Grand Rapids, Minn. (October 23, 2018) — Twenty-three residents of the Albert Lea area returned October 12 from a five-day leadership retreat, the first segment of an intense eight-day training provided by the Blandin Community Leadership Program (BCLP). The team also will participate in three follow-up workshops. A program of the Grand Rapids-based Blandin Foundation, …
Remarks by Sonja Merrild, Blandin Foundation grants director, accepting the 2018 Moxie Award for Inspiring Giving, awarded by PFund Foundation. Thank you, Charlene, thank you Tom, Alfred and the rest of PFund’s team. This is such an honor and I’m both delighted and humbled to receive this award on behalf of the Blandin Foundation. …
Grand Rapids, Minn. (October 17, 2018) — More than 25 Moorhead area residents took steps this fall to move the community toward being a place that works for all residents. Leadership in Ethnically Diverse Communities (LEDC) develops the capacity of all community members in ethnically diverse communities to build inclusion. A program of Grand …
The latest in MinnPost’s New Americans in Greater Minnesota series explores how demographics play a role in school sports.
Grand Rapids, Minn. — Twenty-four residents of the Thief River Falls area returned September 28 from a five-day leadership retreat, the first segment of an intense eight-day training provided by the Blandin Community Leadership Program (BCLP). The team also will participate in three follow-up workshops. A program of the Grand Rapids-based Blandin Foundation, BCLP has …
Opportunity to pursue a meaningful career is one element of healthy communities. One initiative, girlsBEST, focuses on breaking down barriers facing young women as they acquire the education they need to make the most of those opportunities, especially in the STEM sector.
From the Daily Yonder, a rural lawyer shares why she returned to her rural roots, and the importance of skilled legal representation to those who live in rural. See our partner directory for more on our support of legal aid efforts. Photo clip from Daily Yonder, photo by Christopher Adams.
The central Minnesota town of Long Prairie has grown as it has welcomed immigrants to the community, as this latest piece MinnPost’s New Americans in Greater Minnesota describes. Blandin Foundation helps fund the series.
Remer hosted the Cass County board of commissioners meeting at its new fire hall this week. The new building is just one of the benefits the community has seen from the project. Find out how the change has made a difference in this Brainerd Dispatch article. Visit this page from our Partner Directory for a …
Blandin Leadership alumni Carolyn Treadway and others reflect on the hard work the community of Faribault has accomplished over numerous years creating a community that works for all. This is the latest story in MinnPost‘s New Americans in Greater Minnesota series, funded in part by Blandin Foundation. Foundation funding of work in Faribault can be found on …