Author: Carrie Carroll

Northfield Shares, a community foundation centered on philanthropy and volunteerism, has selected nine area nonprofits to receive grants for 2016. The organizations selected are the Beautify Northfield Coalition, Cannon River Watershed Partnership, Greenvale Park Community School, HealthFinders Collaborative, Northfield in Bloom, Northfield TORCH, Northfield Union of Youth, Northfield Works – Community Action Center of Northfield and Northfield YouthBank. The grants, totaling $39,742, will be funded by five different funds inside of the Northfield Shares organization.

Northfield SHARES encourages everyone to take the GIVE 5 pledge to volunteer an average of 5 hours per month, you decide when, where, and how to help others but we are here to help you with ideas. To get folks excited about helping others we...