North Dakota State University Parenting Education Network hosted the fifth and final webinar in their five part series Parenting in a Pandemic. The webinars were led by Erin Walsh, co-founder
With 80% of the state in severe drought conditions and 16.9% of the state in extreme drought conditions, farmers in North Dakota are worried about their livelihoods. Lower snowfall and
Giving Hearts Day is an annual 24-hour fundraiser founded in 2008 for charities in North Dakota and northwest Minnesota. It was held on February 11 this year and raised $21,933,941 from 41,960 donors throughout the area. St. Alphonsus was one of the non-profit organizations involved for the first time this year.
Principal Carrie Hope heard about Giving Hearts Day from Nyk, her husband, who heard about it on the radio. Hopeâs friend, Sarah Hinnenkamp, also brought her more information on the program. Hope and Hinnenkamp investigated the process of being involved and dove in.
âTo start the process, you must fill out an application and then participate in a phone interview,â explains Hope. Once you are accepted in the Giving Hearts Day program, you attend training webinars to make sure you are prepared for the big day. There are deadlines for the different steps along the way.
Kennedy Gjovik told a North Dakota legislative committee that she attempted her first suicide at 10 years old.
âI was in the third grade when the cyberbullying started,â she said. âI was added into a group chat that kids from my previous school were in. The first message was, âWhy donât you go kill yourself?ââ
Gjovik, now a college freshman, testified in front of the Senate Human Services Committee on February 9 in favor of Senate Bill 2311. The bill sponsor, Sen. Joan Heckaman, D-New Rockford, said the bill would get mental health resources and information to students.
âIt should be taught directly to students,â she said. âAn assumption that if the resources are out there, students will access them, seems a little thin.â