Philanthropy

Church grateful for community support of Blessing Box

Feb 12, 2025
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church is grateful for the caring people who live in Lake City. As some people in the community are aware, St. Mark’s Church has a Blessing Box in front of the building with some food items to help people in need; it offers just a few non-perishable goods to help tide people...

Forward Bank commits $100,000 to Lake City scoreboard project

Feb 12, 2025
Forward Bank is supporting the Lincoln High School Digital Scoreboard project and their efforts to bring an ongoing curriculum that demonstrates a creative career path for students, the bank announced in a news release. “When fully complete, this initiative is designed to equip students with...

Church donates fundraiser proceeds to Care Pantry, hurricane relief

Nov 6, 2024
“Bethany Lutheran Church would like to thank the community for attending our fall fundraisers,” the church said in a news release. “We were able to donate $500 to the Lincoln High School Pantry and $1240 to the Hurricane relief fund through our synod.” The pantry has personal hygiene products,...

Sportsman’s Club contributes $3,000 to school Eagle Bluff trip

Oct 23, 2024
Lake City Sportsman’s Club Treasurer Audry Plote presented a check to Eric Aeschlimann, Bluff View Elementary School Principal, for $3,000. This is in support of the school taking 83 fifth graders, teachers and chaperones to Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center near Lanesboro. The Lake City...

Forward Bank committee donates to Lake City Music Boosters

Oct 23, 2024
Forward Bank in Lake City has announced one of the first recipients of grant from its charitable giving committee. “The Lake City/Forward – Impact Together committee has a renewed commitment to strengthening our community. The Advisory Committee has chosen to allocate $2,000 each quarter to...

Lake City sings meaningfully

Oct 2, 2024
Lake City Sunday afternoon our community was offered a very meaningful experience: a musical concert that highlighted multi generations and meaningful themes. The concert featured the First Lutheran senior choir, Lincoln High School choir and the Community Choir. Leadership was by Lisa Wallerich...

Eye clinic triples donations to schools

Sep 4, 2024
Ackermann Total Eye Care held its annual school supply fundraiser in August, collecting donations from patients and First Lutheran Church members. Dr. Ackermann triple matched the funds and was able to donate $1,000 to Bluff View Elementary School and $1,000 to Lincoln to purchase school supplies...

Foundation announces WeInvest 365 initiative

Sep 4, 2024
Since 2012, Greater Lake City Community Foundation (GLCCF) has been connecting philanthropic resources with programs and projects for the betterment of our community. As part of this mission, Greater Lake City Community Foundation is excited to announce a new program called weInvest 365 to...

Greater Lake City Community Foundation elects new directors

Jul 3, 2024
The Greater Lake City Community Foundation held it annual meeting and elected three new directors to its board. They include Mark Nichols, a financial advisor and Lake City’s current mayor, Peg Mattke, a retired banker with experience with other foundations, and Ann Nibbe, a retired elementary...

Suckow family donates t-shirts, preschool classroom materials

Mar 27, 2024
Lake City Community Education is expressing gratitude to the Suckow family and Thrivent Financial. Samantha Suckow made a surprise visit to a pre-kindergarten classroom recently with free t-shirts for the preschoolers and $250 worth of new classroom toys and early childhood learning materials. This...

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