Meet Steve Kretsch

My name is Steve Kretsch and I am married to my wife, Alissa.  We adopted three wonderful, busy children: Ariana (11), Ryder(7), and Skylar (2).  I have been a detailer at Mike’s Collision for twenty years.  For a few years now, I have been going to doctors with what...

Meet Mary Jane Hollerich

Meet Mary Jane Hollerich My name is Mary Jane Hollerich, and I am married to my incredible husband, Nick. We have three pretty amazing kids. Mackenzie 10, Timothy 8, and Annaliese 4. I have been busy teaching Kindergarten and First Grade for the past 18 years. Where...

Meet Annika Olivo

Annika’s Story My name is Annika Olivo. I am the wife to the wonderful, Kalin, and mommy to the most precious, Walter. I am an elementary school counselor in Mankato and love travel, being creative and spending time with my family. And, I’d like to believe that...

MEET EMMA

If you ever wonder what it is like to meet an Angel on Earth just look into the eyes of Emma and she will speak straight to your soul. Emma age 6 becomes friends with everyone she meets. She will sit close to you and though she is nonverbal Emma will make sure you...

Meet Lorenzo Blaisdell

Lorenzo’s Story On March 14th, we took our son Lorenzo to Urgent Care because of some odd pain in his joints. Less than 24 hours later, he was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), which is a rare form of blood cancer. He immediately underwent surgery to...

Meet Cole Barden

On March 7, 2009 I was diagnosed with an Ependymoma (brain tumor) at Children’s Hospital in Minneapolis, MN. I had brain surgery on March 11, 2009. They could not get all of the tumor so I had 2 rounds of chemotherapy and a second brain surgery on May 19, 2009....