDanielle LindbergTimothy and Karyn LutzBruce and Kathleen MarsSharon MoranJames OlsonJames and Linda PaulsonRoger and Lydia PellettSean and Deena PetersonTimothy and Katherine RubinElizabeth Storaasli and Mark KnutsonSteve and Kim Squillace

2019 Donors

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Jolene AllisonRonald and Jane AlstonMel AlvarSheryl AlvarBen AndersonJolene AndersonTed Anderson and Anne RoesnerWilliam and Karen AndersonTim and Laura AndrewChelsey AngellJesse ApplebyDavid and Judith ArvoldSara AturaliyaChristine AustinJim and Judy BaileySteve and Terri BalaichLee BallIan BantleDavid and Julie BardMarilew and Robert BarnidgeElizabeth BartlettTab Baumgartner and Susan SchumacherCarla Jo BayerlTerry and Sharon BeckerRenee BelangerAmy BennettTatiana BergumGary and Patricia BerntsenThomas Betts and Therese PresleyKathleen BittnerRichard BjorumLola BlackledgeJudy BlanckJulie BlegenBruce BockRussell C. BoheimDavid and Kelly BolgrienNatalie BothwellMelissa Boyle and Jennifer StenersenPatrick and Jennifer BoyleHeather BradfordCherie BridgesMark and Barbara BrownBruce and Rhonda HolmenMichelle BubaczLaura BuddKathleen Bujold-ArrasBradley and Lori BungeBernadette BurnhamJane and Keane BuscheMary Campbell

Peter and Virginia CampbellAl and Yvonne CarlJohn and Pat CarowChris and Jeanne CarrollJoseph CarrollMike and Laurie CaseyNancy E. CashmanWendy Champness & Loren SnyderJames ChervenyJames and Cathy ChristophersonHaley ClarkGerald Cleveland and Marjorie AndersonKarisa CoadMike CochranCarol CohenThomas and Carlyle ConradFaye Anne ConstantiniCorey and Julia BachandJeff Corey and Michele FlateauJill CornwellChristopher Correia Eddie J. CrawfordJeremy CraycraftThomas and Linda CurranCynthia and David UrshanCarol DaoustLynn Dart-NelsonPauline DeeMelissa DelamartreChristopher & Carmel DemaioribusKathleen DesmondPeggy DowningShawn DunlevyMichael DurandMartha Lynn Eberhart-GalinskiGary EckenbergSue EhlenMark EldenRichard and Janet EschbachJenny EverettChuck and Vicki FaegreMargaret FawcettTodd and Lisa FedoraPat FinneyJanine FollisLaurie FosnachtDiane Foss-EngstromPatricia FranciscoClaudia J. FrenchJames and Cindy FrenchFred and Alana Friedman

Gifts $250 - $499James Jarocki and Kris BlakesleeRuth JohnsonDiane KauppiKristine and Mark GreerMark Laliberte & Karen SundermanJoel and Donna MannsMark and Mary EckmanAmanda MarshTodd MayclinThomas and Christine McCabeMichael and Julie McDonnellMary NiemeyerRandi NyholmBrad and Lezlie OachsDeb OttoScot and Karri RamseyLori J. ReillyTim and Sandra RichJenn RyanNancy SamuelsonCharles Lane SavageJanet and Fred SchroederRobert SpeharLarry SpringerJohn and Susan StreitzGay TrachselSuzanne WasilczukMark WickStephen Stanley WlosinskiLee Zimmerman & Andrea Wahman

Gifts Under $250AnonymousJean AbramsonMary AdamsStephen J. AdamsLeslie and Rosemary AdolphsonJulie AhasayDean and Terri AlexanderCheyenne AlisankusJonathan AllenMaria AllenTim and Kay Allen

