Children's Law Center Awards Banquet
Oct 2006 -- Children's Law Center of Minnesota (CLC) held their 11th anniversary celebration and benefit on October 5, 2006, at the Millennium Hotel Minneapolis. (pdf file)

Drive For Kids
2006 -- This is a PDF flyer from the Drive for Kids 2006 run. (pdf file)

Shining Some Light on STAR
March 2005 -- An article in the Pioneer Press about the Mounds theater and the STAR grant. (pdf file)

A Place to Grow
Dec. 2004 -- The daughters of St. Paul's Hmong community often face hard realities. (Full Story)

Portage Pals Article
Sept. 2002 -- Ethnic dolls haven't been commercially successful, a national toy expert said earlier this year when he heard about a Hmong doll being manufactured in St. Paul. (Full story)

Raeann Ruth--2000 Healtheast Caring Neighbor Award winner
May 2000 -- In 2000, the Healtheast Foundation selected Raeann as recipient of their annual "Caring Neighbor" Award. This article appeared in the Healtheast newsletter. (Full story)

A profile of Raeann Ruth by Caroline Snyder
May 2000 -- The Dayton's Bluff Beacon, the online newspaper of the District 4 Community Council, ran a profile of Raeann Ruth, founder of the Portage for Youth. Like most of Raeann's interviews, the conversation rapidly turned to the Portage. The article was accompanied by a great color photo of Raeann and her daughter Amber.

Coming Attraction?
Apr. 9, 2000 -- The Saint Paul Pioneer Press published an article on the Neighbors page of the Sunday Local section about plans by Raeann Ruth and the Portage for Youth to renovate the old Mounds Theater and turn it into an arts and cultural center for Dayton's Bluff. The story was accompanied by a large photo of Raeann, holding a drawing she made of the renovated theater, George Hardenbergh, the current owner of the theater who is donating it to the Portage, and Norm Tubbesing, a former manager, operator and owner of the Mounds Theater Read the article. See the photo.

Restoring Pride
Apr. 8, 2000 -- KMSP Channel 9 featured a short segment on the Mounds Theater renovation on their 9 p.m. newscast on Saturday April 8. There was an error in the piece: Rose Felsheim is identified on screen as Ruth Felsheim. See video of the preview (694KB; .avi file) or the main story (4.24MB; .avi file)

Dayton's Bluff dusting off old theater
Apr. 6, 2000 -- The Star Tribune published an article on the front page of the Metro/State section about plans by Raeann Ruth and the Portage for Youth to renovate the old Mounds Theater and turn it into an arts and cultural center for Dayton's Bluff. There are a few errors in the article: The area is known as the Mounds Park, not the Mounds View, business district and the theater closed in the 1960s, not the 1950s. The story was accompanied by a large color photo of Raeann and her daughter Amber taken from the balcony and showing the theater below. There was also a small photo of the theater as it looked in 1925 and a map showing its location. Read the article. See the color photo.

After-School Program Helps Young Hmong Women Expand Their Horizons
Mar. 15-31, 2000 -- The Asian Pages published an article about the Portage for Youth and featured its musical program. It describes the formation of Jagged Innocence and the release of their first CD-single, "Faith in Someday". The article was accompanied by a photograph of Jagged Innocence. (See story and photo)

East Sider Raeann Ruth finds her true calling, with her Portage for Youth
Jan. 24, 2000 -- The East Side Review profiled Raeann Ruth as one of their "Women Leaders of today". The profile includes an extensive review of Portage programs and the first published mention of Raeann's plans to renovate the old Mounds Theater. The article was accompanied by a photograph of Raeann surrounded by some of this year's Portage girls. (Full Story)

Getting the best kind of homework
Mar. 1, 1999 -- The East Side Review published a full page, front page article about the photography program for girls at the Portage for Youth. The story also describes the "Step into my world" photo exhibit being held at the Ramsey County Historical Society in Landmark Center. The article was accompanied by one large photo of the girls taking photographs and a smaller photo taken by one of the girls. (See the story and photos)

Youth mentoring programs presents girls' photo show
Feb. 28, 1998 -- The Star Tribune featured the Portage for Youth in the "8 days out" listings in the Entertainment section of the Sunday edition of the February 28th issue. A black and white photo of some of the Portage girls was accompanied by a caption that described the "Step Into My World" photo exhibit held at Landmark Center from March 1 through April 15, 1998. The exhibit includes photos shot by the Portage for Youth girls. (See this listing)

Overcoming language barriers: Partnership forms to help Hmong mothers learn English
Jan. 1999 -- District 1 News, the newspaper of the District 1 Community Council of St. Paul, published an article about a collaboration between the Portage for Youth and the Hmong American Partnership (HAP) to teach English to the mothers of Portage girls. It was accompanied a black and white photograph and a short summary of the article written in Hmong. (See story and photos)

GIVE THAT GIRL A CAMERA!
Jan. 12, 1998 -- The East Side Review published a full page, front page article about the "Just one of the girls" photography exhibit that included black and white photos shot by 12 young women from the Portage for Youth. It was held on Jan. 16, 1998 at the YWCA Atrium. The story also describes the photography mentoring program at the Portage. It was accompanied by one large photo of the girls taking photographs and a smaller photo taken by one of the girls. (See the story and photos)

After-school program helps disadvantaged girls expand horizon
Jan. 11, 1998 -- The Star Tribune printed a large article about us in the Metro/State section of the Sunday edition of the January 11th issue. In case you missed it, it was a fantastic article that let the local communities know about us. It included three color and and one black & white photo. (See the article and photos)

Helping girls navigate their way to adulthood
Sept. 1997 -- District 1 News, the newspaper of the District 1 Community Council of St. Paul, published an article about the Portage for Youth and its various programs and activities for girls. It was accompanied by two black and white photographs. (See the story and photos)

A Safe Passage
Apr. 15, 1997 -- The St. Paul Pioneer Press published an article titled "A Safe Passage" that describes the beginnings of the Portage for Youth and the opening of the Portage House in February 1997. The article was accompanied by three color photographs. (See the story and photos)