SpringForwardMN campaign benefits local schools, nonprofits
People can donate online to various nonprofits and schools during GiveMN s new SpringForwardMN charitable-giving campaign that ends Tuesday, May 11. 4:00 am, May 5, 2021 ×
Tanea Rogers (left), a visitation supervisor, waters the lawn Tuesday, May 4, 2021, at the Alex and Brandon Child Safety Center in Brainerd as Skylar Starry, another visitation supervisor, looks down at the ground. Submitted photo
Shannon Wussow is grateful for the new SpringForwardMN charitable donation campaign by GiveMN.
The executive director of Mid-Minnesota Women’s Center in Brainerd said the past year during the coronavirus pandemic has been rough, to say the least. But the latest fundraiser from the organization behind November’s Give to the Max Day helps various schools and nonprofits.
A look through the Brainerd Dispatch archives with Terry McCollough combing the microfilm for tidbits of history through the decades going back to 1921.
Crow Wing County doles out remaining state relief funds
Businesses or nonprofit organizations with a physical location in Crow Wing County and fewer than 50 employees were eligible to request up to $10,000 to cover expenses related to the pandemic incurred between March 1, 2020, through the end of the application period, which was Jan. 12. 4:00 am, Feb. 25, 2021 ×
Crow Wing County Board Chairman Steve Barrows (left) speaks during a county board meeting Tuesday, Feb. 23. Chelsey Perkins / Brainerd Dispatch
Three votes by the Crow Wing County Board Tuesday, Feb. 24, finalized distribution of the remaining state-appropriated funds intended to ease hardship experienced by businesses and nonprofits during the pandemic.