Prairie Oaks Institute at Robert Creek

A nonprofit organization

$1,250 raised by 7 donors

25% complete

$5,000 Goal

The Prairie Oaks Institute (POI) is a nature and agriculturally based retreat center embedded within the community of Belle Plaine, Minnesota. Through our programs, we help people connect with nature, with themselves, and with others through reflection and meditation, hosting community gatherings and events, and simply time spent at our beautiful campus! We carry out this mission through offering educational and leadership programs, maintaining a unique landscape with facilities to meet your retreat needs, and promoting land stewardship and sustainability. 

In connection with this year’s Give to the Max Day, we invite your support for these key ways:

  • Expanding our monthly programming to bring together diverse communities (Belle Plaine and surrounding communities) to learn and grow together in fellowship. 

  • Significantly expanding public access to our beautiful and life-giving outdoor spaces, including ongoing prairie restoration and work to improve our trail systems – spaces where people can safely enjoy the solace and healing power of POI’s distinctive oak-savannah landscapes.

  • Crucial facilities work - the building on site are old and constantly in need of attention, and we need support to help keep things running. We'd like to refresh the interiors of the homes for improving retreat stays, the buildings outside need to be painted, the lawn needs to be regularly mowed and snow removed, and we're also looking to eventually provide bigger gathering spaces on the farm for large group events. There are endless opportunities for your financial gifts and volunteering to support our needs!

Places within our communities like POI are needed, perhaps now more than ever, and we couldn’t have maintained our existence without the relationships that are at the heart of our work. Thank you for all the ways you’ve helped us to live into our mission over the years “to be catalyst of rejuvenation for people and planet,” and for your support now. Please give what you can! We are truly grateful.


Organization Data

Summary

Organization name

Prairie Oaks Institute at Robert Creek

Tax id (EIN)

33-1010617

Categories

Education Environment Community

Address

1200 W. South Street
Belle Plaine, MN 56011

Phone

(715) 220-8676

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