President's Corner: What's new?

United Way of Northeastern Minnesota is starting 2025 fresh with a brand new look. We’re excited about our new logo – the brighter colors and more fluid shape feel more modern, more active, more “us.”

Organizations HAVE to evolve, or they won’t survive changing times and needs. Luckily, we aren’t just experts in our communities; we’re experts in adaptability. When the needs of the community have changed, we’ve always changed, too.

$10,000 donation from Veterans Community Thrift Store will help area vets

WDIO:

A big donation for the United Way of NE Minnesota on Thursday, with $10,000 from the Veterans Community Thrift Store in Hibbing.

Money will support the MAC-V house in Hibbing, which houses veterans who are transitioning out of homelessness. It’s the only one of its kind on the Range.

The Veterans Community Thrift Store also donated $10,000 in April last year, to help with the oral history project.

United Way of Northeastern Minnesota makes difference across region

by Melissa Cox for Mesabi Tribune

CHISHOLM - United Way of Northeastern Minnesota (UWNEMN) continues to make a profound impact on the region, touching thousands of lives each year.

In 2024 alone, an estimated 100,000 people were positively affected by UWNEMN’s programs and partners, with official figures to be finalized next month, said Erin Shay, Executive Director of UWNEMN.

Being able to make a difference in the lives of others is the reason they come to work everyday and continue to work when they are outside of the office, said Shay.

Elizabeth Kelly

Elizabeth joined the United Way of Northeastern Minnesota team in February of 2012. Elizabeth is an Iron Range native, growing up in Chisholm. She spent 13 years in the Twin Cities, earning a bachelor’s degree from the University of St. Thomas, a master’s degree in Nonprofit Management from Hamline University and working as development and event director for an educational nonprofit. Elizabeth always planned on moving back to the Iron Range, and the opportunity at United Way allowed her to return home.

Katy Lofquist

Katy joined the United Way of Northeastern Minnesota team in May of 2019. Katy's roots are on the Iron Range; she grew up in Virginia, received a Bachelor’s Degree in Print Journalism from Concordia College Moorhead, and returned to the Iron Range to work as a reporter for the Hibbing Daily Tribune. She then worked for the Iron Mining Association of MN in Duluth for eight years before moving back to the Iron Range.

Gail Rice

Gail joined the United Way of NE MN team in February of 2012. She has been working as a bookkeeper for over 20 years.  “I love bookkeeping and working with numbers," she said. "I love to see things balance and enjoy the challenge of finding out why when they don’t.

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