It’s not often we, who make our living with words and pictures, are at a loss for words. But we were left in awe of what we witnessed at last week’s Step Into School event, which began at Backus Community Center with dinner and culminated with special rides to Ronnings to shop for shoes.

United Way of Northeastern Minnesota (UWNEMN) is recruiting mentors to match with local elementary students for this coming school year’s Lunch Buddies mentoring program.

As communities across the state continue to clean up and repair from June’s flooding, United Way of Northeastern Minnesota (UWNEMN) is offering financial support to households in its service area to assist as they recover from the disaster.

Fifty local children are invited to a back-to-school celebration August 7^th that will send them home with new properly fit athletic shoes of their choosing.

UWNEMN’s fourth annual Renegade Trail Run will be held Saturday June 29 at Redhead Mountain Bike Park in Chisholm.

Together, United Way of Northeastern Minnesota (UWNEMN), the City of Keewatin, Itasca County Habitat for Humanity (ICHFH), and Community and Economic Development Associates (CEDA)

UWNEMN's free summer lunch program, Meet Up and Chow Down, will once again provide free lunches to all children under age 18 at the following locations starting June 3:

Donations made to United Way of Northeastern Minnesota (UWNEMN) over the past year will now support 30 nonprofit agencies, 15 libraries with summer reading programs, 13 food shelves, and UWNEMN’s eight direct service programs.

by Tom Olsen, Duluth News Tribune
April 27, 2024

CHISHOLM — Tucked away in an industrial park on the southern edge of town is what Sarah Gardeski jokingly describes as a “garage sale on steroids.”
A warehouse space in the back of the large concrete building is filled to the brim with countless household goods: bedding, pillows, towels, kitchen items, toys, office supplies, clothes, shoes and diapers.
 

But unlike a traditional garage sale, these items aren’t used and worn out. They’re brand-new, and they’re not even for sale.

United Way of Northeastern Minnesota (UWNEMN) asked high school seniors across the region what they saw as the biggest need in the community – and what ideas they had to address that need – in its first annual Youth United Contest.