stories
No Goal is Out of Reach
Journey to Recovery Supported by United Way Programs Between laughter and tears…
Ask The Expert: How Can We Help Youth Thrive Now and Into the Future?
Chad Evans is the Unit Director and Out of School Time Coordinator at Deer…
From Rough Beginnings to Rays of Hope: How Mentoring Changed Chelsi's Story
Chelsi Drobnick could have been just another casualty of poverty and crime.…
Ask The Expert: Why Keeping Aging Community Members Social Matters
Kristi Kane is the Director of the Arrowhead Area Agency on Aging, a division…
Changemakers to Watch: Carson Smith
The word “philanthropist” is often associated with individuals who give back…
Ask The Expert: What Makes a Vibrant Community?
What makes a community one where people want to live? United Way of 1,000 Lakes…
Changemakers to Watch: Tom and Leanna McBride
Much has been said about rural Minnesota’s “brain drain,” in which ambitious…
Turning the Table on Tragedy
“We came to the Grand Rapids area about seven years ago to escape. To hide…
Campus Life Sparks Faith and Hope
When Liz Maki joined the Deer River Campus Life program back in high school,…