The Crisis: Child Care
The Face of Child Care has Changed - Communities form taskforces to address their child care needs
The Visionary: Ruth Edevold
Her Legacy Continues: Fund honoring Ruth Edevold, our founding executive director, is reinvested in NMF general endowment
NMF Launches New Brand
The Northwest Minnesota Foundation has launched a new brand strategy to more effectively communicate its role in building better lives throughout Northwest Minnesota.
Scholarship Spotlight: Paige Breckel
Paige Breckel, a graduate of Win-E-Mac, earned two scholarships through NMF: the Arthur I. and Jane B. Snustad Scholarship, and Grundyson Hudrlik Scholarship.
Staff Volunteerism Spotlight: John Shimkus
“For 10 years, from 2008 to 2018, I was a board member and former president and treasurer of Restore House, a “half-way house” as the term used to be called for helping to free people from their addictions and integrate them back into society without relapse.”
Staff Volunteerism Spotlight: Dawn Ganje
Dawn Ganje is NMF’s Director for Community Philanthropy and volunteers with the Northwest Private Industry Council Board, a private, nonprofit organization that provides administration and oversight for federal and state employment and training services to residents and businesses across Northwest Minnesota.
Staff Volunteerism Spotlight: Kari Cooper
Kari Cooper is a Program Officer who volunteers with the Northwoods Battered Women’s Shelter.
Staff Volunteerism Spotlight: Beau
Beau is or Chief Morale Officer, or our in-house therapy dog.
Staff Volunteerism Spotlight: Bethany Wesley
I raised my daughters in an area of Bemidji that was not particularly affluent. More than once, we returned home to find neighborhood children playing on our own backyard play structure.