Did you know if a fire starts in your home, you may have as little as two minutes to escape? Early detection from a working smoke alarm, as well as a fire escape plan are two critical elements to saving lives during a fire. On Saturday, April 28, GOLDMARK team members joined volunteers from across…
Team members from our Grand Forks region volunteered 2 hours of their Friday to Feed My Starving Children. The six team members packed 175 boxes of food, roughly 37,000 meals, which is enough for 102 kids for a year! Food is distributed through Feed My Starving Children to partners all over the world who support…
The communities in the Minneapolis just wrapped up their first food drive to benefit The Food Group. For more than 40 years The Food Group has worked to provide good foods to those who need it most in the community. They focus on local food access, equity, and nutrition issues related to food and hunger…
Team Members from the Minneapolis region spent 3 hours on Saturday volunteering for Project for Pride in Living (PPL), a non-profit organization which provides affordable housing in the Twin Cities. Six team members got a little messy while they spruced up the Fort Road Flats in St. Paul, a PPL property, by giving it…
The Great Plains Food Bank is the largest hunger-relief organization in North Dakota and serves as the state’s only food bank. Operating in Fargo, ND in a 36,000 square foot statewide distribution facility, there is a great need for community support to ensure those who seek emergency food assistance receive help. GOLDMARK sent a…
In early January, there were 70 women and children residing at the YWCA Emergency Shelter in Fargo. Of those, 42 were children, and 15 were under the age of 2 years old. Due to a large amount of children in the Shelter and their participation in the offered daycare services, the Shelter was running…
Each year, all over the nation, the Salvation Army has thousands of volunteers ring bells in various locations including grocery and retail stores. In Fargo, 12 Team Members rang the famous bells for a few hours to help collect change for the Salvation Army at 5 community businesses including the West Acres Mall, Cash…
To support the YWCA Emergency Shelter during the busy holiday season, 6 GOLDMARK team members volunteered their time at the shelter on December 12th. Around this time of the year, the shelter gratefully receives thousands of donations from our generous Fargo-Moorhead Community. With fun events and many programs taking place, the shelter staff cannot sort…
In November, the communities in our Omaha region held a successful food drive. In just two weeks, the five site offices and the residents of the communities, collected more than 1,000 food items! The collected food was donated to the Siena Francis House in Omaha, Nebraska's largest shelter and provider of services to individuals experiencing…
On November 16th, the Fargo FUN team hosted the 4th Annual Fall Fiesta Potluck and Fundraiser. This annual event serves as GOLDMARK’s biggest fundraiser of the year with all proceeds throughout the day benefiting the United Way of Cass-Clay. UNITED WAY PROGRAM Before lunch, team members gathered together to learn about the United Way…