Category Archives: Promise Fellows

Northfield’s Promise Fellows named “Making a Difference” award winners

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 [...]

Youth Serve America awards Northfield youth “Global Youth Service Day” grants

The article below was submitted by Alyssa Jilek, AmeriCorps Promise Fellow at Northfield High School.  Many thanks to Northfield’s outstanding Promise  Fellows — Alyssa Jilek, Jason Hallen, and  Kevin Krein — for their work with these projects.  The Promise Fellow positions are supported by the Minnesota Alliance With Youth. On Tuesday, May 19, 2009, 15 [...]