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Bemidji 31 Education Foundation pitches mini-golf fundraiser, seeks volunteers to expand classroom grants
Summary
At the Sept. 15 Bemidji Public School District board meeting, Jeff Hack, president of the Bemidji 31 Education Foundation, described the group's classroom-focused grants (83 projects totaling about $53,000 since 2019) and promoted upcoming fundraisers including an Edu Putt mini-golf event to raise funds and recruit informal volunteers.
Jeff Hack, president of the Bemidji 31 Education Foundation, told the Bemidji Public School District board on Sept. 15 that the foundation’s mission is to “enhance the educational experiences for the children in our district” by funding classroom projects.
The foundation, a component fund of the Northwest Minnesota Foundation, has funded 83 projects totaling roughly $53,000 since it began in 2019 and budgets about $14,000 for grants this year. Hack said the foundation focuses on classroom needs rather than extracurriculars or scholarships, and that most awards are small, educator-directed grants: “Trust the…
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