The drive will benefit 10 local nonprofit organizations. Written By: Pamela D. Knudson | 4:00 pm, Apr. 9, 2021 ×
Kathryn Kester is the executive director of the Greater Grand Forks Young Professionals. Photo by Bonnie Meibers/Grand Forks HeraldPhoto by Bonnie Meibers/Grand Forks Herald
The Greater Grand Forks Young Professionals is sponsoring the Orange Bag Event to gather housewares, clothing and personal care products for 10 local nonprofit organizations. Volunteers will drop off orange bags at hundreds of homes from Friday through Tuesday, April 9-13, for people to fill with household and clothing items and return May 1.
The drive will benefit the following local nonprofit organizations: Community Violence Intervention Center, Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch, Grand Forks Salvation Army, Journey Home Animal Rescue, Northlands Rescue Mission, Project Dignity, Red River Valley Community Action, St. Joseph’s Social Care and The Arc, Upper Valley.
Brad Dokken: Guarded optimism and yes, a bit of pessimism greet the new year
I’m approaching 2021 with lowered expectations and a realistic, though also somewhat pessimistic, outlook. I’m not counting on anything and will work to make the best of the cards I’m dealt. That s all any of us can do. Written By: Brad Dokken | ×
Whether in the U.S. or on a remote lake in northwestern Ontario, the setting for this photo, time outdoors will continue to be time well-spent in 2021. (Brad Dokken / Grand Forks Herald)
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In hindsight, I should have seen it as a sign that 2020 was going to be a real dud.
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The charge was unauthorized, and my card had been hacked, but there was nothing I could do on a holiday but log into my account and freeze my card.
At least I had that option.
So began a stressful start to a year that has been a real kick in the teeth, at times, on just about every level imaginable, thanks in large part to a pandemic that continues to interrupt our lives nearly 10 months after its ugly arrival.
Traditionally, my first column of the new year is a look ahead with anticipation of what’s in store for the coming months. The column published Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020, was no exception and highlighted a July fly-in fishing trip some friends and I had been planning for months to a remote lake in northwestern Ontario.
Ring a bell from porch at 6 p.m. Christmas Eve to ring out 2020 in Grand Forks area
The four local Lions Clubs are encouraging Grand Forks residents to ring a bell from their porch from 6 to 6:05 p.m. on Christmas Eve to spread positivity and ring 2021. 1:50 pm, Dec. 22, 2020 ×
A 10-foot-tall Santa, with Mrs. Claus close by, was installed to greet visitors to Christmas in the Park in 2019. The display, featuring 48 lighted decorations in Lincoln Park, is an annual fundraising project of local Lions clubs. Submitted photo
If everything goes well, Grant Kahlbaugh
hopes that from 6 to 6:05 on Christmas Eve, Grand Forks will be filled with the tinkling of hundreds of bells.
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