SAFETY EMPOWERMENT HOPE
FOR EMPOWERING WOMEN!
Thank you
Survivors of domestic violence must be strong, hopeful, and determined.
Yet that flame has been extinguished for most women beginning their journey at YWCA. It’s important they hear they don’t have to be alone in their healing process.
As a community member and committed supporter, I am continually inspired by YWCA’s empowerment approach.
Decades ago, I came with my mother to YWCA for a safe roof overhead after flight from a dangerous situation. I remember the staff providing me with assurance, caring attention, and stability that I craved as a child.
It made me feel a little taller and a whole lot braver. This is the difference of YWCA.
Empowerment comes from deeply caring professionals who are wise to the very complicated barriers faced by survivors of domestic violence and homelessness. They’re knowledgeable about trauma and its enduring effects. With this context, they deliver impactful programs for health, finding safe housing, gaining employment, stronger parenting, and more.
YWCA isn’t “fixing” lives, but helping women discover their own strength within to decide a vision for the future and do the hard work it takes to get there.
After two separate stays at YWCA in my childhood, I entered foster care and ultimately found my forever family. I went on to college, marriage, a career, and parenting my own two young children. I joined the YWCA Board of Directors in 2018 and became president in 2024.
It has been a full-circle journey, from “resident” to president.
I am grateful to know that I’ve played a role in the strategic direction of YWCA. It’s important to me to know that 24-hour safety and supportive programs exist for survivors to grow taller and braver than they ever dreamed possible.
On behalf of the women and children we serve, I thank you for supporting YWCA and being alongside us in our work.
Together, we’re providing security and giving children like I once was hope for the future.
Rayonna Hystead YWCA Cass Clay Board President
WE COULDN’T CHANGE LIVES WITHOUT YOU!
Volunteers invest their hands and hearts in the work and mission of YWCA Cass Clay. They generously bring their knowledge, decision-making, and feedback on our Board, special committees, and fundraising event organizing teams. Others roll up their sleeves to sort donations, bake and cook in our kitchen, teach life skills classes, perform
863
individuals volunteered with YWCA Cass Clay last year
$63,613
grounds clean-up, conduct donation drives, and set up for events. Volunteers give their service individually and in groups that come from businesses, schools, clubs, and service organizations.
Every hour given has tremendous value in ending homelessness and providing safety from domestic violence for women and children—thank you!
1,908
hours volunteered by community, committee, and board members
donated in volunteer time (using the hourly rate of $33.34 set by Independent Sector)
YWCA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Rayonna Hystead, President
Tammi Jo Barta, First Vice President
Louise Dardis, Second Vice President
Megan Schreiner, Treasurer
Lisa Schwinden, Secretary
Mary Jo Lewis, Past President
Erin Prochnow, YWCA CEO
Krista Andrews
Adair Boening
Jodi Duncan
Jessica Ebeling
Anita Hoffarth
Anne LaFrinier-Ritchie
Celine Paulson
Josie Perhus
Sandi Piatz
Sherri Schmidt
Paula Swanson
Cassie Wiste
YWCA CASS CLAY 2024 HIGHLIGHTS
EMERGENCY SHELTER ON SOUTH UNIVERSITY MARKS
20 YEARS OF SERVICE
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In 2024, YWCA Emergency Shelter on South University Drive marked 20 years of serving the community. While improvements occur annually, this year was extraordinary, including new flooring and blinds, furnishings in the Intake Office, an AV upgrade to host virtual meetings, and phase one of a $1M+ HVAC replacement. While we hope one day there won’t be a need for shelter, until then, these improvements ensure a safe, welcoming space ready to support women and children.
YWCA EXPANDS
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOUSING PROGRAM
WITH NEW HUD GRANT
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YWCA was awarded a new HUD grant to expand our Domestic Violence Housing Program, doubling its size to over $350,000. This joint program offers transitional housing and rapid rehousing to help survivors of domestic violence, dating violence and stalking gain housing and stability. YWCA is able to apply to renew this grant annually. Serving more survivors through this expansion is made possible by United Way of Cass-Clay contributing local funds.
