Forest Lake Newtrax driver Gary Graham (right) offered to help Cathy Primeau bring her groceries onto the bus on Wednesday, March 29. 

Photo by Natalie Ryder

Preparing Buses on a cold morning for service

When we stand together, we can make an Impact. Take a look at how Newtrax has played a part in making a statewide impact…

On June 4th of last year, I shared the message below with our team. Now in the wake of the tragic events in Brooklyn Center and the impending verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial, I felt that it is again important to address our commitment as an organization. We remain intent on…

When faced with the challenge of giving families adequate access to high quality, nutritious food during a global pandemic, Washington County gave Newtrax a call. Working with a coalition of partners, we have helped serve emergency food packs to over 3,878 households and 10,982 individuals in need since April 11th, 2020. Check out this Washington County video!

Carry-out delivered weekly to seniors and families in need is not only helping participating restaurants but filling a gap for a White Bear Lake nonprofit transporting the food.

When the pandemic hit, Newtrax found itself facing the same challenges many organizations faced: a greatly reduced demand for service, noted Executive Director Mike Greenbaum.

Started in 2011 to provide a more efficient transportation system

Newtrax is an innovative partnership created in 2011 between two long-established day training and habilitation (DT&H) nonprofits, PAI and Merrick, Inc., to increase the efficiency of transportation services to the persons with disabilities

In addition to the challenges of Covid-19, Newtrax and our community have been hit hard in the last 10 days by another tragedy which resulted in the needless loss of life of George Floyd and the magnification of an issue that has been part of our community for many