Sep 21, 2022
Local farmers Kevin and Barb Hadler recently directed a $5,000 Bayer Fund America’s Farmers Grow Communities donation to the Belvidere Happy Go Luckies 4-H Club.
These funds will support the club members and the areas they are involved in throughout the 4-H program.
The club also looks forward...
Apr 15, 2020
Mayo Clinic Health System continues to receive generous offers of help and support from the community during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a news release. Community members, businesses and restaurants continue to come forward with offers of donations.
The following guidelines are intended to...
Nov 13, 2019
Representatives of the Lake City VFW Post 8729 and it’s Ladies Auxiliary recently visited Bluff View Elementary School in Lake City to make donations. Wally Banks and Tom Brown, members of the Post and Faye Brown, a member of the auxiliary presented the checks.
Oct 30, 2019
The Hiawatha Animal Humane Society (HAHS) will be participating in Give to the Max Day, sponsored by givemn.org again this year on Thursday, Nov. 14. Any donation received within 10 minute intervals throughout the entire 24 hour day, will make the HAHS eligible for an additional donation from...
Oct 9, 2019
Teachers and leaders at Lincoln High School were all smiles as they received financial donations from the Pass It On Thrift Shop in Lake City. The shop, which is owned and operated by the First Congregational Church, UCC, in Lake City, has made annual donations at the start of each school year to...
Jul 17, 2019
To the editor:According to the American Red Cross in a June 14, 2019, release: “A, B, and O are our main blood groups, and when not enough people donate blood, hospital shelves may be empty when a critical patient arrives. Please sign up today to donate soon.“Only about three percent of the U.S....
Jun 19, 2019
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in West Albany supported the Hiawatha Valley MobilePack through a local Feed My Starving Children event with a pancake breakfast fundraiser on June 9. The pancake breakfast raised enough funds to provide 3,025 meals.The St. Patrick’s Women’s Council made a donation...
May 8, 2019
To the editor:Lake City’s Blood Drive Committee received this very important message to share with our local donors. “During Trauma Awareness Month in May, the American Red Cross is calling for blood donations to ensure blood is available during emergencies when every second matters.” News...
Feb 13, 2019
The Lake City Food Shelf has served the greater Lake City Community since the early 1980s without having a paid staff or large corporate donors for support. Instead, the success of the Lake City Food Shelf can be attributed to many donors, giving varying amounts, and thousands of hours donated...
Jan 30, 2019
Five for Food, an initiative of the Greater Lake City Community Foundation for the Lake City Food Shelf, begins its fifth year during February and March. Thirteen sponsors have stepped forward with contributions from $500 to $1,000 for a total of $10,000. The funds in the sponsor pool will be...