Awesome Foundation Grant Award Winner
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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
