By Logan Wells, News Director | Logan@kymnradio.net
Today is Give to the Max Day, Minnesota’s largest 24-hour online giving campaign, and in Northfield, several non-profits use the day as one of their biggest fundraisers.
See below some of the groups looking to raise funds from the day
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HOPE Center
Give to the Max Link – https://www.givemn.org/organization/Hope-Center-15
One of the groups raising funds today is the HOPE Center, which helps people in all of Rice County. Here’s the Executive Director of the organization, Erica Staab:
“We are the domestic violence and sexual assault agency here in Rice County. And so we provide free and confidential services to anybody who needs us. So we work on a daily basis. So we’re at the courthouse. We are getting calls from law enforcement. So when there’s a domestic, they call us. After they make sure the scene is safe and everything, then they take the victim aside and they connect them with Hope Center… We also provide services for sexual assault at the, if they present to the emergency room.” – Erica Staab, Executive Director of The HOPE Center, KYMN Interview
You can learn more about the HOPE Center at: https://hopecentermn.org/
Northfield Beyond the Yellow Ribbon:
One of the groups raising funds today is Beyond the Yellow Ribbon, which directly supports active military members, veterans, and their families. Here’s Rev. Brent Klein on the organization:
“But we are here to assist active duty service members, veterans, and their families with any needs they might have. We’ve helped out with caring for lawns. One time we helped to repair a garage. We’ve helped with auto repairs.”– Rev. Brent Klein of the Northfield Beyond the Yellow Ribbon on KYMN in the Morning
Beyond the Yellow Ribbon is open to all community members to join and volunteer with. Anyone can attend their meetings on the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 4pm at Trinity Lutheran Church.
Arcadia Charter School:
Give to the Max Link – https://www.givemn.org/organization/Artech
One of the groups raising funds today is Arcadia Charter School. The small school here in Northfield works with students in 6th grade through 12th grade. Here’s the Executive Director of the School, Laura Stelter:
The Charter lays out the mission of the school. What? Why we exist. In our case, it’s all about project learning. We have a maximum of 126 students, so it’s a small school, very community-oriented because it’s also a progressive school, progressive in the education sense is more about like building, citizenship, democracy, those sorts of pieces.” – Arcadia’s Executive Director, Laura Stelter on the KYMN Morning Show
Learn more about Arcadia on their website: https://arcadiacharterschool.org/
Women in Northfield Giving Support (WINGS):
Give to the Max Link – https://www.givemn.org/story/Wings-Women-In-Northfield-Giving-Support
One of the groups looking to raise funds today, is the Women in Northfield Giving Support or WINGS group, a grassroots network of hundreds of women who work to improve the lives of women and youth in Northfield. Kathy Olson explained why she joined WINGS:
“I joined Wings way back in the early 2000s when I didn’t think what I had could make a difference. I was a young mom. We were, you know, just kind of trying to get our feet under us. Having this, I knew I believed in this, but it was so nice to be able to pool my few dollars can make a difference with everyone else’s together.” – Kathy Olson of WINGS on KYMN In the Morning
You can learn more about on their website: wings-mn.org
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