FAMILIES
WELCOMED TO THE NEWLY RENOVATED COVE LANE
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In July, YWCA opened 12 freshly renovated units of affordable, supportive housing for women and families. YWCA had leased two six-plexes adjacent to the Emergency Shelter from the Sisters of the Presentation for many years. YWCA purchased the two buildings and renamed them Cove Lane, honoring Nano Nagle, the Sisters’ foundress. YWCA was awarded $3 million by the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency to update and renovate the two buildings that 12 families now call home.
YWCA CASS CLAY HOSTS SISTER ASSOCIATION
YWCA O’AHU
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In August, the CEO and COO of YWCA O’ahu came to Fargo to tour our Emergency Shelter and housing residences: Grace Garden and Lantern Light. YWCA Cass Clay is one of only three associations out of 190 nationwide the leaders from Hawaii selected to visit during their time on the mainland. YWCA Cass Clay is proud and honored to be recognized as a model of supportive housing, shelter, and community collaboration across the YWCA network.
YWCA EXPERIENCES
SIX DEGREES OF KEVIN BACON
In May, YWCA was invited by our partners at Bell Bank to celebrate National Pay It Forward Day. We were honored to work side-by-side with Bell Bank, Kevin Bacon’s Six Degrees Foundation, and community volunteers to assemble 1,000 Build Kits full of hygiene items in recognition of the 40th anniversary of Footloose and the associated nationwide movement. At YWCA, these kits helped empower survivors of domestic violence and homelessness and remind them they are not alone.
THE LYNGSTAD LEGACY LAID THE FOUNDATON FOR YWCA’S HOUSING PROGRAM
CEO REACHES NEW HEIGHTS FLYING WITH THE BLUE ANGELS
In July, CEO Erin Prochnow experienced the joy of flight with the Blue Angels through their Key Influencer Program. In recognition of YWCA’s commitment to helping others achieve their fullest potential, Erin was nominated as key influencer in the Fargo AirSho - receiving a backseat ride in the blue and gold F/A-18F Super Hornet. YWCA is proud to be recognized for the values we share with the Blue Angels - teamwork, dedication, and selflessness.
YWCA’S WEEK WITHOUT VIOLENCE FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT VIDEO SERIES
YWCA honors R.G. (Bob) and Lorry Lyngstad for opening doors for YWCA to build a supportive housing program 35 years ago. Deeply touched by a church sermon, the couple decided to purchase and donate a four-plex in north Fargo to YWCA. Their gift became a springboard for the life-changing YWCA Supportive Housing Program. In 2024, YWCA sold the building due to its distance from our evolving South University campus. What began through Lyngstad’s generosity, is now a nationally recognized program including nearly 100 apartment homes.
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YWCAs across the country observe a “Week Without Violence” each October to raise awareness and engage action to end the broad spectrum of violence against women and girls. This year’s WWV theme was Financial Trauma: From Financial Abuse to Safety and Justice. Through a grant from YWCA USA and the AllState Foundation, YWCA Cass Clay created a video campaign to educate about the intersection of poverty and homelessness as it relates to financial and domestic abuse.
YWCA EMERGENCY SHELTER MARKS 20 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY
Facility improvements prepare shelter for the next decade
This year, YWCA Emergency Shelter on South University Drive marked 20 years of serving the community. Since it opened in 2004, more than 28,000 women and children have called the shelter their temporary home. With the help of generous supporters and government funding, facility improvements occur annually. However, the number of improvements this year was extraordinary.
The most urgent issue addressed this year was the start of a $1M+ project to replace the shelter’s heating and cooling system. For years, the system had been failing, and YWCA worked with contractors and donors to mitigate immediate concerns and keep the 30,000 sq. ft. shelter warm in winter and cool in summer.
Major relief came when we learned our Community Development Block Grant request to the City of Fargo had been approved. The North Dakota Housing Finance Agency stepped up to close the
gap in funding needed for a new HVAC system. Phase one of the project, boiler replacement, happened in the fall. Phase two, replacing every heat pump in the building, begins in early 2025.
Many other notable improvements were made to increase comfort and ensure safety for women and children at YWCA. Our remarkable partners at Sammons saw to it that every resident room and many common areas got new carpet and vinyl tile – replacing the dilapidated 20-year-old flooring.
Our benevolent and long-term supporters at First Lutheran Church Foundation turned the Shelter Intake Office from worn and chaotic to comfortable and calming for women and children coming out of crisis. Most of what furnished the Intake Office over the past 20 years was brought from the previous shelter location.
