In honor of Give to the Max Day, Hammer & NER recently welcomed a new face to its White Bear Lake office in the form of an 8-foot-tall "Ralph" statue.

A special ribbon-cutting and unveiling ceremony was held outside the East metro office and was attended by current and former staff, members of the White Bear Area Chamber of Commerce, and other city and state government officials.

Click here to watch video highlights of the day from Suburban Community Channels in White Bear Lake. You can also view photos of the ceremony on our website.

Check out our winter edition of Discoveries magazine and read all the inspiring stories about careers at Hammer & NER.

Gordy, Cate, and their family have been part of Hammer for the past 42 years. Read Tapestry of a Career on pages 4-5 in this edition of our Discoveries magazine.

Click here to read the Discoveries Careers edition.

Thanks to our family members who contributed the match and to all of you who gave to double your investment. You gave over $175,000 to Open Doors and Unlock Possibilities for people served by Hammer & NER.

Your gifts, large and small, are essential to continuing our good service. You make a difference in the lives of individuals we support together.

With deepest gratitude for your investment!

We have a few employees celebrating significant anniversaries.

The top photo features our Chief Development Officer, Ellen Timmerman-Borer, who has been with Hammer & NER for 40 years. Pictured next to Ellen (far left) are Sue Walker, Kim Hansen, and Cate Saracen Peters who have also worked at Hammer & NER for over 40 years!

Also celebrating are Monica Groebner (bottom left, DSP, 3 years), and Michele Swanson (bottom right, Executive Coordinator, 3 years).

Congratulations and thank you for all that you do!

Hammer & NER have been in the news quite a bit lately!

We were featured over the last few weeks in the Lake Minnetonka Magazine, the Star Tribune, and Suburban Community Channels.

Click here to visit the "In the News" section of our website where you'll find those stories and many more.

Each month in Happenings we feature some of our favorite photos of the people we support "Out & About" having fun in their communities.

Pictured below are photos from Thanksgiving. On the left are East metro staff and supported individuals receiving meals that were prepared by our Cooks in the Kitchen volunteers. On the right are photos from our Thanksgiving Day celebration at our West metro office.

The impact you have on others is a significant part of your legacy. Consider including Hammer & NER in your estate plans, as Vern Steffel, band leader of the Whoopie John Band Orchestra, did.

Read his story here.