Community Partners with Youth cordially invites you to our 2023 Winter Gala! We are so happy to be back in person at the New Brighton Community Center on Friday, December 1, 2023. This year, we will have live entertainment from Rock It Man Entertainment that you won’t want to miss! Check out their website at https://rockitmanentertainment.com/.

Doors open at 6pm for a cocktail hour and silent auction, followed by dinner from Acapulco Mexican Restaurant New Brighton and a live auction! Register by November 6th to receive our early bird rate of $65 per ticket ($75/ticket starting 11/7 and available at the door as well). Where else will you get dinner and a show for such a deal?

Also, all new or increased donations to CPY this fall (including CPY’s Winter Gala) will be matched this year up to $100,000 by our very generous local business partner Bell Pole! We can’t overstate how grateful we are to be a part of this wonderful community and serve the New Brighton/Mounds View youth, and we’d love for you to come out to learn more about what we do!

RSVP/Ticket Purchases (Tickets are a tax-deductible donation)

–Call CPY directly at 651-633-6464

–Email at cpymn@cpymn.org

–Buy Tickets Online through iATS Payments by clicking here!.

Thanks so much and see you there!

Why hello, fellow youth advocate!  Let’s talk a little, shall we?

For over 20 years now, CPY has been working tirelessly to support our community’s youth and their families, allowing parents to financially support their households while trusting that their children’s needs are being met.  Our work has a positive impact not only on these families’ lives, but also on communities in the Mounds View School district as a whole, reducing the number of unsupervised children, improving the overall development of our youth, and reducing crime and delinquency in the district.  These are just a few of the tangible, positive benefits that CPY has brought by serving those in district 621.

As you may or may not be aware, running a nonprofit organization is an expensive proposition, especially one whose rates are drastically discounted to those with the most need.  This results in the nonprofit being dependent on fundraising, rather than income,  to pay for its operations.  CPY continually fundraises through a mix of community events, grant applications, government/district support, and a number of generous individuals who believe in our mission.

Times have changed in the past 20 years, though, and CPY must grow and adapt.  We’ve seen an increase in the wages required to retain the talented staff we employ.  We’ve seen broader incorporation of science and technology into academics, which requires that we keep up with our own programming.  Transportation, food, basic needs – all have risen in costs over the past years.  One thing has been constant – CPY has continued to serve our at-risk youth charging based on need and means, not on a flat rate.

We are setting a 2018 goal (check out our nifty thermometer on the home page) to find 200 people who believe in our mission and are willing to help us support these cost increases and create a more stable budget.  We would like these fantastic individuals to sign up for a $20/month auto-pay donation.  By foregoing a 12-pack of craft beer once a month, you can help support all the good CPY does in our community.  If successful, this goal will raise $48,000 annually for CPY, which would work wonders to help us mitigate budget fluctuations and continue to support the youth in our own backyards.

Thank you and we hope you’ll consider helping!

Did you know that you can help CPY while shopping for everyday items and not even realize you’re doing it?  Amazon Smile is a service provided through the popular online store (click the link for more details).  It offers all the same products, pricing, and shipping services as Amazon.com, but with the added bonus that 0.5% of your spending will be donated to the charity of your choice at no cost to you!  We don’t want to be presumptuous, but we hope that’s CPY!

If you like to shop online, please consider signing up for Amazon Smile and choosing CPY as your preferred charity.  Every little bit helps!

From all of us at CPY, we just want to thank our community for coming out and supporting us at New Brighton’s Stockyard Days.  We had a great time managing the Kid’s Korral and how fun is it to watch our kids have a blast?

Again, from the bottom of our hearts, thank you for supporting us and your community!  Here’s to another 20 years of CPY!

The Kids Korral at Stockyard Days starts TONIGHT!  Come on down and have some fun in our inflatable park.  An all-day pass is only $20!  Here’s our hours:

Friday 5-9pm
Saturday 10am-dark (around 9pm)
Sunday 10am-4pm

And here’s a map!  See you there!!