Today our newly furnished Intake Office is beautiful, functional, and most importantly, a safe space for families in crisis.
Something we didn’t know would be needed when the shelter was designed in the early 2000s was technology for virtual meetings. Today, operating an organization like YWCA necessitates the ability to connect with others virtually. This year, YWCA was able to invest in a technology upgrade in the shelter’s Butler Room to make it seamless to engage with others across town and around the world.
Thank you to all who made these improvements, and many more not described here, a reality. While we dream of a day there won’t be a need for YWCA Emergency Shelter, until then, these improvements help ensure we continue to stand ready when women and children need us.
EMERGENCY SHELTER
YWCA Emergency Shelter is a safe, temporary home for women and children escaping domestic violence or homelessness. Here, 24 hours a day, we first provide food, clothing, hygiene supplies, and safety.
Domestic violence casts a shadow of physical health challenges, depression, low self-esteem, fear, substance abuse, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Other common barriers survivors face in moving ahead are poor or no credit history and lack of transportation, childcare, or access to healthcare.
Women need not walk alone in addressing these barriers when paired with an Advocate at YWCA. Our team understands the effects of trauma and takes a compassionate empowerment approach in everything we do. We listen without judging or giving advice on how to “fix” her life. Only she can decide her future. Empowerment honors her choices so she may walk her path freely. Discovering and using her own strengths cultivates hope. Advocates help survivors move forward through all programs described in this report and connect them to resources in the community that will be helpful on their journeys.
As the largest emergency shelter serving women and children in North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota, YWCA Cass Clay brings safety for women to begin new lives. Through a caring team and programs shaped over 40+ years, women find transformation, healing, and empowerment.
24,076 nights of shelter provided
45 days was the average stay
1,238 women and children safely sheltered 90% of individuals sheltered were survivors of domestic violence 84% of individuals were from Cass and Clay counties
EDUCATION & EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
Most women who seek shelter are unemployed at the time of arrival or lack living wages at a current job. To effectively break the cycles of poverty and homelessness, we offer job coaching for women at the YWCA Shelter and in Supportive Housing.
Women also find connection to education to finish a degree or specialized training as a pathway to greater economic security. Women set goals, discuss obstacles, and outline action steps for moving forward. This program also provides access to our on-site computer lab and varied job readiness and life skills classes including computer skills, resume creation, and interview preparedness.
104 classes offered 50% of women in the program obtained employment 44% of women sheltered achieved one or more education or employment milestone
CHILDREN’S SERVICES
Every child deserves to become the amazing person they were born to be.
Children’s Services at YWCA Cass Clay includes childcare and Study Buddies after-school program to improve the odds for children who’ve had the odds stacked against them.
At YWCA, kids grow through activities, art, games, and outings that are positive, memorable childhood experiences.
Moms find on-site childcare critical to their goals for employment, gaining health services, and preparing for life ahead. Based on interactions with a child, we may direct moms to community resources like behavioral therapy or resources to overcome developmental challenges.
Children’s Services also includes an evidence-based Parent Education Program tailored to meet the needs of moms calling YWCA home. Team members delivered the program in the classroom setting and through one-on-one interactions. 100% of participants indicated the information presented was “helpful” or “very helpful”. This program was developed with support from the Medica Foundation.
546
children participated in Children’s Services
2,135
107
children participated in the Study Buddies after-school program
nutritious meals served 99% of the time, children were re-enrolled in school within three days of arriving at YWCA
HUMAN TRAFFICKING SAFE HARBOR
YWCA Cass Clay created North Dakota’s first dedicated housing units for trafficking victims and their children in 2015. Since opening an emergency shelter in 1978, we have encountered a recurring narrative of partners who groom women romantically, then eventually force or manipulate them into commercial sex. Others are trafficked by family. Some entered the sex trade as their only means for survival.
Decades-deep experience informs YWCA service delivery, and we participate in North Dakota’s Human Trafficking Task Force. In a culture where survivors face criminalization and shame, YWCA brings compassion and nonjudgement to women who’ve been dehumanized and are working to shape new lives.
109 survivors of human trafficking served by YWCA
10
survivors of human trafficking served in dedicated units
951 nights of safety provided in dedicated units
HEALTH SERVICES
Through our health program, women grow healthier, connect to medical providers, gain access to important medications, become insured, and find treatment for mental health and addiction.