2019 Donors

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Janice HerrickJamie HerzmannEve HesslerBrian Hill and Susan Darley-HillKortney HjerpeAnne HoeksemaDeeAnn HogensonEgil and Gudrun HoivikBetsy and John HolcombDeb HolmanPhil and Jill HolsingerLisa M. HortonLeAnn HouseOliver and MaryAnn HouxRobert HunterThomas and Marsha HysteadAllison IaconeDennis and Sue IsernhagenLaura JacobsJulie JagoJames and Pamela ChristensenDustin JamesJim and Sue JensenKatie JohansonJohn Morrison and Carrie SchererLynda JohnAnn JohnsonBrent and Leslie JohnsonWeston and Kelly JohnsonLinda JohnsonMary JohnsonNick Johnson and Amy WhiteRachelle JohnsonRilla JohnsonRobert JohnsonSharon JohnsonSheri JohnsonTara JohnsonTiffany JohnsonElliott JohnstonJohn Judd and Karen OlesenChar JuntunenLacie JurekHommey KanterMeg KearnsAaron KellyKathleen KellyKathryn KellyGreg KeupGene and Sandra KeyserJana KieferStephanie KieroAnthony R. Kiliz

Linda KinnearWilliam and Peggy KiviRick and Mary KlunSusan KnaussHannah KoivistoMichael John KoppyBecky KoskiniemiLeona KriegPeggy KroghCameron KrugerJennifer KusnierekSarah LachDebra LafaveKathleen H. LahtiShannon LaingAnn LajoieKoresh and Jill LakhanLaurel Ann LambDennis Lamkin and Jon NiemiGretchen LandherrChristopher R. LaRosaJeanne LassardJean C. LaunderganVanessa LebensJulie Nichols LeggJames and Betty LehetJudith K. LewisCarol and John LilyquistMatthew Peter LindJeanette LindgrenGary and Debra LogergrenCorrey LowinskiJoseph LuderPatricia LudwigDavid R. LukkonenDavid LundLisa Renae LuokkalaErich LutzJordan T.C. LutzLynday MaccouxBob MacLeanLiz MaeshimaMichael and Linda MagniJan MagreeMary Jane ManionMargaret Carlson & A. Eric AndersonTrish MarincelMark and Linda JohnsonGail and Richard MartinGerald and Beverly MartinRachel and Gregory MasonMyrna MathesonKim Matteen

Gifts Under $250 (continued)Allison FrinkJaci FryxellDavid and Barbara GaddieTina GagneCandice GamstTiffany and William GangeEileen GannonRoger and Gloria GebhardGerry and Annette OuelletteCami and Tom GibbonsJohn D. GibbsBob GilmoreCary GimpelLinda GlaserNeil Glazman and Barb RussDonald and Sarah GoebelCharles and Tracy GomanGreg and Mary BriskyMichael P. Grossman & Holly ChurchMary GummersonTiffany GundersonDiane HadrichJeremy HagenBeth HagerKarin HaidosElizabeth HallTherese HallbackKathleen HannanBill and Jan HansonKaren HardenClaudia A. HarrisBeverly and John HartGreg HartelMichael HartfordBecky HartleyGage HartmanGordon J. HarvieuxKelsey HatfieldElise HauptMark and Rachel HaywardGayle HealyMadeline Heaslip

2019 Donors

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Larry Penk and Rosemary TobinHilde and Steve PeralaRachael PerlingerJenna PernuEthan PerryPeter and Jennifer NelsonJoan and Alan PetersonMarilyn Peterson Michael PetersonElizabeth PetrovicAudra PikeRollie PikeLaura PiotrowskiAlexis PogorelskinAllyz Kramer PolacsekRandall Allen PooleDebbie PorterPaul Ranelli and Carla BrinkSusan Ranfranz Colleen RenierStacey RhodesLinda Louise RiddleRaina RiedeselNancy Rislov-JohnsonDavid and Victoire RoathMary RobillardHope RobinsonTracy RobinsonScott RogersMitchell and Kristin RognerudDavid RogotzkeLynn RohlfMichael and Betsy RosenzweigJoseph and Olga RosenzweigAlan Michael RuppeKara SalmelaMark SamelaBrittany SanfordHeather SchmidtMaryls SchmidtRuss and Diane SchmidtTrudi SchmiesPatricia SchmittNatasha SchnorrTammy SchoenMichael Schrage and Jen SmithBradley SchultzThomas and Julie SeidelmannJack and Cindy SeilerMary and Bill SeitzSean and Andrea SengenbergerRene SettergrenMike and Heather Seyfer

