Four funds throughout Northeastern Minnesota and Northwestern Wisconsin have already distributed most of their donations. 2:07 pm, Dec. 22, 2020 ×
After already giving out $1 million to emergency funds during the pandemic, a regional nonprofit said it desperately needs more donations.
“Those funds are now nearly depleted, David Montgomery, interim president and CEO of the Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation, said in a virtual news conference Tuesday morning. We are asking our donors, our business community the entire community to come together to help replenish those funds.“
Donations will be distributed to four regional emergency funds: the COVID-19 Northeast Minnesota Response Fund, the COVID-19 Northwest Wisconsin Response Fund, the Chequama-Care COVID-19 Response Fund and the COVID-19 Two Harbors Response Fund. Those funds will then be used to support residents suffering from the health, economic and social impacts of COVID-19, according to the