The Sanford RN Care Manager on site at YWCA is a compassionate health provider and teacher. She guides survivors to navigate a complex health system, lowering costly use of Emergency Departments for urgent treatment.
Through our partner Sanford Health, physicians in medical residency give healing care and referrals at regular full-day clinics at YWCA Emergency Shelter. The clinics also build trust: women sharing their concerns and health history in a place where they feel safest increases their comfort with seeking future care. Moms and children with illnesses but no transportation have care without taking a bus.
We further collaborate with Sanford Health to provide YWCA Respite Care for women facing homelessness who are too sick or frail to recover on their own, but too well for hospitalization. Two dedicated shelter beds are available for this post-surgical and recovery support.
1,731
one-on-one RN health sessions conducted
24 Residency Clinic sessions
148 Residency Clinic participants
8 individuals served in Respite Care
242 ER visits averted
14 ambulance transports averted
RAPID REHOUSING & STABILIZATION SERVICES
Our Rapid Rehousing and Stabilization Program provides deposit assistance, rental arrears, short-term rental assistance, or utility payment to help prevent families from becoming unhoused or quickly regain housing after experiencing homelessness.
A one-time payment through this diversion program can be a bridge to solid ground. This support means a single parent or distressed family can get by while awaiting a first paycheck or rebounding from a large medical bill.
The state of North Dakota contracted with YWCA to provide Rent Help Housing Facilitation Services. Additional support is provided as funding is available from other funders. Food, clothing and goods like diapers, shampoo, feminine products, bedding and school supplies are other things provided to families seeking help. By helping meet these needs, we can make homelessness brief and one-time or prevent it before it happens.
107 total individuals assisted
A RECORD NUMBER OF FAMILIES MOVE FROM FEAR TO FREEDOM IN YWCA SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
2024 brought many changes but the foundation the program provides remains the same.
In 2024, 351 adults and children had the opportunity to live safely, empowered by the support of a caring team, as they journeyed to independence in YWCA’s Supportive Housing Program.
The year saw many changes within the seven distinct programs that comprise YWCA’s Supportive Housing Program.
Lantern Light: A YWCA Supported Residence was opened at the end of 2023 and became fully occupied this year. Located at the former Sisters of the Presentation convent near YWCA Emergency Shelter in south Fargo, the renovated residence provides 23 one- to four-bedroom apartment units. At any given time, nearly 70 adults and children call Lantern Light home.
In July, YWCA opened 12 freshly renovated units of affordable, supportive housing for women and families. YWCA had leased two six-plexes adjacent to the
Emergency Shelter from the Sisters of the Presentation for many years. YWCA purchased the two buildings and renamed them Cove Lane, honoring Nano Nagle, the Sisters’ foundress. YWCA was awarded $3 million by the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency to update and renovate the two buildings.
With the addition of Lantern Light and the renovation of Cove Lane, YWCA has created a campus-like environment for those living in YWCA housing to easily access supportive services provided onsite at YWCA Emergency Shelter including childcare, our Education & Employment program, and health services.
With this campus approach in mind, this year YWCA purchased the building located at 3001 11th St. S from the Sisters of the Presentation. Future use of the site will be strategically determined by YWCA’s Board of Directors.
As our footprint in south Fargo has grown, in 2024 we sold the north Fargo four-plex that began YWCA’s Supportive Housing Program due to its distance from our evolving South University campus.
YWCA honors R.G. (Bob) and Lorry Lyngstad for opening doors for YWCA to build a supportive housing program 35 years ago. Deeply touched by a church sermon, the couple decided to purchase and donate a four-plex in north Fargo. Their gift became a springboard for the life-changing YWCA Supportive Housing Program. What began through the Lyngstads’ generosity, is now a nationally recognized YWCA Supportive Housing Program including 97 apartment homes.
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
Supportive housing provides women and children a place to call home. From this safe base, survivors continue putting together the many pieces it takes to gain independence.
Those experiencing trauma, chronic health conditions, poverty, or other barriers can come to thrive from this safety.
Children grow up in homes where friends can visit. They sleep in their own bed and have a kitchen table for homework and family meals.
YWCA Housing Advocates are integral to the success of this program. They are difference-makers who help women in their goals to gain jobs and education and overcome obstacles related to childcare, car breakdowns, health setbacks, and more.
