Open+Your+Heart+to+the+Hungry+and+the+Homeless

=Open your heart to the hungry and the homeless=

what is the organization's mission statement?
Founded in 1986, Open Your Heart to the Hungry and Homeless seeks to help hungry and homeless Minnesotans through grants to food and shelter providers and to raise awareness of the needs of people who are hungry and homeless. As a mission-driven organization, OYH assists the community in three primary areas: we help alleviate hunger by providing financial assistance statewide to local food shelves, food banks and on-site feeding programs; we help ease the burdens of homelessness throughout Minnesota by funding homeless shelters and transitional and permanent supportive housing programs; and we meet the frequently over-looked needs of homeless school children by giving education grants to homeless shelters and housing programs that serve them. It is hard for them to pay for the kids education but we can help them by donating so it is easier.

**Why should we care about supporting this organization?**
Open your heart to the hungry and the homeless were established because the founder didn’t like how many people couldn’t afford the taxes for a home so they would raise money for homeless shelters and feed them. He also thought about the children and helped them by giving them education and letting them go to a school.

**Where can you get involved?**
Open tour heart to the hungry and the homeless was established in Minnesotans took action, and donated and gave where the need is greatest. They are going to expand to other cities and shelter more homeless people. As it is also hard to pay for the kids education, they wish for more people to donate to their charity.

**Who created this organization?**
Open Your Heart to the Hungry and Homeless was founded in 1986 by employees of the Minnesota Department of Jobs and Training. The impetus for creating Open Your Heart was a statewide drive by the department to raise money and food for Minnesota’s food shelves in November 1985.

**When are upcoming events for this organization?**
Open your heart to the hungry and the homeless was created in 1986 and is now celebrating its 25th anniversary and the hope this will keep on going. They have a walk the day it was made which was in November.

**How is the organization making a difference?**
They are making a difference by sheltering the homeless, feeding the hungry, and letting homeless kids go to school by paying for their education. By raising money for them we can help them by placing more homeless shelters over the state and also so they can pay for more kid’s education.