Adopt-A-Family for the Holidays MN

06/12/2025

💛 URGENT UPDATE: Family 🅰️ Still Needs Our Help

Dear Friends and Supporters,

First, I want to extend my deepest thanks to everyone who has so graciously stepped forward over the past week. Your generosity and compassion continue to create real change for these families.

✨ Update on Family B:
Thanks to your incredible kindness, Family B has had most of their immediate needs met. A few hygiene items are still being gathered and will be delivered this weekend, but overall, mom is feeling relief and stability thanks to your help. She sends her love and heartfelt gratitude to each of you who lifted her up during such a difficult time. 🫶🏼

✨ Continued Need for Family A:
Our focus now returns to Family A, where help is still very much needed.

This courageous mother — a domestic violence survivor with 4 young children — is still about $900 short of securing stable housing for her family. She has exhausted all local assistance programs, contacted churches, and explored every possible resource, but because of eligibility restrictions, she is unable to receive any additional emergency aid.

The apartment she is working to secure is a safe, stable space that would allow her to continue moving forward independently while working full-time. She has fought tirelessly for her children while managing hospital visits for her medically fragile child, navigating legal matters, and keeping her family afloat — all without complaint.

👉 We are hoping to raise the remaining $900 to help secure this apartment and give this brave family a fresh start.

If you feel led to help, even the smallest contribution will make a tremendous difference and get her that much closer to stability and safety.

Please reference: "Family A" in your donation.

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🎄 As always, we continue preparing for our 2025 Christmas Program, and applications will open in August. Details are in the original post for those looking ahead.

Your continued support means the world — not only to me as director, but to the families who feel seen, loved, and empowered because of this community.

With gratitude and love,
Bethany Nelson-Lieser
Director, Adopt-a-Family for the Holidays MN
612-384-6318

Venmo: -MN

📸 QR code available below in comments

06/12/2025

Updated, Thursday 6/12/25

Dear Friends, Supporters, and Community Members,

Some of you received this message via email. We thank you for your continued support of the program and continued support of families who are working so hard to better their lives and legacies. Updates are below.

We hope this message finds you well and enjoying the sunshine and longer days. While it may still be summer, we’re already preparing for Christmas 2025—and we have some important updates and two urgent family needs to share with you today.

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❤️ Immediate Help Needed: Two Urgent Family Cases

Please don’t scroll past this part—your kindness could directly impact the lives of two local single mothers facing heartbreaking and courageous transitions.

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🅰️ Family A – Single Mom of 4, Domestic Violence Survivor

This resilient mom of 4 children under the age of 10 made the brave decision to leave a long-term abusive relationship just weeks ago. She’s currently living in a one-bedroom apartment belonging to a friend, working full-time, and trying to secure stable housing.

Despite her efforts, she’s still $600 short of the deposit and first and last months rent, that are needed to move into a safe 2-bedroom apartment for her family. The total amount needed by her landlord was $3800. Shes done everything in her power to come up with the funds, but is still a little over $600 short.

To heighten the awareness of the severity of the situation, I'll share with you that one of her children remains hospitalized with a rare gastric condition requiring a feeding tube (similar to “frozen stomach,” often linked to gastroparesis). Mom is juggling work, hospital visits, and legal matters without breaking stride, and she’s determined to protect her children and prove her ability to care for them independently.

She’s already accessing resources for furniture and household items but needs our help to bridge the financial gap for housing.

👉 To help, please reference: “Family A” in your donation.

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Family B is STABLE for now ❣️❣️ Mom sends her deepest appreciation to everyone who has helped. 🫶🏼 Any further help would go towards continued cost of diapers, formula and babysitting costs.

🅱️ Family B – Young Mother Healing from Assault

A second mother recently reached out in urgent need. She is the proud mom of an infant son and a 5-year-old daughter, recovering from a violent assault that left her with a broken jaw requiring surgery. Her jaw is wired shut for healing, and she has several medical appointments in the weeks ahead.

She works full-time for $17/hour and has done everything right—applying for emergency food assistance and maintaining her lease—but she’s now in crisis due to lost wages, babysitting costs (her abuser was previously the primary caregiver), and the sudden loss of her phone and utilities.

She needs:

Financial support to help cover babysitting costs

Funds for a pay-as-you-go cell phone ***phone HAS been purchased and minutes added.