Survivors gain caring encouragement that helps them stay focused on convictions they’ve set. As women grow in personal autonomy, they also gain tenant history and the skills to stay housed. They become healthier and reconnect to the community.
Supportive housing is a proven and cost-effective way to solve homelessness and break the grip of poverty and exposure to violence for present and future generations.
YWCA operates 97 units of safe and affordable, short- and longterm supportive housing in Fargo and West Fargo. From shelter to housing, there is continuity of support for those served by YWCA.
80,648 nights of housing provided
351 individuals housed (139 adults and 212 children)
84% were survivors of domestic violence
14 months was the average length of stay
53% of participants increased their income
84% of participants reduced their use of emergency services
57% of participants obtained stable housing upon exiting the program
RENEWED HOPE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING
brings critical resources to women participating in this program and living in apartments across the community.
We serve those who’ve escaped domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, or stalking and provide specialized advocacy to victims of these crimes.
8,462 nights of housing provided
24 adults and children housed
This project was supported by Grant Number 2015-WH-AX-0050 awarded by the Office of Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this publication/program/exhibition are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice, Office of Violence Against Women.
TRANSITIONAL HOUSING
is where women pay rent up to 30 percent of their income for up to two years living in the newly renovated Cove Lane apartments adjacent to YWCA Emergency Shelter. This close proximity means convenient access to shelterbased resources for employment, health, childcare, and more.
7,533 nights of housing provided
42 adults and children housed
78% of participants reported a reduction in use of emergency services
88% exited the program to stable housing
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOUSING
is a joint transitional housing and rapid rehousing program that helps survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking gain housing and stabilization.
YWCA Advocates meet survivors where they are at and provide the level of housing assistance each needs to be successful.
10,924 nights of housing provided
54 adults and children housed
91% of participants reported a reduction in use of emergency services
85% exited the program to stable housing
GRACE GARDEN
Developed by YWCA in partnership with Lutheran Church of the Cross, Gate City Bank, and other partners, Grace Garden provides 30 safe and affordable one- to fourbedroom apartment homes in West Fargo. Here YWCA is able to meet with unique needs of survivors of domestic violence who are typically prioritized lower for housing programs than chronically homeless individuals.
25,740 nights of housing provided
94 adults and children housed
LANTERN LIGHT
YWCA’s newest residence includes 23 apartments at the site of the former Sacred Heart Convent. Long-time partners the Sisters of the Presentation selected YWCA to purchase the convent – ultimately giving their homes so individuals in need may have a roof overhead. Eight units are reserved for HUD Permanent Supportive Housing for those experiencing chronic homelessness.
20,308 nights of housing provided
96 adults and children housed
SIERRA TOWNHOMES
Owned and operated by the Housing Authority of Cass County, YWCA supports eight of the 38 apartments reserved for families transitioning from homelessness.
Located in West Fargo, the families served by YWCA have an advocate to walk alongside them and access to comprehensive support services.
7,681 nights of housing provided
41 adults and children housed
increased their income
increased their income
increased their income
of participants reported a reduction in use of emergency services
of participants reported a reduction in use of emergency services
of participants reported a reduction in use of emergency services
EVENTS THAT CHANGE LIVES
YWCA Cass Clay shares and educates about domestic violence and homelessness in our community. We host events each year that uplift inspiring survivors who’ve transformed their lives and highlight community members whose actions empower others.
CHAMPIONS OF EMPOWERMENT
At this annual luncheon held on Giving Hearts Day in February, YWCA shares how supporters help advance our mission.
Attendees learn about YWCA’s opportunities and goals for the upcoming year and hear an inspiring story of a woman empowered in her journey by YWCA.
Exceptional supporters who have gone above and beyond are recognized with YWCA Friend Awards. 2024 Friend Award Recipients were Dustin Mitzel and Jay Odland from Happy Harry’s Bottle Shops, MaryJane Nipstad, and Susan Aukes.
YWCA WOMEN OF THE YEAR
Since 1973, YWCA’s Women of the Year event has highlighted 2,000+ exceptional area women and businesses. The over 800 attendees are inspired to give back and become involved leaders in our community.
All who were honored come from community nominations in 13 categories: Advocating for Equality, Arts & Culture, Business Management & Entrepreneurship, Communications, Community & Volunteer Service, Education, Faith Community, Health & Wellness, Leader in Women’s Empowerment, Lifetime Achievement, Science & Technology, Young Woman of Today & Tomorrow, and Youth Advocacy.
