Northwest Minnesota Foundation
The Clear Waters Life Center has been able to provide piano lessons to eight students who have never taken lessons before, thanks in part to grant support from the Bemidji Area Arts Endowment.
The new playground at Solway Elementary was constructed to ensure that all children are able to gather and play together without barriers.
Hosting a display a titled With Her Hands: Fiber Arts Celebration, the University of Minnesota Crookston celebrated the fiber artistry in the Red Lake River area community.
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.
Nonprofits and schools in Northwest Minnesota that choose to take part in Give to the Max Day this year will now be eligible for grant prizes made available strictly to those in this region.
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.
The Marion Dessert Memorial Fund has now helped fund the restoration of three historic benches along Bemidji’s Lake Boulevard.
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.
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.