Help paying utility bills now in her name **has been referred to an agency who is going to look at her request

Basic supplies: diapers, kids' hygiene items, household staples

👉 To help, please reference: “Family B” in your donation.

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🎄 Looking Ahead: Christmas 2025 Updates

As we begin gearing up for our holiday efforts, we want to be transparent and thoughtful in adapting to the current economic challenges.

This year, we’re asking sponsors to consider:

Gifts under $50 per child

For larger families, gifts in the $30–$40 range per child can make adoption more likely

Gift cards toward bigger needs (like winter coats, beds, shoes) are welcome too — this gives families flexibility while still respecting sponsors' budgets.

We’re incredibly proud of the success of our program year after year, and we remain deeply committed to fairness, sustainability, and honoring our sponsors and the brave families who apply.

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📝 Family Applications Open in August

If you or someone you know would benefit from our Christmas program, applications will be accepted starting in August 2025. More details to follow soon.

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Thank you for being a part of this mission. Whether you’ve sponsored a family, shared a post, or simply held space for a struggling parent—you’re part of a beautiful community, and we’re so grateful for you.

With love and gratitude,

Bethany Nelson-Lieser

Director, Adopt-a-Family for the Holidays MN
612-384-6318

Venmo Donations Welcome!
Adopt-a-Family For The Holidays MN
-MN

📸 You can also scan the QR code below in the comments to donate directly:

06/12/2025

There is a Monticello family in desperate need of a bed.
Full size or larger.
I can connect you directly to the family. They are not a client family and you are able to talk with them and they are able to pick up the bed in person. ❣️

06/12/2025

Hi Friends! For those of you who are hoping to support a family directly versus a HIPAA privacy law protected family, I have a young single working mom with three boys who need supplies for day care and summer programming.

This is a mom who lives in Monticello and could have a Target pickup done in her name from the Monticello Target. Or you could send her an e-target gift card directly. I can connect you to talk with this person directly.

She's not a client, so we aren't accepting donations on her behalf directly - but I'm happy to connect you privately! ❣️

06/10/2025

Dear Friends, Supporters, and Community Members,

Some of you received this message via email last night. We thank you for your continued support of the program and continued support of families who are working so hard to better their lives and legacies.

We hope this message finds you well and enjoying the sunshine and longer days. While it may still be summer, we’re already preparing for Christmas 2025—and we have some important updates and two urgent family needs to share with you today.

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❤️ Immediate Help Needed: Two Urgent Family Cases

Please don’t scroll past this part—your kindness could directly impact the lives of two local single mothers facing heartbreaking and courageous transitions.

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🅰️ Family A – Single Mom of 4, Domestic Violence Survivor

This resilient mom of 4 children under the age of 10 made the brave decision to leave a long-term abusive relationship just weeks ago. She’s currently living in a one-bedroom apartment belonging to a friend, working full-time, and trying to secure stable housing.

Despite her efforts, she’s still $1412 short of the deposit and first and last months rent, that are needed to move into a safe 2-bedroom apartment for her family. The total amount needed by her landlord was $3800. Shes fine everything in her power to come up with the funds, but is still $1412 short.

To heighten the awareness of the severity of the situation, I'll share with you that one of her children remains hospitalized with a rare gastric condition requiring a feeding tube (similar to “frozen stomach,” often linked to gastroparesis). Mom is juggling work, hospital visits, and legal matters without breaking stride, and she’s determined to protect her children and prove her ability to care for them independently.

She’s already accessing resources for furniture and household items but needs our help to bridge the financial gap for housing.

👉 To help, please reference: “Family A” in your donation.

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🅱️ Family B – Young Mother Healing from Assault

A second mother recently reached out in urgent need. She is the proud mom of an infant son and a 5-year-old daughter, recovering from a violent assault that left her with a broken jaw requiring surgery. Her jaw is wired shut for healing, and she has several medical appointments in the weeks ahead.

She works full-time for $17/hour and has done everything right—applying for emergency food assistance and maintaining her lease—but she’s now in crisis due to lost wages, babysitting costs (her abuser was previously the primary caregiver), and the sudden loss of her phone and utilities.

She needs:

Financial support to cover babysitting costs

Funds for a pay-as-you-go cell phone

Help paying utility bills now in her name

Basic supplies: diapers, kids' hygiene items, household staples

👉 To help, please reference: “Family B” in your donation.

