COURAGE:
Cultivating
Opportunities to
Uniquely
Rally
Adolescents to
Give and
Engage
The title may be cheesy – we let our mom make it up – but the premise is good!
Kids need creative ways to volunteer!
We are three brothers, who with the help of our parents, are forming a non-profit organization that organizes volunteering and career exploration opportunities for kid in our community.
Although we hope to be one in the future, we are not yet a 501(c)3 organization. That will take some time, education and money – a good learning experience for us! Rest assured, 501(c)3 status or not, we promise that all donated money or goods will go to the specified charities!
Our Beliefs
Volunteering helps others while helping ourselves too.
Volunteering can help counteract stress, anger, anxiety, and give you a sense of purpose. It’s fairly easy to get behind volunteering when it is easy and things are going good in our life. It is harder to think to give to others when we have losses/changes in our own lives. This has become very evident during the pandemic. We kids struggle with having the privilege of going to school, seeing our friends/family, and being involved in extracurricular activities being halted.
During these times, it takes more effort for kids to look outward, instead of inward – it takes COURAGE to volunteer!
We ask you to join us in our mission to promote volunteering, especially amongst kids. Join the 3 Harris Brother’s COURAGE Club!
“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”
AESOP
“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, What are you doing for others?”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Lots of Options for Getting Involved!
Volunteer
We believe there are still unique and meaningful ways for all of us to give back and engage with the world, even during times of separation. We are focusing most of our efforts on finding unique opportunities in our community for volunteerism, especially stuff pertinent to kids. If you see a project listed and want to participate, do it! You can volunteer for as little or as many projects as you want. Everything makes a difference!
Please see our projects below or on our volunteer projects tab.
Donate
Your monetary gifts will be directed to the volunteer projects. You can make a difference today by signing up & donating here or contact us if you’d like to donate with a check.
Advise
You can get involved today by becoming a career adviser. We are working to build a local directory for adolescent career exploration, since in-person career shadowing experiences have been temporarily halted. Sign up and join this career adviser group that is willing to talk/email with kids who are interested in exploring a variety of vocations.
Become a volunteer career advisor by submitting this form to have your information added to our career database available to kids.
CURRENT VOLUNTEER Projects
Winter 2023 …. 3HB TEEN ESSENTIALS DRIVE
December 2023
Please join our 3HB “Pits & Chicklets Drive”. (pits & chicklets = armpits and teeth)
We are collecting basic hygiene essentials to put together free packs for teens experiencing basic needs insecurity. We will be donating these teen essentials packs to the Mahtomedi Area Education Foundation Care Closets (www.maefgives.org) that can be easily accessed within the schools as well as to Solid Ground family services to distribute to teens within their programs (www.solidgroundmn.org).
Drop Site:
- 8949 68th ST N, Grant
- Or to arrange a pickup, please contact us!
3HB Birthday Backpack Program
This Is Our Year Round Program &
We are Always Taking Donations!
Every kid loves to celebrate their special day!!
We don’t want food or financial insecurity to get in the way of celebrating kids’ birthdays. So, we have paired with our local school system’s social work department and their weekend food backpack program to add a 3HB Birthday Backpack in for each child the week of their birthday to help celebrate.
Each backpack contains a cake pan, cake mix, frosting, candles and a small gift!
This is a year round program – even through summer – so please consider volunteering your time to collect and donate backpack items:
- Cake Mix
- Frosting
- Sprinkles
- Candles
- Age appropriate small birthday gifts
- Elementary, Middle & High School age
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Please consider financial donations to support our 3HB Backpack program! All funds are 100% used to purchase necessary items.
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Have a kid-oriented volunteer idea that you think we should consider? Email us & let us know!
COMPLETED YOUTH VOLUNTEER Projects
Fall 2023: NICU Babies With Books Read-a-Thon Book Drive
Thank you to everyone who donated books to our book drive this fall and helped us support Regions NICU Read-a-thon in collaboration with Babies With Books, a national teen-led non-profit, that encourages reading aloud with babies who are hospitalized in the NICU to support baby brain development. Each family received a free 3HB book to keep. We also provided a gift bag to the winner of our local read-a-thon raffle. “3HB itty-bitty library” is on site and includes books written in the most common languages of the patients, including English, Spanish, Mandarin, Somali and Hmong. This year, Regions NICU placed 17th in the nation for reading sessions to hospitalized babies!
