spread love

Spreading love one cup at a time

Jul 23, 2025

A group of local friends and neighbors came together in early July with a simple idea and big hearts — setting up a lemonade stand along Goodhue County Road 5 to raise money for the Peters Memorial Fund. They set a goal of $200, and thanks to the kindness of everyone who stopped by, they exceeded...

Peters Memorial Fund presents Spread Love gear to Gov. Walz at community fishing opener event

May 15, 2024

The Peters Memorial Fund presented Gov. Tim Walz with a Spread Love package on Friday, May 10. The group said they “were thrilled for the opportunity to tell him a little bit about their organization and how they spread love within the community.” Representing the Peters Memorial Fund are Knox...

Tiger track teams Spread Love

Apr 24, 2024

The Lake City High School girls and boys track teams came together to raise over $900 for Peter’s Memorial Fund by organizing a t-shirt order, the fund said in a news release. “The best part is that the team will proudly wear these special T-shirts with our ‘Spread Love’ message on the days of...

FFA donates blankets to Spread Love

Mar 13, 2024

At the February FFA meeting, Lake City FFA members spent time making tie blankets. They chose to donate the blankets to Spread Love to be able to have them go back to members of the Lake City community. Pictured, from left, are Katie Rawlings, Dena Huettl, Karl Meyer, Danielle Hegge, Alison...

Spread Love shirt sale raises over $12,000 for teacher battling cancer

May 24, 2023

The Peters Memorial Fund held a t-shirt sale as a fundraiser for Carey Kopp, the choir director at Lincoln High School who was recently diagnosed with lung cancer. The campaign raised more than $12,014, which the fund presented to Kopp at the choral Pops Concert on May 19 at the high school. The...

‘Spread Love’ shirt sale raises money for teacher with cancer

Apr 5, 2023

The Peters Memorial Fund is selling shirts to raise money for a Lincoln High School teacher diagnosed with lung cancer. Carey Kopp, who has taught vocal music at Lincoln High School for 23 years, was recently diagnosed with Stage 2b non-small cell lung cancer, an autoimmune disease called (...