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26 The McKnight Foundation
The Virginia McKnight Binger Awards in Human Service SisterJeanThuerauf Love for others, hard work, strong morals, and self-sufficiency are values that Sister Jean Thuerauf not only embodies, but also shares with the thousands of people she has touched throughout her life. As the founder and spiritual director of “Her goal is to be a loving presence to the poor, especially [ children, on the north side, and to provide them with values and support to become spiritually and vocationally healthy adults.” —John Mauriel Mercy Missionaries, Sister Jean has served as a loving presence to children and families on the north side of Minneapolis for 30 years. Watching as many of these children and their parents overcome numerous obstacles to rise out of poverty, she says, “I get to see people come alive. They turn from negative thinking to a new hope.” ; Since realizing her calling to help the poor in 1976, Sister Jean has worked tirelessly in north Minneapolis to promote the same virtues of hard work and self-sufficiency she learned growing up on a farm in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The Cookie Cart program, founded by Sister Jean in the 1970s, continues to teach work ethics to thousands of teens while providing them with jobs operating a bakery and selling cookies. She also organized a series of dialogues in the Jordan neighborhood of north Minneapolis to help restore peace and promote a safe environment for residents. Sister Jean’s current project in her unending work with the poor is Family Builders, a program to help families with children purchase homes and live financially responsible lives. 27
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