Featuring games, information booths, food, face-painting, music and general goodwill, the event aimed to serve as a means of education as well as celebration.
Negotiations between the Minnesota Nurses Association and the city鈥檚 health care systems are ongoing. Contracts with Essentia and Aspirus St. Luke鈥檚 are set to expire June 30.
Club members spent part of their regular Monday meeting filling snack packs and hygiene kits for local nonprofits and writing messages of encouragement on Meals on Wheels delivery bags.
It takes a lot to run a nonprofit, no-kill shelter, including hundreds of selfless people volunteering their time to animals in need and an unmatched level of mental fortitude to show up every day.
It's been a busy month at the food shelf with the completion of the long-planned remodel and the 33rd annual Stuff-A-Truck event 鈥� a critical fundraiser as they address growing community needs.
The United Way of Bemidji Area and Lueken's Village Foods recently provided Village of Hope with a new commercial refrigerator after the nonprofit's fridge stopped working.
As Marina Lovell enters her second year as the executive director at Great River Rescue, she's proud of new developments and the unparalleled work ethic from her staff, volunteers and community.
A total of $41,268 and 25 grants were recently awarded to community organizations thanks to Beltrami Electric Cooperative members and the Operation Round Up program.
The Otto Bremer Trust recently awarded $13,793,142 in grants and program-related investments, with $100,000 going to Mississippi Headwaters Area Dental Health Center of Bemidji.
Northwoods Pregnancy Care Center will hold its annual fall banquet from 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 8, at the Sanford Center, 1111 Event Center Drive NE. Tickets are on sale through Sept. 25.
The Northwest Minnesota Continuum of Care is inviting nonprofits, local and tribal governments and other relevant entities to submit letters of intent for potential supportive housing projects.
The Northwest Minnesota Foundation recently awarded $350,000 in grant funding to 12 local organizations through the Otto Bremer Trust Community Responsive Fund.
Devlyn Brooks is now the interim CEO of Churches United, a nonprofit that offers shelter and food for those in need. His first task: Asking the community to help raise $200,000 to keep the doors open this month.
