Men's Winter Refuge

12/07/2023

Thank you so much to Kyara Brown and the KX crew for featuring our men's homeless shelter on KX Gives Back!! 🙏❤

The shelter is mainly for overnight stays and the necessities. During the daytime, they help the residents find jobs and have transportation to get them there.

12/05/2023

Thank you Hess for your continued support of our men's homeless shelter!!

Hess’ North Dakota Veterans Employee Resource Group (ERG) organized a winter gear and clothing drive for Minot’s Project BEE and Men's Winter Refuge to help underserved men, women and children. Thank you to our employees for their commitment to making a lasting, positive impact in the communities where we operate.

Learn more about our community involvement: https://bit.ly/3RbLBAi

12/02/2023

November was another amazing month for the Men's Winter Refuge meal train!! 🙏❤ Pictured are some of our awesome meal train volunteers this past month. Btw .... for those who didn't get t-shirts this time around, we have more on order! 😀 To learn more about how to donate a meal for our men's homeless shelter, just click here to set up your free account: https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/2ymy7q

11/28/2023

Thank you so much to those who have already given to our Twice Blessed campaign .... we are off to a great start! 🙏🙏 If you are able to give to help us reach our $15,000 match, here is the link to donate online:
nspiritnd.com/pro.../minot-area-mens-winter-refuge/
The QR code below also takes you to the link on your phone. To give by check, you can use the same link and simply scroll to the bottom of our giving page to click on the link for a printable form. Thank you!! 🙏❤😀

11/23/2023

The residents of our men's homeless shelter were blessed on Thursday with an AMAZING Thanksgiving dinner prepared and delivered by Theresa and Shawn Wynecoop of Bowbells and her daughter Chelsi & family of Minot. Thank you SO MUCH to Theresa, Shawn, Chelsi, Martin, Seairra, Elliesia, Noah and Anastazyia for the delicious turkey dinner, awesome side dishes, and even homemade cards for our residents made by the kids. Wow!! 🙏❤😀

11/18/2023

Thank you Minot State Student Social Work Organization for your continued support of our men's homeless shelter! 🙏❤😀

11/17/2023

Another blessed week at our men's homeless shelter saw generous donations come from the local Toyota dealership and Gate City Bank. We are so thankful and humbled for all of the donations that help us continue all of our vital services! Pictured with our executive director Mike Zimmer are Luis Ocasio, who manages the oil change center at Minot Automotive; and employees of Gate City Bank who presented a donation for Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week. Thank you all so much! 🙏❤

11/15/2023

The annual Twice Blessed matching grant campaign sponsored by the Inspiritus Community Health Foundation (formerly St. Joseph’s) is now underway!

The Men’s Winter Refuge has once again been selected to the $15,000 match level for Twice Blessed, which means if we receive a total of $15,000 in donations before Dec. 31, Inspiritus will DOUBLE IT!

If you are able to give to our men’s homeless shelter at this time, here are three easy ways:

To give online, you can either scan the QR code in this post, or click the following link and scroll down to the “Donate Now” button:

https://inspiritnd.com/project/minot-area-mens-winter-refuge/

If you prefer to give by check, you can also go the link above and scroll down to the printable form link. Or you can call or email our executive director Mike Zimmer and he can mail you a donation form or come to you to pick up your check. Mike can be reached at 701-822-2585 or by email at [email protected]

Thank you so much to our generous donors and to Inspiritus for their wonderful support of Minot area non-profit organizations through the Twice Blessed program! 🙏❤

11/11/2023

Today, and every day, we show support for those who have served and continue to serve our country. And a special thanks to Hess employees of Minot, Tioga, and Keene for their donation of clothing and winter gear for our men's homeless shelter as part of the Hess Vets program. Pictured are Hess EHS supervisors Matt Woehl and Scott Plavney, who delivered the donation on Friday. Thank you and Happy Veterans Day! 🙏❤

11/09/2023

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Community support has been behind the success of Minot’s Men’s Winter Refuge, which has provided temporary housing through its shelter or hotel stays for more than 1,500 individuals since its inception in 2013. “People here are amazing,” said Executive Director Mike Zimmer. “Last winter, f...

11/04/2023

The meal train for our men's homeless shelter is off and running for the 2023-24 winter season!! Pictured below are two of our first meal train volunteers of the season, Becky Nelson and Geneal & Carlyle Roth. And this year we have t-shirts! To learn more about the Men's Winter Refuge meal train, simply click here to set up your free account: https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/2ymy7q

11/02/2023

Thank you Ryan Honda for this awesome gesture to our men's homeless shelter!! 🙏😀❤

Winter decided to come early this year and so we are starting to collect donations for the Men's Winter Refuge. Donations will be collected in our showroom through the month of November!

10/30/2023

Thank you so much to those who have already signed up for the Meal train for our men's homeless shelter!! 😀❤🙏 If you are interested or know someone who might be, here is the link to our site .... it's free to sign up and you pick which night(s) you want to bring a meal. https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/2ymy7q

10/18/2023

As we move closer to the Nov. 1 opening date for our winter shelter season, this year's calendar for our Meal Train has been activated, and you can log in to pick your dates at any time. Here is the link if you need it:

https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/2ymy7q

Thank you to everyone who has been part of our Meal Train in the past, and we're always thrilled and thankful to new volunteers. Detailed instructions can be found in the "Updates" section on our Meal Train page .... if you're new, just click the link above and create your free account. Thanks!! 😀❤🙏

Men's homeless shelter in Minot, North Dakota

10/04/2023

Thank you so much to First Western Bank & Trust for your continued support of our men's homeless shelter!! 🙏❤😀 Pictured below are First Western employees Ilene Baker and Ericka Larson, who volunteered to do vacuuming and dusting at our shelter this week and we gear up for the start of our 2023-24 shelter season. They did a wonderful job! 😀

10/02/2023

Thank you Aggie Foundation for supporting our men's homeless shelter!! 😀🙏❤

08/29/2023

Generous donations and volunteer projects made this past week another BLESSED week for the Men's Winter Refuge!! The following are pictured below: Keegan Mason and members of Troop 437, who painted our wheelchair ramp and picnic table for Keegan's Eagle Scout project; Larry Eidsness of the Minot Elks Lodge 1089 presenting $500 from the Elks Gratitude Grant to purchase groceries and supplies for our men's homeless shelter; and Tanya Hennix from the Minot branch of Nexus-PATH Family Healing presenting a wagon full of groceries for our shelter and hotel residents. Thank you all so much for supporting the Men's Winter Refuge! 🙏❤😀

08/23/2023

DID YOU KNOW?? In addition to our shelter services, the Men's Winter Refuge provides free transportation for between 500-800 individuals each year to a local food pantry? Our bus picks up passengers every Wednesday at Milton Young Tower and Henry Tower and transports to and from the Lord's Cupboard. For more information about this service, call us at 701-822-2585 .... and if you see our bus cruising around Minot, give us a wave hello! 😀❤🙏