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Awesome Foundation Grant Winner: West Central Regional Juvenile Center (WCRJC)
When a teen who had recently stayed at the West Central Regional Juvenile Center (WCRJC) described the available selection of books as “Chicken Soup books and about a million Bibles,” Jenna Kahly knew it was time to help the center refresh their collection. More
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Awesome Foundation Grant Award Winner: Box of Balloons, Inc.
Balloons, presents and cake are standard hallmarks of a birthday that can become cherished memories for a child. Unfortunately, for a large segment of Fargo’s children, such a simple joy is beyond reach. More
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Awesome Foundation Grant Award Winner: Mental Health First Aid
Most people don’t hesitate to reach out, offer assistance or ask how you are doing. Yet when someone is struggling mentally or emotionally, a majority of Americans pause—it feels uncomfortable to inquire or offer support. Brenda Koneczny, licensed professional counselor, assistant professor of psychology at MSUM and Nationally Certified Mental Health First Aid trainer, is one of many who are working to change that. More
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Awesome Foundation Grant Award Winner: Without a Blemish
A kitchen hand-mixer isn’t usually associated with quality skin care, yet Amna Millewa’s home experiments have led to the November launch of her new business, Without a Blemish. More
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Awesome Foundation Grant Award Winner: Be SMART
This past Halloween the Fargo Moorhead Local Group of Be SMART took to the Red River Zoo’s ‘Boo at the Zoo’ event in an unusual Trick-or-Treat initiative—handing out gun locks. More
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Awesome Foundation Grant Award Winner: Pencils Plus
Jayme Burlison stands in the middle of the Wahpeton Community Center. Organized groups of backpacks line the walls while the center of the room is filled with what appears to be a small mountain of cardboard. More
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Awesome Foundation Grant Award Winner: FargoMoorhead Rocks
Em Christie has been bringing art to the community for the past four years through an unusual art medium—rocks. More
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Awesome Foundation Grant Award Winner: Red River Rainbow Seniors
Red River Rainbow Seniors is working to bring the history of a hidden minority into the open with their oral history project, ‘Breaking Barriers: Harvesting LGBTQ Stories from the Northern Plains’. More
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Awesome Foundation Grant Award Winner: Fargo Moorhead Humans of Color
Finding it difficult to find a community of other BIPOC people, she decided to “try to use the internet for good” and created a group on Facebook for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) individuals in the FM and surrounding areas to connect with each other without a formal structure. More
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Awesome Foundation Grant Award Winner: Casual For A Cause Closet
The staff at Preference Employment Solutions are turning an empty room into an additional opportunity for giving. More
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Awesome Foundation Grant Award Winner: Resplendent Residents
Photographer Brittany Johnson is aiming to help people realize they are beautiful no matter what shape, size, or gender and her current passion project, Resplendent Residents, is bringing that message to the elderly and disabled. More
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Awesome Foundation Grant Award Winner: Professional Lunch
Ricot Aladin is proving that sometimes the simplest ideas can have the greatest impact by turning the common act of going out to lunch or coffee into a widely sharable learning opportunity. More
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Awesome Foundation Grant Award Winner: REC
May 2022 featured the grand opening of Recovery Engaged Communities (REC)’s physical space with an event featuring food, drink, live music, games, and art. More
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Awesome Foundation Grant Award Winner: CAPLP
For the first time since 2018, the Lakes and Prairies Community Action Partnership (CAPLP) will be inviting young people from around the country to come to Minnesota to participate in the Group Workcamp Home Repair project. More
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Awesome Foundation: Moorhead Digital Design Boot Camp
When college student Kory Powell-Oliver submitted a proposal to teach a class for Minnesota State University Moorhead (MSUM)’s College for Kids & Teens summer camp program in 2021, he had no idea how much fun it would be, or how positively the kids in his class would respond More
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Awesome Foundation Grant Award Winner: Faith 4 Hope
A new kind of community center is coming to town. More
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Awesome Foundation Grant Award Winner: Ruth’s Pantry Cart
When planting their garden, the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Moorhead expected to grow vegetables. They didn’t expect it to bloom into a free little pantry for the neighborhood community. More
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Awesome Foundation Grant Award Winner: Afro American Development Association
Participating in a community where you don’t know the local language is a challenge most people will never face. More
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Awesome Foundation Grant Award Winner: Minnesota State Community and Technical College
The Minnesota State Community and Technical College is looking to make a big impact with small changes, and they are starting in an unlikely place—their public restrooms. More
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in Featured, Latest Articles, NewsAwesome Foundation Grant Award Winner: Life Care Unites Foundation
Sometimes giving as a family takes a surprising direction. More
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