The Annual Dinner will be in October this year!

We’ve decided to make the Annual Dinner an Autumn event, though it may have been mistakenly listed in some publications with a May date.  All are welcome to this evening of food, friends, and fun on Tuesday, October 7, from 6-10 pm at the Sheraton Bloomington Hotel, Minneapolis South.

Please see this site again for further updates; you can also contact us for more details at 651-224-1329 or deanna@emmanorton.org.

The Fundraising Luncheon will be Tuesday, May 6, 2008, from noon-1 pm at the Science Museum of Minnesota. For more info on this event, please contact Deanna at 651-251-2632 or deanna@emmanorton.org.

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ENS Introduces our new Executive Director, Jodi Pfarr

Emma Norton Services welcomes Jodi Pfarr as our new Executive Director.  Jodi served as the Special Needs Coordinator for the Salvation Army Harbor Lights from 1996-1998, where she managed a shelter for men and women who had either a mental or physical condition which made them more vulnerable on the street. She was the Housing Director for Catholic Charities from 1998- 2005, where she successfully managed four affordable housing facilities serving a diverse population dealing with chemical dependency and mental illness. Most recently, from 2001 on, she ran her own consulting company, conducting seminars to communities across the U.S. and Canada on the causes of poverty and how to bring all classes of people together to combat it. Her education includes a Masters of Divinity from United Theological Seminary.  Jodi has said, "The strongest and most effective institution is one that insists that voices from poverty, middle and wealthy classes are heard and acted upon.  This effort will require that everyone is willing to become conscious of their own class attitudes while working to learn from one another.  I am excited and honored to be able to work for an institution that has such a great history of commitment to bringing people together to change the lives of women." Jodi began her new duties on January 1.

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