Grace and Grit: Horses helping humans grow
Grace and Grit: Health and Healing Thru Horse-Human Partnerships is an Erskine-based nonprofit that provides growth and enrichment opportunities through horse-and-human connection.
Family of Funds: How local philanthropy helps feed hungry kids
The Warroad School BackPack Food Program Fund began in 2016, after Susie Novak, executive director of the North Country Food Bank, introduced the community to the idea of a backpack program.
Grant support reignites the Allen & Freda Community Garden in Crookston
The Allen & Freda Community Garden has been reinvigorated and Crookston area community members have encouraged to participate in gardening and agricultural production, thanks in part to a local grant.
Marion Dessert Memorial Fund supports restoration of historic benches along Lake Boulevard in Bemidji
The Marion Dessert Memorial Fund has now helped fund the restoration of three historic benches along Bemidji’s Lake Boulevard.
Fiesta de Crookston celebrates Latinx culture
Music, pinatas, food trucks, games, and community members brought life to downtown Crookston on a mid-July evening for the city’s inaugural Fiesta de Crookston. Over 400 attendees mingled, reconnected with neighbors and old acquaintances, and celebrated Latinx culture.
Northwest Minnesota Women’s Fund grant helps empower region’s girls wrestlers
As girls wrestling continues to grow throughout Minnesota schools, a grant from the Northwest Minnesota Women’s Fund has given girls wrestlers the opportunity to learn skills that could benefit them if they seek to compete in college.
Warroad Area Community Fund grant supports assistive shooting stand
The addition of a bench enabling those living with physical disabilities to more comfortably and safety enjoy the sport of shooting at the Warroad Lost River Sportsmen Complex proved so popular that additional assistive stands are now planned.
Thief River Falls Area Community Fund grant provides community members access to local events
NorsKids Foundation received a grant from the Thief River Falls Area Community Fund to support its “Ticket Purchases for Local Events” project. Through the project, NorsKids provided 212 tickets to disabled individuals, their caregivers, and veterans.
Thief River Falls Area Community Fund helps LSS serve nutritious meals to seniors
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota, out of Moorhead, was able to purchase a freezer, providing additional storage space for frozen meals that are delivered and served to seniors, thanks, in part, to a grant from the Thief River Falls Area Community Fund.impacted local families.