On Saturday, May 8th, we celebrated the 13-year anniversary of the first day students attended class at Daylight School! What was once just open land has become a bustling hive of activity, laughter, learning, hard work and love. We held our U.S. Board Summit that day and celebrated all that has been accomplished by Daylight…
We asked and you delivered! Our annual March Food & Fund Drive was a wonderful success, bringing together hundreds of community members in the fight against food insecurity. Collectively, VEAP received a total of 148,252 pounds of food, nearly twice our original goal of 75,000 pounds! We also raised $322,591, fifty percent more than we…
Spiritual Life – A Reflection on what I learned through the My Grandmother’s Hands book group “What does God require of you but to do justice, love mercy and walk humbly with your God.” Micah 6:8. Over the last few years, EMC has offered opportunities to learn more about the racial justice discussion going on…
Jambo, Daylight Partners! – Good Luck and Farewell 8th Graders! On Monday, March 22nd, our 8th grade students will be taking their National Exams. These yearly exams, taken by all 8th grade students, were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The exams are usually given in the fall. The staff held a party…
VEAP Food and Fund Drive – March 1 – April 11 VEAP is having a Food and Fund Drive in conjunction with the annual Minnesota FoodShare Campaign. Their goal this year is to raise $175,000 and 75,000 lbs of food. That’s quite a lot but there is a big need! In 2020 VEAP distributed 4,663,551…
All are welcome to join a free Zoom viewing and facilitated discussion of the Twin Cities Public Television original documentary Jim Crow of the North. The film shows how racial covenants, redlining, and other forms of systematic racism in the Twin Cities created disparities in housing opportunities for white and Black people that persist and…
Jambo! Daylight Partners! A New Beginning! It is a new school year at Daylight and there are happy voices and the campus is once again a flurry of activity! We look forward to sharing more stories and highlights of our students. To the right, some of our younger students were doing some painting recently. They…
Each month, Edina Morningside Church partners with a different community ministry to raise awareness and funds. We call it our “Second Offering”, and in February we are supporting Simpson Housing Services in Minneapolis. Originally a ministry of Simpson United Methodist Church, this shelter-and-more for people who are experiencing homelessness now serves thousands every year. Its…
This week we received a thank-you note from Daylight Center, one of our ministry partners, which runs a school-and-more for tribal children in rural northwestern Kenya. Rev. Eliot Howard, a member of Daylight’s U.S. Board of Directors, writes in part: This month all students are starting the new school year. This would not have happened…
This past year has been a challenging year to all of us in many different ways and Daylight School is no exception. Classes have been delayed and staff has worked diligently to update the health and safety precautions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We’ve added many hand washing stations, health monitoring and sanitizing procedures. And…