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As LuAnn Porter prepares to exit her role as executive director of the United Way of Becker County, her successor, Terry Haus, is ready to step in

More than 800 people attended the United Way Community Celebration on Thursday, Sept. 22 at the Detroit Lakes Pavilion. The 17th annual event at the Detroit Lakes Pavilion was the kickoff to the United Way of Becker County's 2022 fundraising campaign, which aims to raise $250,000 in support of the United Way's 32 partner programs and agencies.

Cindy Love of Latrobe can remember delivering a holiday meal to a family in need last year, and the look on a little boy’s face as it arrived. “It really broke my heart,” said Love, a volunteer who helped deliver more than 450 meals cooked by the staff at Sharky’s

Twin Lakes Community Foundation, an affiliate of Arkansas Community Foundation, recently announced $26,200 in Giving Tree Grants had been awarded to nonprofits in Marion, Fulton, Izard and Baxter counties. These grant awards were presented on April 23 at Big Creek Golf and Country Club in Mountain Home. “Since 2003, our Giving Tree has awarded more than $300,000 in grants to a large variety of nonprofit organizations across the Twin Lakes area,” says Kimberly Jones, the executive director o...