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Emergency Response Fund
Over $175,000 raised for food access, emergency needs, & elderly care
Backpack Buddies Food Packs
Now serving 1,200 Bemidji Area students (normally serve 450)
2-1-1/Community Resource Connections
Collaborating to provide service resource updates through 2-1-1 and CRCinform.org
Mobilizing the Community
Mobilized over 1,000 volunteers
Food Access
Packed thousands of food boxes for North Country Food Bank. Stepped in to coordinate volunteers and give over 300 staff hours to the Bemidji Community Food Shelf
Gifts of Hope Fund
Partnered with the Bemidji Alliance to support 100+ local businesses and 100+ struggling families
Step Up to SIT
Matches babysitters and working parents in need of childcare
Face Masks
Bemidji Area donated 3,000+ face masks to service organizations
Activity Kits
Provided over 65 activity kits to kids living in area shelters
Collaborative Assessment
United Way has implemented an assessment tool with our Partner Agencies. The assessment will help the agencies look at their internal needs and provide United Way with statistics to see common gaps in programming and funding
Sustainability of Community
United Way is continually looking at innovative ways to help our local businesses and local families through this crisis. We will share these updates as they present themselves