Grassroots efforts spring up to help Twin Cities families in need Impulse to help is leading to longer-term efforts for lasting change. December 24, 2020 — 6:17pm Text size Copy shortlink: Two days after George Floyd died, Valerie Quintana rallied a handful of friends to clean up a damaged Target store in south Minneapolis. By the end of the week, 400 strangers were clutching brooms and garbage bags to sweep up the shattered glass and debris across the city. O'nika Craven saw the stores set ablaze and logged online from her Bloomington apartment to collect diapers, water and toilet paper for families suddenly without a grocery store.