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Give during this holiday season to any of these local organizations!
Season’s Needings Adopt-A-Pet PO Box 865 • Moorhead, MN 56561 701-232-5681 • adoptapetfm.org
Our Purpose: Helping homeless dogs and cats find permanent loving homes. How You Can Help: Donations of money/food, treats or become a foster home.
CHI Friendship
801 Page Drive, Fargo, ND 58103 701-235-8217 • www.chifriendship.com
Our Purpose: To enrich the lives of people with disabilities. At Friendship we nurture abilities to help people achieve their dreams both big and small. How You Can Help: A donation to our capital campaign to build a new day program building will assist people with disabilities gain skills to be more independent - whether it be in a job, volunteering, or in regular daily activities. We are also accepting donations for our entertainment fund which supports people to participate in community activities. Contact Dori at dori.leslie@commonspirit.org with donation questions.
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention ND Chapter
P.O. Box 11295, Fargo, ND 58106 701-371-1194 | afsp.org/NorthDakota
Our Purpose: We save lives and bring hope to those affected by suicide! We provide programs across North Dakota and the F/M Community. How You Can Help: Donations support prevention education programs in the F/M Area, Advocacy, and support for suicide loss survivors.
Our Mission: To provide a very special summer camp experience for children and adults with disabilities through our values of Connection, Independence, Growth, and Respect. How You Can Help: Your donation will help to provide scholarships for campers. No one is ever denied acceptance because of inability to pay. Online donations are also accepted at elkscampgrassick.com/donate
The Arts Partnership
Birthright of Fargo/Moorhead, Inc
715 11th Street N, Suite 103c Moorhead, MN 56560 218-477-1977 • birthrightfgm@702com.net
Our Mission: We are a nonprofit organization that helps families that are in need of extra support for their child/ ren age ranging from newborn to age 5. Birthright helps with providing things such as diapers, pull-ups, wipes, baby wash, lotion and clothes from newborn to size 5. How You Can Help: You can support Birthright of Fargo/ Moorhead by making a cash donation or donating gently used children’s clothing, newborn to 5 years of age.
Catholic Charities North Dakota 5201 Bishops Blvd, Suite B Fargo, ND 58104 • 701-235-4447
Our Mission: Guided By Our Values, Catholic Charities North Dakota Serves People In Need and Advocates for the Common Good Of All. How You Can Help: Make a financial gift to our Charity Care Fund online or donations of diapers or gently used baby items can be dropped off at our office. Your donation will help provide a struggling neighbor with needed supplies and support.
Emergency Food Pantry
1101 4th Ave N Fargo, ND 58102 Emergencyfoodpantry.com • 701.237.9337
Our Purpose: In 2023, Emergency Food Pantry provided nearly 15,000 food baskets to over 6,800 families in the community. Our mission is to support the community by providing food to reduce hunger. How You Can Help: Financial donations allow Emergency Food Pantry to fund the current, urgent needs of the community. A $35.00 donation will provide a week’s work of food to a family of five. Volunteers are needed for 3-hour shifts during weekdays. More information is available at our website: emergencyfoodpantry.com
Our Purpose: Fraser provides diverse services, including independent living support for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, all-inclusive and diverse childcare for children, homeless prevention for transitional youth aged 16-26, and confidential mental health therapy for individuals, couples, and families. How You Can Help: Extended Hours, Fraser’s emergency shelter for 18 to 26-year-olds, faces challenges opening this year due to increased costs and workforce issues. Assist us in closing the financial gap to provide a secure, warm haven for young individuals throughout the winter season.
GCA Thrive
3439 17th St S. Fargo, ND 58104 701.799.9414 • website: gcathrive.org email: info@gcathrive.org
Our Purpose: G.C.A THRIVE is a nonprofit organization that builds a path to independence for individuals in Africa, primarily through microloans and job training. We target women with disabilities and single women living with HIV, who have the least access to jobs in Africa. As of December 2024, we have recipients in Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya. Our programs are small and personalized, allowing donors to see their donation change lives. We have almost no overhead, ensuring donor’s money reaches the people in need. How You Can Help: Volunteers are needed to help with fundraising, promotion, and developing projects. Consider committing to a recurring (tax deductible) donation of any amount on our website; a recurring donation of as little as $5 will make a big difference! If you live in Fargo, consider buying a gift of coffee, sugar, and bars of African soap for $10 each; contact us through our website for more information!
HERO Healthcare Equipment Recycling Organization
5012 53rd St S, Ste C • Fargo, ND 58104 701.212.1921 • www.HEROFargo.org
Fargo Public Library
101 4th St. North, Fargo, ND 58102 701-241-1492 www.fargopubliclibrary.org
Our Purpose: The Fargo Public Library is a vital center of knowledge that provides effective and efficient library services to meet our community’s diverse personal, professional and lifelong learning needs. How You Can Help: Make a tax-deductible donation online at www.fargolibrary.org or mail it to the address above to help support the library’s mission and programs.
FirstLink
4342 15 Ave S #201A • Fargo, ND 58103 Dial 988 for suicide and crisis lifeline Dial 211 to be linked to resources www.myfirstlink.org
Our Purpose: Give help and hope over the phone via calls, text, and chat 24/7/365. How You Can Help: Support our phone calls, every call costs about $25.00 to answer.
CATS Cradle Shelter 9-9th St S. Fargo
701-356-PURR (7877) Adopt@catscradleshelter.org www.catscradleshelter.org
Our Mission: We rescue, rehabilitate, provide veterinary care for, protect, and place cats and kittens for adoption in loving lifelong homes. How You Can Help: As a volunteer organization we rely on Financial donations and donations of food and litter. We always need people who are interested in adopting or fostering which helps us save even more lives.
2902 S. University Drive, Fargo, ND 58103 701-232-3301 or www.fraserltd.org
Elks Camp Grassick
PO Box F, Dawson, ND 58428 701-327-4251 • www.elkscampgrassick.com
PO Box 2612 • Fargo, ND 58108-2612 701.484.1757 • theartspartnership.net
Our Purpose: The Arts Partnership is your local arts council, cultivating community through the arts. How You Can Help: Financial gifts to The Arts Partnership enable us to strengthen our community’s social and economic health through the arts.
Fraser, Ltd.
We are Celebrating Over 130 Years of Service to the Community!
FPS Foundation Critical Needs Program
700 7th Street South • Fargo ND 58103 701-446-1041 • fargoschoolsfoundation.org
Our Purpose: Organized to ensure that each and every student who needs help with basic needs receives support, allows school staff to respond quickly and quietly to students they see in need. How You Can Help: Make a tax-deductible donation online or via mail and impact a child.
Our Mission: Providing access to affordable healthcare equipment and supplies in our local community. How You Can Help: Make a tax-deductible financial donation online on our site or via mail to make an impact.
Homeward Animal Shelter
1201 28th Avenue N. • Fargo, ND 58102 701-239-0077 www.homewardonline.org info@homewardonline.org
Our Mission: Rescue. Shelter. Protect. Rehome. Our Vision: A world in which every animal has a home. How You Can Help: Donate. Adopt. Volunteer. Foster.