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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. Financial support for our program comes from public and private grants, foundations, donations, fundraising events and bequests. Our program is funded, in part, by Live Well at Home grants. Donations and bequests are tax deductible. |
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
Amy Brugh
Interim Executive Director Amy provides services to nonprofits in interim leadership, planning and facilitation, and organization development. Prior to starting her consulting practice, she worked in nonprofit administration and external affairs. She is an adjunct faculty in the School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota and a volunteer at Family Tree Clinic and The Cedar. She is engaged in community journalism, covering local government through Minneapolis Documenters. [Email Amy] |
Julia Ockuly
Volunteer & Services Coordinator Julia 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] |
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 |