YWCA CHOCOLATE FOR CHANGE
YWCA’s signature fall event was back in 2024 with a new name - a sweet and spicy lunch for goodYWCA Chocolate for Change!
Held in early September, this event is a fun-filled afternoon for charitable businesses and individuals who come together in support of YWCA Emergency Shelter. Area restaurants, businesses, and bakers donate a variety of sweet treats and chili for a lunchtime drop-in event.
An online silent auction full of items donated by our generous community raises vital funds for our mission. New this year were games of chance with attendees invited to try their hand at winning raffle and Plinko prizes while supporting YWCA.
SEASONS OF SUPPORT AT YWCA
Our community always steps forward so no season passes without a measure of joy or celebration in the lives of women and children served by YWCA Cass Clay.
Moms calling YWCA home feel the love each spring as supporters shower them with love around Mothers’ Day.
Many individuals and businesses contribute to supply back-to-school necessities for children in the fall through our Sponsor a Student program.
And of course, the holidays bring forth an outpouring of kindness and generosity at YWCA!
YWCA thanks all who hosted drives, adopted families, supplied items on our needs list, provided essential items in welcome baskets for women moving into supportive housing, or participated in the 16th annual KFGO Stuff the Bus event in 2024!
AT YWCA, WE ENVISION
A WORLD OF OPPORTUNITY
and commit ourselves to the work of justice.
From April 1-29, 105 individuals from YWCA Cass Clay and the surrounding community joined thousands of participants across the country in the 2024 YWCA Racial Justice Challenge. Together, we explored the topics of Bodies & Identity, Financial Empowerment, Domestic Violence, and Transportation.
Participants received daily resources and shared insights with one another through the challenge app. As a staff, the YWCA team built upon the challenge with team activities – continuing to build connections and learn ways to better serve women and children in YWCA’s shelter and housing programs.
In alignment with its mission to “create opportunities for conversations that foster a diverse and unified community” YWCA’s Racial Justice Committee promoted and participated in the 2024 Challenge and continued to invite the community to visit the exhibit “RACE: Are We So Different?” located at YWCA’s Administrative Office.
Past challenge resources and more information can be found year-round at ywcacassclay.org/racial-justice.
9,835,367 $33,026,054
466,011 5,519,307 23,724,944 2,326,159 989,633 $33,026,054
$10,105,915
For Year Ending December 31, 2024
For Year Ending December 31, 2024
Celebrating our valued donors
THANK YOU FOR MAKING A DIFFERENCE!
Partner in Justice $100,000+
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Otto Bremer Trust
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United Way of Cass-Clay
Partner in Dignity
$25,000-$99,999
Central Door & Hardware
Choice Bank
Corwin Automotive
Dakota Medical Foundation
Norman Jones
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Kesselring Family Fund
Harold and Dorothy Madson Foundation
Tammy Miller and Craig Palmer
Janice and Dennis Nelson
Joyce and Lynn Overboe
Elsie M. Pitsenbarger Trust
Sammons Financial
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Judith and Stephen Spellman
Lori and Lynn Wadeson
Partner in Freedom
$10,000- $24,999
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Anonymous
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Border States
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Cornerstone Bank
Tim and Nan Corwin Charitable Trust
Delta by Marriott Fargo
Enclave Development
Noel and Judy Fedje Foundation
First Lutheran Church Foundation
FM Area Foundation
Forum Communications Co.
Fred M. Hector Charitable Trust
Pat Funke
Ruth and Gary Hanson
Horace Lions Club
Key Contracting Inc.
Mary Jo and Randy Lewis
Livewire
Elizabeth and John Lyngstad
Microsoft Corporation
Sanford Health
SCHEELS
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Tellwell Story Co.
US Bank Foundation
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Partner in Peace
$5,000-$9,999
Jane and Thomas Ahlin
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Allstate Foundation
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ASN Constructors
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Brandt Family Foundation
Cargill, Inc.
