United Way of Northeast Minnesota’s Bucks for Backpacks Raffle is back and tickets are now available for purchase! Only 400 tickets are available and, with 40 cash prizes, one in every four tickets is a winner (can’t beat those odds). Tickets are $100 each and the grand prize is $8,000 – ticket winners do not have to be present at the drawing to win.
Want to get your ticket now? Email Elizabeth Kelly at elizabeth@unitedwaynemn.org or call her at 218-215-2422 to secure yours while they are available!
If you would like to see additional details and updates on the raffle and the drawing party visit the event page on the United Way of Northeast Minnesota website or visit the event on Facebook to keep up to date with details!
What is the raffle about?
Every Bucks for Backpacks ticket purchase supports United Way’s Buddy Backpacks program which provides nutritious & shelf stable meal kits with child-friendly food items to in-need students referred by school staff. Enrolled students largely rely on school meals, and Buddy Backpacks sustain them every weekend and holiday break during the school year when they otherwise may not have enough to eat.
If you would like to know more about the UWNEMN Buddy Backpacks program, would like to volunteer, or to donate to the program directly, visit the Buddy Backpacks page on the official United Way website!
Bucks for Backpacks Raffle Prizes
& drawing party details
Raffle Prizes
- 1st Prize – $8,000
- 2nd Prize – $4,000
- 3rd Prize – $2,000
- 2 Winners Receive – $500
- 15 Winners Receive – $200
- 20 Winners Receive – $100
Drawing Party Information
- Where – Sawmill Saloon & Restaurant
- When – Thursday, December 5th from 6PM-8PM
- FREE Appetizers & Split-the-Pot drawings for all ticket holders!
Want to see more events and news for Chisholm? Visit the official City of Chisholm website for more or visit the links in the slider below!
United Way Lunch Buddies Mentor
Applications are currently being taken to become a United Way Lunch Buddies Mentor! The United Way of Northeastern Minnesota’s Lunch Buddies Mentoring Program currently serves grade school students at Cherry School, Keewatin Elementary, Merritt Elementary, Northeast Range School, and Vaughn-Steffensrud Elementary who would benefit from additional support, encouragement and a positive & caring adult mentor.
Mentor Role
Time Commitment
Participation Requirements
Become a United Way Lunch Buddies Mentor and be a positive influence on the youth of our community! If you would like to know more about UWNEMN, the program and other programs that they run visit their website. And if this is something you are interested in you may apply now! Applications are due on October 10th.
City of Chisholm
Chisholm Candidate Forum
The Chisholm Candidate Forum for School board candidates, Mayoral candidates, and Chisholm Council candidates will be taking place Thursday, October 27th at 6pm. The Forum will be held in the Chisholm Senior Citizens Center at 319 West Lake Street. The Forum will be hosted by Chisholm Area Chamber of Commerce & Chisholm Community Foundation. All residents are invited to attend the forum and we hope to see everyone there! The vote will be held on November 8th, and now is your best opportunity to gauge the candidates to determine which platform YOU feel serves the Chisholm area best!
The forum will take a few hours and will cover several topics of great importance to our city and it will be exciting to hear where our candidates stand on each of them, why they do, and to hear their plans moving forward!
The moderator is Steve Potts and the candidates for the Chisholm Candidate Forum are as follows:
Schoolboard Candidates:
City Candidates
Mayoral Candidates:
Council Candidates:
Read a little bit more about the candidates in this article by The Mesabi Tribune.
May the best candidates win!
City of Chisholm
Lake Street Trick or Treat
On October 28th we will be having our Lake Street Trick or Treat event throughout downtown Chisholm! Kids will trick or treat storefront to storefront through downtown Chisholm dressed up in their costumes to transform Lake Street into the spookiest place on The Range and will collect their treats from all participating storefront locations in a safe and fun environment! Local businesses will open their doors and provide a variety of candies, snacks, and treats for the kids to grab (and we hope all of you adults will be dressed up too, it is the reason for the season!)
Last year’s Lake Street Trick or Treat was a smashing hit and we filled Chisholm with all manner of witches, ghosts, ghouls, heroes & villains. We hope to see everyone having just as much fun (if not more) as last year’s event. A full list of participating locations will be made available as the date approaches and will be available here or on our socials!
More information to come, but save the date and make sure that your costumes are set for Halloween the way that you remember it when you were a kid! Nothing brings more joy than seeing kids having fun on Halloween!
Chisholm