Category: Programs
Dundas Dome Donates Grand Opening Proceeds to Youth Sports Collaborative
January 26, 2017
The Dundas Dome held its Grand Opening on December 17, 2016. The dome was open from 4:00 to 6:30 for community members and their families to check out the facility and get some exercise. Bouncy houses were available for the kids, along with soccer nets, inflatable body balls, badminton and plenty of open space to […]
TORCH named finalist for national Latino student success award
August 9, 2016
The Northfield Tackling Obstacles and Raising College Hopes (TORCH) program was named today as one of twenty “2016 National Finalists for Examples of Excelencia,” an initiative honoring America’s top programs that increase academic opportunities and increase achievement for Latino students.
Mayor Graham Discusses Northfield Promise
July 8, 2016
In this “Minute with the Mayor” video Mayor Graham describes Northfield Promise as a community-wide collaboration to make sure EVERY child reaches their full potential. He also explains what it is not. Check it out!
Awesome Club volunteers are Making a Difference
July 25, 2013
The Awesome Club was founded three years ago by a then-St. Olaf student, Natalie Davis, as a social skills club for high school students with autism. This year, about 16 high school students and about half a dozen college volunteers met weekly after school to play games and spend time together. Through the sale […]
Dale Finger is Making a Difference
October 21, 2012
A Northfield businessman who’s provided job experience for hundreds of local teenagers has received the Healthy Community Initiative’s (HCI) “Making a Difference” Award for September. The award celebrates those groups and individuals in the community who have a positive influence on Northfield youth. Dale Finger has hired and trained an estimated 300 youth in the […]
Fritz Bogott and Rachel Matney are Making a Difference
April 25, 2012
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 […]
John Daniels is Making a Difference
March 24, 2012
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 […]
Kathy Lansing is September’s “Making a Difference” award winner
September 14, 2010
Kathy Lansing is the September 2010 recipient of HCI’s “Making a Difference” Award. The award celebrates those groups and individuals in the community who have a positive influence on Northfield youth. Lansing is beginning her eighth year as community director of Project Friendship, a mentoring program that matches college students at Carleton and St. Olaf […]