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Cass County Electric Cooperative Foundation
Eide Bailly LLP
Fargo Gateway Lions
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Five Star Storage
Flint Group
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Nola Hahn
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Happy Harry’s Bottle Shop
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Rod & Diane Jordahl Community Benefit Fund
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Michelle and Nicholas Killoran
Kiwanis Club of Fargo Foundation
Betty Kuklish
Vanessa and Paul Kummer
Richard Larson, Evelyn and Milton Larson Trust
Lutheran Church of the Cross
Denise and Mark Magness
Jan and David McNair Family Fund
Midland National Life Insurance Company
Otter Tail Corporation Foundation
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Advised Fund
Noell Reinhiller
Shine On Fund
Sysco
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Partner in Courage
$2,500-$4,999
Advanced Business Methods
Julie Alin
Anonymous
Atonement Lutheran Church
Margie and Dick Bailly
Barnesville Thursday Nite Lions
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Bell Insurance
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota
Bobcat Company
Brady Martz
Bremer Bank
Concordia College
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Diversified Contractors
Shelley Earsley
Bonnie Eklund
Nancy Evert
Fargo Lions Club
First Lutheran Church
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H.A. Thompson & Sons
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Heartland Trust Company
Hope Lutheran Church—North Campus
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Lambda Delta Sigma - Concordia College
Light Consulting & Coaching LLC
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Kurt Losee
Marsh McLennan Agency
Jody and Michael Mathias
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Robert Modin
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702 Communications
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AgCountry Farm Credit Services
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Bared Soul Boudoir
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Julie Blehm
Border States Paving, Inc.
Laine and Tiffani Brantner
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Memorial Fund
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Casselton Lions Club
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Goldmark Charitable FundGoldmark Schlossman
Goldmark Property Management
Gary Haaland
George E. Haggart Foundation, Inc.
Joyce and John Hajostek
Katrina Hammer
Kathryn and Matt Hasbargen
Shon and Brian Hastings
Robert Haugan
Catharine and Mark Haukedahl
Brian Hayer
Heather’s Housekeeping
Brandi Hedin and Mark Julik
Carolyn and Donald Hedlund
Dennis Heitkamp
Heidi Heitkamp and Darwin Lange
Char Henning
Mary and Spencer Hildre
Hitterdal Area Lions
Virginia Hynek
Laurie Ista Johnson
Betsy and Mark Jackson
Willy and Arland Jacobson
Barbara and James Johnson
Ramona and Lynn Johnson
Luanna and Thomas Kennelly
Rhonda Ketterling
Lucille Kingsley
Terri Bartholomay-Klocke and Roger Klocke
Jessica and Shaun Kohanowski
Emily Kulland
Tiffany and Richard Lawrence
Julie and Paul Lindgren
Mary Locken
Colleen Lubken
Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd
Kim and Steve Mann
Mapleton ND Lions
Cris and Bill Marcil
Marvin Composites
Kim Meyer
Mid America Steel, Inc.
Midco
Midco Foundation
Sherry Mischke
Wendy and Dustin Mitzel
Matthew Mohr
Jenni and Eric Momsen
Moore Holding Company
Tracey and Richard Moorhead
Ruth Morton
Nancy and Brent Nerland
Noridian Healthcare Solutions
Angela and Patrick Novak
Anthony Ocana and Aileen Buslig
Linda and Tom O’Halloran
Kami Olson
Park Co. Realtors
Peace Lutheran Church
Arlette and Richard Preston
Lori and Joseph Pytlik
RD Offutt Company
Reach Partners Inc.
Jeffrey Robinson
Jeanine Rodvold
Tami Rust
Nancy and Ron Saeger
Sagency
Irina and Kevin Sagert
William and Anna Jane Schlossman Fund
Megan and Jacob Schreiner
Patricia Schutt
Karen and Jeff Skjold
Patricia Skognes Fund
Marsha and Lyle Songstad
Starbucks Foundation
Scott and Jonda Stofferahn
Maureta Studebaker
Paula Swanson and Mark Western
Sharon Swenson
Jennifer Thompson
Marcus and Shannon Thornton
Thrivent Financial
Cathy and Jon Tufte
Two Men and a Truck
Marcia Ubbelohde
Sandra and Wayne Wagner
Walmart Stores
Alyssa and Kyle Weinand
Gary Weinberger
Julie and John West
West Fargo Lions Club
Western State Bank
Deedra and W.M. Whalen
Connie Winkler
Barbara Wood Williams and James
Williams
Lisa and Matthew Yoney
Jessica and Paul Zenker
Partner in Empowerment $500-$999
Shannon Airhart
Betsy Alberty
Sandra and Donald Andersen
Stacy and Brandan Anderson
Sue and Troy Anderson
Anonymous
Baker Garden & Gift
Julien and Barry Batcheller
Deb and David Beard
Alyssa Bernhardt
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Cynthia and William Bleier
Adair and Mark Boening
Nikki and Jon Bogenreif
Tianna Braun
Roxanne and Tom Bresnahan
Natalie Carlson
Linda Carlson
Cash Concrete
Dianne and James Connelly
Ida Mae and George Cook
Nicole and David Crutchfield
Suzanne and Rich Demeules
Laurie Diethelm
Jennifer and Chris Dorsey
Leah and Andre duCharme
Eagles Elementary
Jessica and Neil Ebeling
Nancy Egeberg
Elim Lutheran Church Foundation
Jess Engel
James Erickson
Carolyn and Thomas Espel
Fargo Glass & Paint Co.
