Minnkota, employees give big on Giving Hearts Day

This Feb. 8, Minnkota and its employee-supported Minnkota Cares program took advantage of the generous giving matches of Giving Hearts Day. Four organizations that touch the co-op’s service territory and home communities received donations from leadership and staff.

Minnkota partnered with Nodak Electric Cooperative to provide a $7,000 corporate donation to the Community Violence Intervention Center (CVIC) in Grand Forks, N.D., making the co-ops CVIC's lead Challenge Partners. CVIC delivers vital safety and healing to children and adults experiencing domestic or sexual violence and educates youth about how to develop healthy relationships to end future violence.

Minnkota also gave a $1,000 corporate donation to Farm Rescue, which provides planting, haying, harvesting and livestock feeding assistance, free of charge, to farm families who have experienced a major injury, illness or natural disaster.

The Minnkota Cares committee chose two causes to receive a $250 Minnkota Cares donation on behalf of the employees. One donation went to Audubon Great Plains, whose mission is to protect birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow. This segment of Audubon serves North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska. The second donation benefitted the Grand Forks Public Library Foundation, helping the library toward its goal of creating the ultimate Curiosity Lab filled with podcasting equipment, music technology, 3D printers and more.

Giving Hearts Day is an annual 24-hour giving event that supports charities in North Dakota and northwest Minnesota. This year alone, Giving Hearts Day raised more than $29 million in donations for the regional causes involved. Since the event’s founding in 2008, it has raised more than $193 million.

MAIN IMAGE: Minnkota Cares committee members Brandon Allen, Kim Adam, Jen Regimbal and Colleen Fritel present the Minnkota Cares Giving Hearts Day recipients. (Minnkota)