Threshold To New Life

Threshold To New Life is sponsored by Threshold To New Life. Threshold to New Life provides grants to individuals and families who need help making ends meet with their housing, specifically assisting with a portion of sober living expenses in Minnesota.

Threshold to New Life - Home Threshold to New Life provides housing grants that support families and build communities in the 7-county Twin Cities area. We understand that life happens and that sometimes you need help bridging financial gaps in your life. We’re here to partner with you and will respond promptly to your application for assistance.

Child’s Medical Condition Puts Family’s Housing at Risk Niesha has two-year-old twins, one of which has a chronic medical condition that requires hospitalization from time to time. This “Maddy” had a steady job but health issues resulted in her inability to keep working. She and her child were Disabled Client Thanks Us “I just wanted to send you my warmest thank you ?

? for helping me out with my transfer fee. $300.

00 will help The work we’re doing is having an immediate impact, protecting families and supporting communities. With Threshold to New Life, I was able to reach my goal! – Threshold to New Life Client You guys helped me keep a roof over my head.

It was very much appreciated. – Threshold to New Life Client My client was able to keep his housing and now has a job to assist him in paying his rent. Threshold has helped me help a number of people we serve here get and keep housing.

Easy process to help to keep my client housing while in crisis. Our Mission Matters…to Everyone The work we’re doing is giving stability to families. It’s bringing consistency to kids and hope to parents.

Whether you’re giving to our cause or asking for our help in a time of need, our work is showing the love of God and keeping families home and together. Your New Life Starts Today.

Having led and grown a leading capital equipment manufacturer with installations in 27 countries serving 17 of the top 20 pharmaceutical firms in the world, Bahr became determined to dedicate more of his time, talent and treasure to helping “the least of these." He has a B. A.

from Augsburg University in Business and has served on the boards of and has actively worked with several charitable organizations throughout his career. As a licensed minister, he volunteers as a chaplain at various homeless shelters along with providing leadership for 2. 4 Ministries of Grace Fellowship , serving a daily breakfast to the homeless.

He is also a published author. His most recent book, Those People , shares stories about his homeless friends. More about Bahr can be found on his website at www.

richardbahr. com . Here can be your custom HTML or Shortcode This will close in 0 seconds SECRETARY/TREASURER & ADVOCATE Carla co-founded Threshold to New Life with her husband, Richard, in 2013.

Carla handles the day-to-day operations for the organization dealing with partner organizations and working directly with clients. She has spent a career in providing administrative support for executives at a number of prominent Twin City companies, which developed her organizational skills as well as the heart of a servant.

Here can be your custom HTML or Shortcode This will close in 0 seconds Sue was born and raised in the community and currently resides in Princeton, Minnesota. She has one daughter who has blessed her with two granddaughters. Sue graduated from St.

Cloud State University with a BS in Social Work and a master’s degree from St. Mary’s University in Human Development and Spirituality, which provided her twenty-two years of case management services working with parenting chemically dependent families new in housing recovery program and families experiencing homeless in Anoka until July of 2024.

Here can be your custom HTML or Shortcode This will close in 0 seconds Danell is a hands-on executive with several decades of senior level experience in the wholesale industry. Born and raised in North Dakota, she has lived in the Twin Cities area for more than 30 years, and she and her husband call the northern suburbs home.

In addition to volunteering with Threshold to New Life, she supports a number of other organizations which reflect her heart for poverty, food and family insecurity, and homelessness: World Vision , Common Hope, and Unseen among them. She loves to cook, eat, and make others feel welcome. She translates this into preparing and serving food at Simpson Shelter , Minneapolis, alongside her friends from Grace Fellowship , Brooklyn Park, MN.

Here can be your custom HTML or Shortcode This will close in 0 seconds A life-long Minnesotan, Denise is married to John and has two wonderful daughters and a son-in-law. She has spent her career as an elementary school teacher in a Title 1 school in a Twin City area school district. Along with volunteering with Threshold to New Life, she has helped with several other homeless ministries.

