The Northland Foundation deserves kudos for keeping afloat teenagers plans to help others. 6:20 am, Dec. 30, 2020 ×
The Northland Foundation Youth Leadership Academy shared this holiday sign with residents of the Steve O Neil Apartments. (Facebook)
It has been a long year for all of us, including the Northland Foundation s Youth Leadership Academy.
The academy is composed of Northland ninth-grade students who were nominated by teachers the previous year because of their leadership potential.
My daughter was one of the participants. We have her welcome letter dated May 28, 2019, long before we knew what this year would bring. Orientation was in September 2019, and the kids met every month with foundation staff members, volunteer mentors from the business community and guest speakers. They learned interpersonal skills, communication, leadership and community service. They identified the causes they care about and discussed how they could help with a year-end service p
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December 13, 2020
DULUTH, Minn.– As Christmas day gets closer, the Northland Foundation and other Duluth organizations are stepping in to help put presents under the tree for area families in need.
Volunteers have been giving their time to help spread some Christmas joy to kids in Duluth, overcoming the effects of the pandemic to make sure dozens of kids get a whole bunch of presents they may not have gotten otherwise.
“The big thing that COVID does is it just creates an opportunity for us to do some things in a different way, sometimes a more challenging way,” said Caitlin Ward, the After School Coordinator at Steve O’Neil Apartments.