Those People | Breakfast with Carla & Richard Bahr

Richard Bahr is a life-long resident of Minnesota having grown up in the Twin Cities area. For 21 years he was President of and partner in a successful firm manufacturing. He now coaches other business leaders, helping them find success while leading balanced lives.

Due to his own life experiences coupled with a passion for service, Bahr has been involved with organizations that provide a “second chance” to those in need. In 2013, he co-founded a social ministry with his wife, Carla, called Threshold to New Life. The organization’s mission is to provide both short-term relief to the homeless, as well as to give assistance to those at risk of losing housing, effectively reducing homelessness. In 2018 alone, their organization played a part in preventing 314 people and families from becoming homeless.

Bahr has personally delivered over 20,000 pairs of socks to his “friends” in the street as a means of meeting the homeless, learning names and establishing relationships. He spends evenings in homeless shelters, under bridges and in camps connecting with, encouraging and helping to meet the basic needs of “the least of these”.