Newsmakers: CROSS Services Reports 25 Percent Increase in Families Served

CROSS Services Executive Director Chad Lanners says the numbers of families they help continues to soar.

“We are seeing almost a 25 percent increase of families coming through our door,” said Lanners. CROSS provides wrap-around services for families in the Maple Grove-Osseo-Champlin area.

CROSS Services has been around since 1977 and is a nonprofit social service agency focusing on several “wrap-around” services that provide food, financial assistance, housing and a variety of aid to families.

Lanners says CROSS Services is seeing an almost 25 percent increase of families coming through the door, and seeing almost 100 families on a daily basis.

Lanners encourages people to give back through a financial donation, donating food, or even considering volunteering.

“Volunteers are no doubt the face of the organization, with 150-200 volunteers coming in weekly,” said Lanners. “They give that sense of dignity to families as they walk through the door.”

Check out CROSS Services’ website at CROSSservices.org to learn more about donating or volunteering.

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