Amy Flowers
Fluid Interiors
Fundamental Health Associates LLC
Cherie and Wayne Gadberry
Gateway Chevrolet, Inc.
Dianne Gibb
Great Harvest Bread Company
Gail Gunst
Jayne and Michael Gust
Laurie and Owen Hamre
Debbie Hand
Summer and Derek Hanson
June Hayer
Holly Heitkamp and Darren Kadlec
Tracie Holland
Maureen and Brent Holman
Terry Horne
Impact Foundation
Joan Indvik
Susan and Robert Jarvis
Janice and Dr. George Johnson
Mary Jondahl
Carol Jore
Jean and James Jorgenson
Kelly and Dale Kadlec
Kathleen Kautzman
Kary and William Kelly
Kevin Kocos
Sharon and Richard Krabbenhoft
Susan and Michael Krueger
Dee Ann and Brad Krugler
Rachel Kupfer
Mary and John Lang
Jackie and Robert Lebacken
Light Financial Services, Inc.
Lighthouse Church of Fargo
Sara Lindberg
Corrine Loge
Luther Collision & Glass
M & J Construction
MBN Engineering Inc.
Angela McCarthy
Lisa and Jim McEvers
Donna Monteith
Austin & Laura Morris
Sarah and Jared Myers
Margaret and Roger Nelson
Shirley Nelson
Rhonda and Bernie Ness
North Dakota Bankers Association
Shawn Nulph
Ohnstad Twichell
Karen Olson
Sheila and Robert Overby
Patricia and Larry Pederson
Jeana and Jim Peinovich
YWCA Cass Clay gratefully acknowledges our supporters. Every effort has been made to ensure the accurate listing of these contributions. If you have questions, please call (701) 232-3449.
Ann Perrizo
Peterson Mechanical
Trina Pisk-Hall and Jason Hall
Pat and Clint Podoll
Monica Jo Ptacek
Evelyn and Brian Quigley
Randy Barta Construction Inc.
Paulette and William Rastedt
Marcia and Kenneth Retzer
Carol and Douglas Riedinger
Roamers Four Wheel Drive Club
Roers Management
Mary and Thomas Rohleder
Rollag Lutheran Church
Sabin Lions Club
Berta and David Schmidt
Sherri Schmidt and Paul Tefft
Kristen Schneeberger
Stephen Schroeder
Jazmin Seivert
Sharehouse, Inc
Roberta and Warren Shreve
Karen and Felix Silbernagel
Trina Smaaladen
Mykal and Mark Sonstelie
Natalie and Chad Sparrow
Janet and Walt Spiese
Karen Stensrud
Sherry and Daniel Stoa
Denise and Kevin Stoppleworth
Nancy and Jeffrey Suttle
Linda and James Svobodny
Libby and Joshua Swanson
Steve and Mary Anne Swiontek
Doug Tangen
The Nail Co.
Amanda and John Thomas
Susan and Gregory Thompson
Paul Torgeson and Cynthia Sillers
Vicki and Scott Turner
Sheila Vedquam
Joyce and George Wallman
Jamie Warcken
Wells Fargo Bank
Shauna Wimer
Joyce and Jeff Wold
Carolyn and Wilbur Wright
Government Services
Emergency Food and Shelter
National Program
U.S. Department of Justice
U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development
Clay County
ND Department of Health and Human Services
ND Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
ND Department of Public Instruction
ND Housing Finance Agency
ND Office of the Attorney General