Our team is excited to announce that we will be partnering with local charities in the community throughout the year and our inaugural charity partner is CoHOPE!
CoHOPE was founded in honor of Colton Hovey Menk, known as Coho. Through his strong involvement with sports playing in the Mounds View School District growing up, Coho nurtured lifelong relationships with players and coaches across the US, Haiti, Africa, Mexico, Central America, and South America. Driven by his faith and friendships across many continents, Coho spread joy and compassion with gifts of sporting goods and supplies in both the US and Internationally. Tragically, he died suddenly on May 19, 2016 at the age of 22 as a result of an epileptic seizure. This was just six days after graduating from Baylor University with a degree in neuroscience.
Though he could not continue his studies in neuroscience and service in Central America, Coho’s selfless spirit of giving and friendship inspired the creation of CoHOPE. In Coho’s stead, CoHOPE serves children in the US and internationally to provide kids with educational supplies and sporting equipment to promote healthy and fun living to kids who otherwise would be without. Please consider supporting their mission with these opportunities for giving:
1. Direct your available Thrivent Choice Dollars by donating online or calling (800) 847-4823.
2. Stop by the office with sporting equipment (soccer balls, volleyballs, etc.) to be brought to Costa Rica on their next missions trip in March 2024.
3. Gather your friends and family to join us on December 30th, 2023 @ 9am at Feed My Starving Children. There is no need to feel committed to financially support FMSC as their volunteer work at this CoHOPE event will be of equal or greater value. Email Maren at maren.melhus@thrivent.com by clicking the "join us" button below or text (651) 867-4276 with your RSVP!
To learn more about CoHOPE please visit https://www.cohopecares.org/.
In gratitude and thankfulness,
Brian, Jack, Maren and Wil
Do you have a charity that is close to your heart that you would like us to partner with? If so, we want to hear from you! Please reach out to Maren at (651) 287-9428 or maren.melhus@thrivent.com to share the charities you work with and support.
No products will be sold at this event. For additional disclosures, see Thrivent.com/social.