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🎄 Looking Ahead: Christmas 2025 Updates

As we begin gearing up for our holiday efforts, we want to be transparent and thoughtful in adapting to the current economic challenges.

This year, we’re asking sponsors to consider:

Gifts under $50 per child

For larger families, gifts in the $30–$40 range per child can make adoption more likely

Gift cards toward bigger needs (like winter coats, beds, shoes) are welcome too — this gives families flexibility while still respecting sponsors' budgets.

We’re incredibly proud of the success of our program year after year, and we remain deeply committed to fairness, sustainability, and honoring our sponsors and the brave families who apply.

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📝 Family Applications Open in August

If you or someone you know would benefit from our Christmas program, applications will be accepted starting in August 2025. More details to follow soon.

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Thank you for being a part of this mission. Whether you’ve sponsored a family, shared a post, or simply held space for a struggling parent—you’re part of a beautiful community, and we’re so grateful for you.

With love and gratitude,

Bethany Nelson-Lieser

Director, Adopt-a-Family for the Holidays MN
612-384-6318

Venmo Donations Welcome!
Adopt-a-Family For The Holidays MN
-MN

📸 You can also scan the QR code below to donate directly:

04/26/2025

Honoring Gabe, who had the kindest heart. May he Rest in Eternal Peace and Glory. Prayers uplifted for his loved ones. ❣️

Brian and I attended the wake and funeral this past week. Both were beautiful. His Dad and Brother gave beautiful eulogies. 🙏🏼

We pray with Gabe's family for peace of minds and hearts.

01/16/2025

Hi Friends!

We are in need of infant Kendamil Goat Milk formula for a young Mom. It can be mailed DIRECTLY to Brian at Nystrom's outpatient clinic in Big Lake. If you are able to help, both Target and Walmart carry this specific formula.

Nystrom and Associates
Attn. Brian Lieser - Counselor
207 Jefferson Avenue
Big Lake, MN
55309

Thank you for considering!

❣️

Bethany Nelson-Lieser

01/04/2025

Single Mom with Cancer Diagnosis Needs Our Encouragement ❣️

Hello Friends! I want to share a story about a remarkable West Saint Paul woman who has been a pillar of our community. As a single mother, volunteer, coach, and integral part of our holiday assistance program, she has tirelessly devoted herself to helping others.

Now, this incredible woman needs our help. She is facing numerous serious health challenges, as well as personal obstacles - including a broken-down car that runs with problems AND doesn't have heat, the imminent shut-off of her water service, and other pressing financial obligations. These issues have arisen during an already difficult time, making it essential that we come together to support her and her family.

While addressing her health, she's not able to work - this has been stressful. She would like to work, it's just that childcare has also been difficult. She has school age children, but they are too young to be left unattended.

She has two college degrees and was a full time college student until recently. Her young son is going to be starting Prairie Care Services for mental and behavioral health obstacles. Just getting to/from appointments is going to be a challenge.

Despite these obstacles, her dedication to her family and community remains unwavering. Let's show her the same kindness and compassion she has so graciously extended to others over the years.

She wishes to not share her name publicly, but I can **DIRECTLY** connect you to this mom of 4.

If you can offer assistance, please consider reaching out directly to help with:

- Financial support for utility bills and other expenses
- Groceries and household essentials
- Rides to/from appointments
- Shared Resources
- Encouraging messages and words of hope

Her credit is shot because she left the father of her children and whatever they had at the time when she fled, was used on hotels, necessities, etc.

Shes applying for county assistance but that takes time. She was denied for social security benefits, as most are the first time they apply.

Your generosity will make a significant impact on her life and the lives of her children. Let's come together for her during these challenges and give her the love she's shown her community over the years. ❣️

Remember, this is a mother that you were able to talk with directly and meet with in person.

Thank you for considering.

Continually Upwards,

Bethany Nelson-Lieser ❣️

12/29/2024

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12/28/2024

🫶🏼❣️

A Twin Cities man has recreated some of the iconic Dayton's and Macy's Christmas displays on his front porch in St. Paul and is inviting the public to take a stroll down memory lane.

12/28/2024

Hello Friends!
If you would like a receipt for your donations, sponsorships, etc. please PM me your addresses and email information, as well as the amounts I should write the receipt for. ❣️