Mary and Daniel ShawChandra Shipley and Katie LewisRita ShultzCarrie SiegelAnne SitekDan and Rosey SkorichSara SlotnessKelcie SmithRobert SomersFelice SommerfieldLarry and Joanne SpearsCheryl SpeharJames and Michelle StapletonShane Michael StebnerAnita and Harlan StechDennis and Nancy StefanNancy StefanescuDavid SteinbergSteven Kuross and Lisa Lunge LarsenRobert StodolaRoxy StolisJohn and Maxine StrangeDori StreitEllen StromgrenBill and Mary StroozasBob StubenvollSonia Marie SturdevantAnn C. SudohCarolyn SundquistLynette SwanbergPauline SwanfeldBrittany SwensonAnna TanskiAnthony and Mary Louise TarversPatrick and Carol ThompsonDale and Ruth ThorpeAnnie ThorsHeidi Timm-BijoldTodd and Michele LarsenMarilyn ToscanoMichele TrautleinCarole TurnerRobert and Lorraine TurnerJennifer UsgaardElizabeth Van DorenAllison VannesteMark VaughanScott VenerableNick and Donna VentrellaGene and Lynnette VerhelShelby VittorioBailey F. VollomKatie Vukelich

Gifts Under $250 (continued)Pippi MayfieldSara McDonaldBeverly McIntoshDon McIssaacCindy and James McLeanTeresa McLeanMichelle MehtalaJamie MelanderSusan MeyerVincent and Carol MichealsonTami MilcheskyDavid and Anne MillerThomas and Constance MillsLinnea Betzler MirschMary Ann MongeCharlie MooreJoe and Mary MorehouseDaniel and Karen MorganBetty MorinChristi MuellnerLaura and Colin MullenJanette MullerConstance MurphyJeff and Deanna NelsonLisa NelsonMargie Nelson and Steve WickColette NeronDale and Gloria NielsenLois NordeanLane O’ConnellDonald and Claudia O’ConnorCarol O’DayTheresa O’GaraPat OckenMarilyn OdeanBethany OlmsteadJames and Andrea PalumboKaren and Raymond PappPaul and Linda JohnsonPatricia PearsonRobert PeckRobin PedersenSandra E. PedersonAhna Pelto

2019 Donors

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Gifts Under $250 (continued)James and Alice WaldoChristina and Peter WaletzkoTerry and Teresa TeichSandra Russell WardKatrina WarnerDannette WatkinsAngela WattersRich WeberTimothy and Clara WeitzE. Roger and Jean WellsTina Welsh and Kathy HeltzerKody Ray WestrickJim and Ann WheelerJudy WhiteRobert and Barbara WiemanSusan WilletteWilliam and Kathleen CrokePeter and Wendy WilliamsonSherry WillimsChristine Winkler JohnsonCandice WinklerMarlys WischPeter Wodrich & Deborah FreedmanDarlene WolfePatricia Wolfe-ThorntonKirby and Cathy WoodRosemary WoodGeiger YountKayla Zallar Tom Zelman and Pat HagenKatie Zezulka Dennis and Vicky ZimmermanPaul and Karen Zimmerman

Life House Twin Ports Bloody Mary Battle and Brunch

Businesses & Organizations

• A Touch of Plasch• Abbeycare, Inc.• Altrusa International• Aerostich• Anonymous• Anytime Fitness• Art in the Alley• Asbury United Methodist Church• Barr Engineering Company• Benedictine Sisters of St. Scholastica• Bent Paddle Brewing• Beta lota Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi• Bethany Lutheran Church• Bethlehem Lutheran Church• Blackwoods• Blue Heron Trading Company• Blush• Boat Club Restaurant and Bar• Burggraf’s Ace Hardware• Capri Investments • Cashwise Liquor• Castle Danger Brewery• Cedar Lounge/Earth Rider• Centricity Credit Union• College of St. Scholastica• Crank and Dasher • Cyclists of Gitchee Gumee Shores• Daughters of Penelope• DeCaro Real Estate Investments, LLC• Donald Holm Construction Co.• Dover Women Today• Duluth Air and Aviation• Duluth Area Chamber of Commerce• Duluth Congregational Church• Duluth Experience• Duluth Gospel Tabernacle• Duluth Superior Friends Meeting• Eagle Nest Massage• Elite Massage

