Officials with Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota on Tuesday announced a five-year $100-million campaign to expand its social services statewide, the largest such effort in the group’s 160-year history.

Called Empower What’s Possible, the campaign aims to expand the organization’s reach in areas including housing, financial stability, behavioral health, early childhood education and community connections. LLS has already raised nearly $60 million since the campaign’s start in 2023, which includes commitments of more than $1 million from the St. Paul Area Synod, the Otto Bremer Trust and the Sauer Family Foundation.

The organization announced the campaign at the construction kickoff for the Center for Changing Lives — Frogtown-Rondo in St. Paul. Renovations on the building at 709 Univer

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