At their May 2011 board meeting, the Northfield Healthy Community Initiative (HCI) Board approved mini-grants to support four projects and activities designed to benefit Northfield youth. Funded applicants included: Nicholas Gonnerman for GPS Check-out. Nicholas would like to have individual GPS units available to the community to check-out in order to explore Northfield in a [...]
At their April 2011 board meeting, the Northfield Healthy Community Initiative (HCI) Board approved mini-grants to support five projects and activities designed to benefit Northfield youth. Funded applicants included: Ashleigh Cimino for Japan Relief. Ashleigh and other sophomores at Northfield High School – with help from teacher, Sarah Swan-McDonald – are raising money to aid victims of the [...]
At their March 2011 board meeting, the Northfield Healthy Community Initiative (HCI) Board approved mini-grants to support four projects and activities designed to benefit Northfield youth. Funded applicants included: The Northfield Area Learning Center (ALC) Student Activities Committee for the ALC Spring Fling Week. The Student Activities Committee is a new organization at the Northfield Area [...]
February 21, 2011 – 10:02 am
At their February 2011 board meeting, the Northfield Healthy Community Initiative (HCI) Board approved mini-grants to support nine projects and activities designed to benefit Northfield youth. Funded applicants included: Northfield High School student Madison Van Wylen for Senior Portrait Photography. Madison has her own camera and wants to take senior photos this summer for students [...]
February 3, 2011 – 3:58 pm
At their January 2011 board meeting, the Northfield Healthy Community Initiative (HCI) Board approved mini-grants to support four projects and activities designed to benefit Northfield youth. Funded applicants included: Sibley Elementary School for their annual event, Beyond Words: A Celebration of Art and Literacy. In 2010, more than 400 students and their families participated in Beyond Words, [...]
January 18, 2011 – 10:19 am
Students from the Northfield High School Service Learning classes will host an open house on Wednesday, January 19, 2011, from 6:00-7:00 p.m. in the high school’s lower cafeteria. Refreshments will be served. Community members are invited and encouraged to attend! The students will profile their semester projects. For this class, students identify issues in [...]
January 3, 2011 – 9:11 am
In a cooperative initiative, the Northfield Healthy Community Initiative, with financial support from WINGS (Women In Northfield Giving Support), agreed to fund 10 mini-grants in December to aid service projects developed by students at Northfield High School. All students are enrolled in Sarah Swan-McDonald’s Service Learning Class, which concludes its semester with a service project designed [...]
December 22, 2010 – 3:18 pm
At their December 2010 board meeting, the Northfield Healthy Community Initiative (HCI) Board approved mini-grants to support three projects and activities designed to benefit Northfield youth. Funded applicants include: Northfield High School students Dana O’Donnell and Grayce McGregor for the creation of Voice of Northfield Students, a student-published newsletter written by Northfield students, for Northfield [...]
December 9, 2010 – 1:58 pm
Just a reminder that the 9th Annual Jingle Bell Run is THIS SATURDAY (December 11, 2010)! Registration begins at 8:00 a.m. and the race starts at 9:00 a.m. from the Northfield Armory (519 Division Street). The Jingle Bell Run is presented by Carlson Capital Management, the American Center for Philanthropy, and 5th Bridge. Every year, [...]
November 30, 2010 – 11:05 am
At their November 2010 board meeting, the Northfield Healthy Community Initiative (HCI) Board approved mini-grants to support nine projects and activities designed to benefit and support Northfield youth. Funded applicants included: ARTech students Kindra Hurlbert and Abby Dennis for their student-led program called YES (Youth Enrichment Seminars). The student applicants will offer a different class [...]