• eLogger• Epicurean• Essentia Health• First Lutheran Church• First United Methodist Church• Forbes United Methodist Church• Frost River• Give MN• Glensheen• Grandma’s Saloon and Grill• Great Harvest Bread Company• Great Lakes Aquarium• Gregorich Family Dental• Guthrie Theater• Hanft Fride• Hanlon and Associates Insurance Agency• Harbortown Rotary• Hoops Brewery• Hope Lutheran Church• Hope United Methodist Church• IGO Legacy Hotel Group• Illinois Women of Today• Inter City Oil Co., Inc.• Irving Community Association• Isms• Kwik Trip• Johnson Brothers Liquor Company• Just Take Action• Lake Ave Restaurant & Bar• Lakeside Presbyterian Church• Lake Superior Art Glass• Lizzard’s Gallery and Framing• LOLL Designs• Lucky’s 13• Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd• Maurices• MinnBox• Minnesota Ballet• Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

2019 Donors

• Minnesota Association of Office Educational Professionals

• Minnesota Lynx • Minnesota Power• Minnesota Twins• Minnesota Wild• Mount Royal Market• New Life Covenant Church• New Scenic Cafe• Northland Plastic Surgery• North Shore Bank of Commerce• Northern Orthotic and Prosthetic Center• Northern Waters Smokehaus• Northwest Building Services, LLC• Nylund Electric• OMC Smokehouse• Panera Bread• Park State Bank• Pilgrim Congregational Church• Program for Aid to Victims of Sexual

Assault• Realife Cooperative of Duluth• Republic Bank - Miller Hill Branch• Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory• Ruby’s Pantry/First United Methodist• Saddlerock Pottery• Science Museum of Minnesota• Skihut• Swim Creative• Superior Blooms• Pickwick Restaurant and Pub• Pilgrim Congregational Church• Pizza Luce

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2019 DonorsBusinesses & Organizations

• Sir Benedict’s• Spirit Room• Split Rock Genomics LLC• St. Josephs Ladies Guild• St. Luke’s Hospital and Clinics• St. Paul’s Episcopal Church• St. Peter’s Esther Circle• Temple Israel• Titanium Partners• TLC Care Services • Trinity Lutheran Church - Cook, MN• Trinity Lutheran Church ECLA• Unitarian Universalist Congregation• United Baptist Christian Church• University of Minnesota-Duluth Athletics• Ursa Minor Brewing• US Bank• US Women of Today• Va Bene• Valley Fair• Vikre Distillery• W.A. Frost• Wells Fargo Bank• Western Lake Superior Trolling Association• Whole Foods Co-op• Wild State Cider• Wilderness Wellness Chiropractic LLC• Wipfli• Women of Today• Young Septic Services• Zenith Bookstore• Zeitgeist

2019 Highlights

In October with the support of Minnesota State Arts Board, Life House unveiled our new 30’ x 30’ mural

on the western side of our main building.

Guided by local visual artist Adam Swanson, in partnership with our youth, the mural was painted panel by panel inside our Drop-in Center. Adam’s

skills as an artist coupled with his ability to connect and teach youth during this project were invaluable. The Phoenix Rising was selected by our youth as a

representation of their strength and resiliency.

With the assistance of Joe Olivieri of Wherehouse Productions, a brief documentary of this project

can be found on YouTube, which is titled:Life House’s New Mural

Annex open concept workshop area

Life House was the recipient of the Maurices Grand Give volunteer event. During the project about 30 volunteers spent the day creating a micro version of a Maurices boutique, which we affectionately

named Maurices Market.

The beautiful market is located in the heart of our Youth Center, and provides brand new seasonal

clothing items and jewelry. These items are free of charge to our youth and young adults because of

the generous contributions of Maurices.

2019

With the assistance of the Duluth Chamber of Commerce, we held an extremely well attended ribbon cutting ceremony, unveiling our new building to the public.

About 75 youth come together to celebrate Prom, and the theme for the year was Mardi Gras.

Life House Mental Health and Wellness Wall

Life House staff are ready for the Annual Holiday Party. With generous supporters, we

have been able to distribute gifts to more than 100 youth and young families.

The Legitimate Hustle Program sold candles throughout many community events, which

included Duluth Sidewalk Days.