Historical Giving
2022 Giving
- $525 to Essentia Health Cornerstone Employee Emergency Assistance
- $525 to Patient Assistance Funds
- $1140 Event Sponsorships: United Way Day of Action, Aces for Elders, and ISD #317 Post-prom
- $2,012 to Essentia Health Employee Support
- $620 to ISD #317 Faculty & Teacher Support
- $1966 Community Gifts
- $4200 to Jim Tarbell Cancer Care Fund Recipients
- $10,000 Essentia Health employee Health Career Scholarships
- $250 Essentia Health Itasca Hospice
- $400 to Essentia Health Comstock Court
- $1,000 to Essentia Health Community Engagement, Bicycles for Children’s Fair
- $26,085 to Essentia Health Community Paramedic Program
- $450 to Girls Youth Basketball Programming
- $765 to ISD #317 DCD Classroom Chairs
- $1,000 to Ruth’s Free Wig Closet
- $1,000 to New Beginnings Pregnancy Care Center
- $1,000 to ISD #317 Full Service Community School, outdoor winter clothing
- $1596 ISD #317 Activity, Club & Program gifts
- $2,500 to Second Harvest North Central Food Bank, ISD 317 Food Pantry
- $2,500 to Deer River Area Food Shelf
- $5,000 to S.T.E.P. Coalition
- $5,000 to Itasca Youth for Christ, Deer River Campus Life
- $13,000 to Community Tech Hub
2021 Giving
- $30,000 to Deer River Community Trail
- $5,000 to The Movement / S.T.E.P. Coalition
- $3,675 to ISD #317 Adapted Tri-cycle for King School
- $2,251 to Essentia Health Homestead Resident Scale
- $2,000 to New Beginnings Pregnancy Care Center
- $1,000 to Essentia Health Employee Exercise Room
- $500 to ISD #317 Full Service Community School Hygiene Closet
- $2,000 to Healthcare Career Scholarships to employees of Essentia Health
- $500 Sponsorship to NAMI “Cracked Not Broken; The Kevin Hines Story” for suicide prevention
- $200 Sponsorship to Essentia Health employees to participate in Stomp on Stigma 5K
- $2,100 to Jim Tarbell Cancer Care Fund Recipients
- $525 to Patient Assistance Funds
- $1,160 to Essentia Health Employee Support
- $960 to ISD #317 Faculty & Teacher Support
- $150 to Homestead Courtyard Flowers
- $5,400 to Essentia Health Employee Cornerstone Funds to ED Waiting Room
- $525 to Essentia Health Cornerstone Employee Emergency Assistance
2020 Giving
- $10,000 to Essentia Health for COVID-19 Response
- $500 to Mask Mania for free COVID-19 masks
- $5,000 to ISD 317 Medical and Dental appointments
- $2,500 to Deer River Boys and Girls Club
- $2,500 to Mikinaak Park in Ball Club
- $500 in Patient Assistance Fund Grants
- $5,000 to Jim Tarbell Cancer Care Fund Recipients
- $1,300 to Essentia Health-Deer River Infusion Center
2019 Giving
- $1,000 to Essentia Health for water safety for children
- $7,187 to Essentia Health for Bilimeter
- $5,500 for Jim Tarbell Cancer Care Fund Awards
- $500 to Essentia Health for Mental Health Awareness
- $550 to King Elementary Garden
- $5,000 to Movement/Step Coalition for Substance Use Prevention
- $2,500 to Deer River Area Food Shelf
2018 Giving
- $1,000 to Essentia Health-Deer River for water safety for children
- $1,700 to Deer River Pony League for AED
- $2,500 to Second Harvest Food Bank for AED
- $7,359 to Essentia Health Deer River for Comstock Gazebo
- $$2,500 to Deer River Area Food Shelf
- $500 to Deer River Farmers Market
- $500 to Rollerblade for Cancer Aid
2017 Giving
- $5,068 to ISD 317 for Community Fitness Center equipment
- $1,000 to Essentia Health-Deer River for water safety for children
- $3,000 to Essentia Health-Homestead for new blinds for living room
- $2,500 to Second Harvest Food Bank for Fresh Produce
- $1,700 to Bethany Lutheran for AED
- $500 to Deer River Area Food Shelf
2016 Giving
- $1,200 to Essentia Health-Deer River for EKG Software
- $5,000 to Boys and Girls Club of Deer River for Healthy Habits Curriculum
- $1,000 to Essentia Health-Deer River for water safety for children
- $5,000 to ISD 317 for The Movement underage substance use prevention
- $10,000 to Essentia Health-Deer River for handicapped bathroom door openers
- $1,500 to Essentia Health-Homestead Activities Department
- $3,000 to Essentia Health-Deer River EMS
2015 Giving
- $500 to Essentia Health-Deer River for a Mother’s Room
- $1,000 to ISD 317 for Mother’s Rooms at King Elementary and Deer River High School
- $1,000 to Essentia Health-Deer River for water safety for children
- $4,000 to Essentia Health-Deer River for Student Internship Program
- $6,500 to Essentia Health-Deer River for Newborn Audiology Screening Equipment
- $6,718 to Essentia Health-Deer River for Cardiac & Pulmonary Rehab Department
- $6,500 to Essentia Health-Deer River EMS for Advanced Cardiac Life Support
Additional Giving
- $4,800 to Essentia Health-Homestead for Biodex Stepper
- $9,545 to Essentia Health-Homestead Living Room Update
- $600 to Essentia Health-Grand Rapids for Doppler Monitor
- $2,000 to Essentia Health-Deer River for Wellness Garden
- $3,100 to Essentia Health-Homestead Vital Signs Monitor
- $1,000 to Essentia Health-Deer River for Waiting Room Update
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