Rachel Matney and Fritz Bogott are the March/April 2012 recipients of the Healthy Community Initiative’s “Making a Difference” award. The award celebrates those groups and individuals in the community who have a positive influence on Northfield youth. After reading reports about the achievement gap in Minnesota and Northfield, Matney started thinking of local solutions. She [...]
A Northfield man who helped a group of teenagers from the Key build a canoe is the February 2012 recipient of the Healthy Community Initiative “Making a Difference” Award. The award celebrates those groups and individuals in the community who have a positive influence on Northfield youth. John Daniels spent nine months guiding the teenagers [...]
High school students in the Northfield Mayor’s Youth Council (MYC) approved a total of $2,000 in grants to support five projects and activities designed to promote high school graduation among Northfield youth. All grants were made possible through funding from the “100 Best Communities for Young People” award that Northfield received from America’s Promise. Funded [...]
February 3, 2012 – 8:20 am
Four teenagers who organized a benefit concert for a family who lost their home in a fire are the December 2011/January 2012 recipients of the Healthy Community Initiative’s “Making a Difference” Award. The award celebrates those groups and individuals in the community who have a positive influence on Northfield youth. Within hours of learning of [...]
December 12, 2011 – 5:29 pm
Bob Gregory-Bjorklund and Ann Gregory-Bjorklund are the November recipients of the Healthy Community Initiative (HCI) “Making a Difference” Award. The award celebrates those groups and individuals in the community who have a positive influence on Northfield youth. The Gregory-Bjorklunds were recognized for encouraging and supporting youth through the arts. Bob, who recently directed a cast [...]
November 6, 2011 – 8:42 am
Chuck Perkins, a volunteer coach with the Northfield High School Raiders football team, is the September/October 2011 recipient of the Healthy Community Initiative (HCI) “Making a Difference” Award. The award celebrates those groups and individuals in the community who have a positive influence on Northfield youth. “We’ve often referred to him as our positive energy [...]
August 23, 2011 – 8:37 am
Four AmeriCorps Promise Fellows who devoted the past year to serving youth in Northfield are the July/August recipients of the Healthy Community Initiative’s “Making a Difference” Award. The award celebrates those groups and individuals in the community who have a positive influence on Northfield youth. Through a partnership with the Minnesota Alliance With Youth, the [...]
Seven Carleton College tutors who volunteered with the TORCH program were named the June recipients of the the Northfield Healthy Community Initiative’s “Making a Difference” Award. The award celebrates those groups and individuals in the community who have a positive influence on Northfield youth. The college students volunteered throughout the school year assisting high school [...]
The Bethel Lutheran Church group Youth Energized to Serve (Y.E.S.) is the May recipient of the Healthy Community Initiative “Making a Difference” Award. The award celebrates those groups and individuals in the community who have a positive influence on Northfield youth. The youth group coordinated the church’s March food drive and raised $14,035 and 158 [...]
Rotary Youth Exchange Officer Vicki Dilley is the April 2011 recipient of the Healthy Community Initiative “Making a Difference” Award. The award celebrates those groups and individuals in the community who have a positive influence on Northfield youth. Dilley oversees the application process for Northfield students who want to go abroad through Rotary, and she [...]
