Beyond the Yellow Ribbon- Central MN

03/17/2026

03/09/2026

02/19/2026

Military Spouses: You’re Invited!

Join us for a Special Delivery® Baby Shower!

Come celebrate your growing family with other military spouses! Enjoy fun games, great prizes, light refreshments, and leave with some new baby essentials to help welcome your little one. Provided by USO, Central MN Warrior to Citizen BTYR and Red Cross.

Open to 50 expecting moms and 1 guest.

When: May 7, 2026
Where: St. Cloud
Link: https://register.uso.org/4111BMB7/5a3IQK1QjCD

This is a special opportunity to relax, connect, and be celebrated. We can’t wait to see you there!

Open to expecting currently serving military spouses or new parents (6-9 months postpartum or less).

10/25/2025

Please read and forward from our Beyond The Yellow Ribbon - Central MN Warrior to Citizen, in the St. Cloud area, assisting Units at the St. Cloud Armory, Army Aviation Support Facility (AASF #2), and St. Joseph Army Reserve.

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10/25/2025

SEEKING COMMUNITY HELP for our Service members and their families who are not getting paid during the shutdown. If you are interested in donating to help with specific bills (requests that we are receiving), we have started to put donations into a line-item w/n our 501c3 budget. This will help us provide assistance immediately and keep track for reporting purposes.

With the help of Stand Down and others for food, and a company is looking at donating gas cards (TBD Monday), we want to be able to assist with any immediate bills during the time when several Service members are not currently getting paid, and others that have been getting paid, will no longer be at the end of the month if the shutdown continues.

If you are interested in assisting, you can:

Mailing donations to W2C:
113, 2nd Street South, P.O. Box 113, Sartell 56377

or

Email: [email protected] to arrange for picking up the donation

Thank you for thinking about this emergency request.

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10/13/2025

We invite you to take a few minutes to complete a brief survey being conducted by Wilder Research in partnership with the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs (MDVA). Your input will help shape the future of su***de prevention efforts across Minnesota. This survey is focused on the experiences and perspectives of Service Members, Veterans, and their Families (SMVF). Your voice is essential in helping us understand what’s working and what needs to improve to better support our community.

This survey is part of a statewide assessment to better understand what’s working and what can be improved, when it comes to supporting the mental health and well-being of our Service Members, Veterans, and their Families.

Survey Link: https://wilder.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dj3m3EjaYEZ0hTw

Please consider sharing this email with your networks. The more voices we hear, the stronger and more responsive our programs can become.

Your responses are confidential and will directly inform recommendations to the Minnesota Legislature and MDVA. The survey takes just a few minutes, and your voice can make a real difference.

Thank you for your service and for helping us build a stronger, more responsive support system for all who have served and their families.

Rachel Johnson, MBA
Veterans Community Health Director | Healthcare Division
C: 952-262-1593
E: [email protected]

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10/06/2025

If you are interested in being a Peer Leader for 6 weeks for the Walk With Ease program for Service members, Veterans and their families, and those that support them, please get in touch ASAP (see info attached to this post)

Or, if you are interested in being in a 6-week walking group (not just walking but sharing hobbies, creating a fun nutritious recipe, etc, etc), please see the second info piece attached.

08/29/2025

Please help promote these FREE webinars for Healthy Aging Month!

Healthy Aging Month Offers Resources & Webinars

September is Healthy Aging Month,a time to celebrate the positive aspects of aging and explore ways to enhance the wellbeing of older individuals. Healthy aging encompasses maintaining and improving physical, mental, spiritual, financial, and social health.

The University of Minnesota Extension Department of Family, Health, and Wellbeing invites anyone who is aging and those who support people who are aging to learn more about Healthy Aging Month, resources available, and to participate in one or more of the sixteen free webinars covering topics such as health care directives, transferring non-titled property, medicine cabinet safety, healthy eating, the future of rural housing supply, clean energy as we age, reframing from ageism to age-friendly, intergenerational transfer of wealth, and mental health. .

Visit the UMN Extension Healthy Aging web page https://lnkd.in/gzVDD4ax to access resources and to register for the free webinars.

For more information, contact a member of the UMN Extension Department of Family, Health, and Wellbeing Later Life Issues team:
Sam Roth - [email protected]
Anita Harris Hering - [email protected]
Sara Croymans - [email protected]

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08/01/2025

Please note the date change.