Empowering Women Across the Globe
When she was 18, Joy McBrien, a student at Math and Science Academy, turned a time of extreme trauma into…
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Jay Ross
Sunrise Banks
Leveling the Playing Field for Muslim Women
According to the Women’s Sports Foundation Off Site Link, girl’s participation is athletics helps build lifelong social and leadership skills…
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Converting Volunteer Passion to Youth Empowerment
In the spring of 1974, a 23-year-old history student at the University of Minnesota named Craig Luedemann was working part-time…
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Making Social Change Your Day Job
When Casey Helbling started his software development company, Clear Consulting, in 2004, it was similar to many other software-consulting companies;…
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A Snapshot of the New Markets Tax Credit Program
We’ve taken some time to sit down with Michael Morrell, New Markets Tax Credit Loan Officer at Sunrise Banks, to…
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Sticking to Their Roots
Even before striking out on their own as business owners, Carrie Sartin and Jim Halvorson were similarly driven. Working together…
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Transforming the Lives of Pets
In 1985, well before the current popularity of raw and natural pet food, Sojourners Farm was started in a home…
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A Revolution in Small Dollar Lending
Recently, David Reiling, Sunrise Banks CEO, was published by Ford Foundation and wrote about a revolution in small dollar lending….
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Banking Outside of the Box
The realm of “normal banking” usually includes mostly the retail side of what we do. You know, accounts, deposits, withdrawals,…
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