This is a ministry of support, information, and referral regarding alcoholism, chemical dependency, and related family issues. It is located in the Christopher House.

Vintage, recycled items, useable everyday items for sale. 

PO Box 724 Nisswa, MN 56468

We manage two 30 unit apartment building’s.

Norway Brook Apartments and Heartland Apartments.

Preferences noted: Senior and/or Disabled
We also manage 10 low income 3-4 bedroom family homes located in town.

The Pine River Housing and Redevelopment Authority of Pine River, Minnesota was formed by the city of Pine River in 1968 to pursue the goal of adding housing in our community for low income and elderly residents.

As a result of nearly five years of effort on the part of a five-member board of directors (one of whom is still serving), ten ranch style family homes and a 30 unit apartment building, Norway Brook Apartments, were built in late 1973. Five years later, another 30 unit senior apartment buidling, Heartland Apartments, was built in late 1978.

The HRA manages these 70 units and also works to facilitate further housing development in the community by partnering with independent developers to build more rental housing for lower income level tenants. To date, a 12 unit townhouse project, Pine River Square (1997), Built and managed by CEPCO, of Hopkins, MN has been accomplished through using the Tax Credit Financing Program through Minnesota Housing Finance Agency. The HRA partnered again with CEPCO, to build another 12 units of townhouses, Kinler Square Townhouses, to be opperated as affordabe housing rentals.

Northern Pines is a comprehensive community mental health center that was established in 1964, with a six-county service area in Central Minnesota that includes Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Morrison, Todd, and Wadena counties. We have offices in Brainerd, Little Falls, Long Prairie, Staples, Wadena, Aitkin and Pine River.

​We provide a full range of mental health services to all ages, including mobile crisis outreach services, Adult Community Based Services, Assertive Community Treatment services for adults and youth, Children & Family Services, school-based services, mental health and wellness education and promotion, medication management, outpatient therapy, psychiatry, peer specialist services, chemical health services, some housing assistance, drop-in centers located in Brainerd and Staples and more.

As an essential community provider, Northern Pines provides reduced or no-fee services, based on its sliding fee scale. A Minnesota nonprofit corporation, Northern Pines is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors, representing the communities it serves.

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Transportation for the City of Pine River is provided by Crow Wing County Transit Service. Pine River Public Transit remains a dial-a-ride service, traveling up to 3 miles outside the city limits for all your transportation needs.

1) In Town fare = $1.00 one way / $2.00 rd. trip

2) OCL (outside city limits) fare up to 3 miles = $2.00 one way / $4.00 rd. trip

3) Drop additional stops – becomes ‘In Town’ fare @ $1.00

At Happy Dancing Turtle, S.O.I.L.s is what we do. It means the practice and promotion of Sustainability; Outreach to our Minnesota community; the Innovation to develop meaningful programs and spur local entrepreneurship; Learning/Sharing by offering workshops, conferences, and classes; and providing Leadership and fostering champions in our communities.

Eco-Camp:  Teaches sustainability, environmental responsibility, and health eating habits through games, field trips, and other activities.  Four age groups: (1-2, 3-4, 5-6).  Four sessions during the summer, call for times.

Back to Basics:  A daylong event with a focus on environmental stewardship, eating healthy, living sustainably and fun.  Usually the last week in January, visit website for details.

Garden Tours:  Demonstration site of resilient living, organic gardening, health eating and lots of fun.  Please call to set up a tour.

As hundreds of people gather in churches or other locations, they have one thing in common.  They are gathering to get food at a Ruby’s Pop-Up Pantry.

Ruby’s Pantry is for ANYONE that eats!  There is no income or residency requirement and Ruby’s Pantry is for anyone looking to extend their monthly grocery budget.  Each guest donates a $25 donation and receives an abundance of grocery items. Ruby’s Pantry is not government funded and is a 501 C3.  Each donation is used to cover operational costs like trucking, gas, and warehouse staff. All of the food is donated by corporate food donors making it possible to reach more families each month at locations across Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Design Consign was created to make downsizing easy. Along with subsidiary company S. Thomas & Associates Estate Sales, we handle large scale estates to individual consignments.

Kinship Partners is a nonprofit youth mentoring organization serving families within Crow Wing county, southern Cass county and Staples/Motley area of Minnesota by providing positive role models to youth in our communities. We partner with local businesses and school districts to provide an impactful smaller-scale mentoring option through our school-based Lunch Buddies program, and we rely on committed individuals, couples and families to be our volunteer mentors for our more robust community-based mentoring program, the foundation of Kinship Partners. Regardless of which program our volunteers and kids participate in, they experience the power of strong, caring relationships.

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