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Longfellow/Seward Healthy Seniors is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, community based organization serving a diverse population of older adults in the Longfellow, Seward, Cooper, Howe and Hiawatha neighborhoods of south Minneapolis. We also provide limited outreach services in Cedar-Riverside, Ventura Village, and Phillips West neighborhoods. Our mission is to enable community seniors to live healthy, independent and socially connected lives. We’ve been providing services to seniors since 1994. We serve about 500 seniors annually.
We’re a member program of the Living at Home Network, which is a coalition of Living at Home/Block Nurse Programs throughout Minnesota that helps seniors live independently. |
Board of DirectorsThe board of directors who govern us include:
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Our Service Area
Longfellow/Seward Healthy Seniors serves older adults in the Seward, Longfellow, Cooper, Howe and Hiawatha neighborhoods of Minneapolis. See a map of our core service area below.
Longfellow/Seward Healthy Seniors serves older adults in the Seward, Longfellow, Cooper, Howe and Hiawatha neighborhoods of Minneapolis. See a map of our core service area below.
Meet Our Staff
Joani Essenburg
Executive Director Joani comes to us with experience as a community developer, non profit executive director, and educator. Joani loves the work of building relationships, connections, and community. A majority of her experience is with the Banyan Community in the Phillips Neighborhood in South Minneapolis. Additionally, Joani is a consultant with numerous non profits and small businesses. Joani has a BA degree in Elementary Education, a certificate of Non-Profit management from the U of St. Thomas, and an MBA Essentials Certificate from the Carlson School of Business at U of Minnesota. She is currently a resident of the Longfellow Neighborhood with her husband, Tim and her dog Winnie. [Email Joani] |
Julia Ockuly
Program Manager Julia brings eight years of experience at Longfellow/Seward Healthy Seniors (LSHS) to manage our programs and people. As LSHS grows, Julia will be bringing her expertise right along with us to nurture our staff. She developed her love of volunteering and working with older adults as a volunteer driver with Nokomis Healthy Seniors. Before coming to work for LSHS in 2017, Julia was a site coordinator for TRUST Meals on Wheels in Minneapolis. She previously lived and worked in Los Angeles as the Director of Adoptions for the Los Angeles Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Julia has lived in the Longfellow neighborhood for over twenty years. [Email Julia] |
Rose James
Operations and Communications Coordinator Rose comes to us with a history of education and nonprofit experience in the Twin Cities area, previously working with the Minnesota Historical Society, The Scott County Historical Society, and as a social studies teacher. Rose has also lived and worked globally, directing a youth program in the British Virgin Islands and working in science support for the U.S. Antarctic program. Rose lives in the Seward neighborhood. [Email Rose] 
Hassan Abdullahi Aden
Bilungual Edlers Coordinator Hassan Abdullahi Aden is a father of four, originally from Somalia. He previously worked with Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, Opportunity Community Services, and Minneapolis Community Development Agency. He also provides cultural translation services for the Minnesota Star Tribune. He looks forward to providing essential services to the elders in our community, and contributing to the well-being of seniors. [Email Hassan] |
Barb deBorhegyi, RN
Community Nurse Barb has her Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from the University of Wisconsin. She previously worked with with spine patients at Twin Cities Orthopedics and as a nurse at MHealth Fairview Southdale Hospital. Barb and her family immigrated from Switzerland to Madison, WI when she was eight years old. Her hobbies include traveling, gardening, cooking, and hiking. [Email Barb |
Financial support for our program comes from public and private grants, foundations, donations, fundraising events and bequests. Donations and bequests are tax deductible.
Our program is funded, in part, by grants from The City of Minneapolis, MN Department of Human Services Live Well at Home, Trellis (through the Older Americans Act), Hennepin County, Stevens Square Foundation, and the James R Thorpe Foundation. Our grant administrator is Joani Essenburg, Executive Director. We are members of the Living at Home Network, the Minneapolis Council of Nonprofits, and Candid.
LSHS will make any of our governing documents, conflict of interest policy, 990 and financial statements available to the public upon request by emailing: [email protected]. A copy of our 990 is also listed in CANDID under: Longfellow/Seward Healthy Seniors Program. If you have any questions, please contact Joani Essenburg.
Our program is funded, in part, by grants from The City of Minneapolis, MN Department of Human Services Live Well at Home, Trellis (through the Older Americans Act), Hennepin County, Stevens Square Foundation, and the James R Thorpe Foundation. Our grant administrator is Joani Essenburg, Executive Director. We are members of the Living at Home Network, the Minneapolis Council of Nonprofits, and Candid.
LSHS will make any of our governing documents, conflict of interest policy, 990 and financial statements available to the public upon request by emailing: [email protected]. A copy of our 990 is also listed in CANDID under: Longfellow/Seward Healthy Seniors Program. If you have any questions, please contact Joani Essenburg.