She sponsors children through World Vision and is currently a coach and mentor to the Girls on the Run organization, which promotes good self-esteem, positive role models, and moral education along with physical activity to girls in grades 3 – 5. Here can be your custom HTML or Shortcode This will close in 0 seconds Also a life-long Minnesotan, John is married to Denise and has two wonderful daughters and a son-in-law.

He has been an Environmental Scientist and has been operating his own business for 22 years. Along with volunteering with Threshold to New Life, John has learned the joys of serving by being a Big Brother since 2012 and is currently a tutor at Sharing and Caring Hands . He has worked with at-risk teens at Maple Grove High School in the STRIVE program.

He has also coached youth gymnastics and soccer for many years. Here can be your custom HTML or Shortcode This will close in 0 seconds Nancy was born and raised in Wisconsin and has lived in the Twin Cities for over 35 years. She lives in the Northwest suburbs of Minneapolis with her husband, Rob.

She has a B. S. Degree in Finance from University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and has spent the past 30 years of her career in business systems support and project management within the Financial Services Industry, where she recently retired.

In addition to her role on the Board of Directors of Threshold to New Life, Nancy teaches financial literacy classes for several non-profit organizations, ran the church bookstore for 4 years at Grace Fellowship Church, and is a Compassion International and Campus Outreach sponsor.

Here can be your custom HTML or Shortcode This will close in 0 seconds Rob was born and raised in the Minneapolis area and currently lives in the Northwest suburbs of Minneapolis with his wife, Nancy. He has a B. S.

Degree in Finance from Saint Cloud State University and has spent the last 30 years of his career in corporate financial management and planning. In addition to his role on the Board of Directors of Threshold to New Life, Rob is involved in several other non-profit organizations.

He teaches financial literacy classes for several organizations, serves on the speakers’ bureau of Feed My Starving Children, and is a Compassion International and Campus Outreach sponsor. He is also involved in his church, Grace Fellowship in Brooklyn Park, where he serves as a church elder, men’s group leader, and small group leader.

Here can be your custom HTML or Shortcode This will close in 0 seconds Sherri was born and raised in WI before moving to MN thirty plus years ago. She met her husband Dave on a blind date and they have 2 adopted children. Now both retired since 2018, she and Dave enjoy their respective and joint hobbies, spending time at their cabin, doing road trips and visiting with their children.

After working in the corporate world supporting the divisional VP for many years, Sherri was looking for something that helped people, not a corporate bottom line. She has been a volunteer advocate with Threshold to New Life since 2019.

She is also a Drop Off Site co-leader with her husband at Grace Fellowship Church for Operation Christmas Child , collecting shoebox gifts from the surrounding community for children around the world, spreading the good news of Jesus to the children and their families and friends. She has also sponsored several children over the years thru Compassion International .

Here can be your custom HTML or Shortcode This will close in 0 seconds David was born and raised in northern Minnesota and has lived in the Twin Cities for over 35 years. He is married to Sherri and has two adopted children, a son and daughter. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Bemidji State University and had a variety of roles in the technology industry over the past 30 years.

After retiring in 2018, he now spends free time volunteering for various organizations and activities. He is a Drop off lead for Operation Christmas Child , providing leadership for shoebox collections at his Grace Fellowship site. In addition, he leads a small group at Grace Fellowship, as well as providing various staff support functions.

During the summer months, he spends as much time as possible at his cabin in northern Minnesota. Here can be your custom HTML or Shortcode This will close in 0 seconds Please note: Threshold to New Life will be closed from September 11th to October 11th for our annual break. We will be open again on Monday, October 12th.

We will not be responding to applications, “contact us” forms or new inquiries after September 10th until we return. Our office hours are Monday thru Thursday, 8:30 am to 3:30 pm This will close in 0 seconds