Winter 2022: 3HB Tweens & Teens Holiday Gift Drive
Thank you to everyone who donated gifts to our Holiday gift drive. All gifts were distributed by 3HB to local charities in the St. Paul metro area. We were able to support tween/teen gift needs for the annual holiday gift drives at the Foster Shoppe, Solid Ground, and the Willernie Good Neighbor Club — all benefiting local families and children in need of support. With donors help, we collected over 100 gifts to give to kids in our community to brighten their holiday time!
Fall 2022: NICU Babies With Books Read-a-Thon Book Drive
Thank you to everyone who donated books to our book drive this fall and helped us support Regions NICU Read-a-thon in collaboration with Babies With Books. Each family received a free 3HB book to keep. We also provided a gift bag of books to the winner of our local read-a-thon raffle. New this year, we ensured books available in the “3HB itty-bitty library” include books written in the most common languages of the patients, including English, Spanish, Mandarin, Somali and Hmong.
Spring 2022: UNITED HEROES LEAGUE SPORTS GEAR DRIVE
Thank you to everyone who participated and donated sports gear! This year we focused primarily on baseball gear and collected it at the high school baseball games. We delivered over 80 pieces of youth baseball bats, gloves, helmets and catchers gear that will be sent free of charge to military kids all over the United States.
Winter 2021: Make-A-Wish MINNESOTA TOY DRIVE
Thank you to everyone who donated toys and gifts to our Make-A-Wish Minnesota holiday toy drive. These toys and gifts will be sent throughout the year to kids waiting for their life-changing wish to be granted. These toys and gifts are sent to kids to remind them they are thought of, to provide strength, and to provide hope! Thank you for making our toy drive a huge success!
Fall 2021: REGIONS HOSPITAL NICU BABIES WITH BOOKS READ-A-THON BOOK DRIVE
Thank you to everyone who donated books to our book drive and helped us support Regions NICU Read-a-thon in collaboration with Babies With Books, a national teen-led non-profit, that encourages reading aloud with babies who are hospitalized in the NICU to support baby brain development, family bonding and decrease the stress of NICU hospitalization. Each family received a free book to keep and our books established a permanent “itty-bitty library” within the NICU for families to read to their hospitalized babies any time! During the read-a-thon, we provided a gift bag of books to the winner of our local read-a-thon raffle.
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Spring 2021: UNITED HEROES LEAGUE YOUTH SPORTS GEAR DRIVE
Thank you to everyone who participated and donated sports gear! We delivered over 100 pieces of youth sports gear for golf, lacrosse, football, hockey, soccer, basketball and baseball that will be sent free of charge to military kids all over the United States.
Winter 2020: HOPE 4 YOUTH MN – OUT OF THE COLD
Thank you to everyone who donated to support our team in raising funds for homeless teens in Minnesota to get out of the cold this winter! The $1046 the 3Harris Brothers Courage Club team raised will stock the refrigerator at the youth homeless shelter for almost a month!
Winter 2020: Willernie Good Neighbor Christmas Project
Thank you to everyone who donated Christmas gifts to local children! We were able to support multiple families and each child received 3-4 gifts to brighten their Christmas morning. Thank you!
Fall 2020: Made > 100 “Ear Savers” for the staff at Mahtomedi Schools
We made and donated over 100 ear savers to the teachers and building staff at Mahtomedi High School to help prevent ear chaffing while wearing their masks all day. Thank you, teachers and staff, for your ongoing dedication to our education!
Have a kid-oriented volunteer idea that you think we should consider adding to the list? Email us & let us know!
Join the COURAGE Club!
With the aim of helping as many people as possible find unique opportunities to give back and engage within our community, we are always looking for enthusiastic volunteers.
Please email us with any questions, ideas or to obtain more information. Have a kid-oriented volunteer idea that you think we should consider? Email us and let us know!
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