Featured Giving Hearts Day Charities

Veterans Honor Flight of North Dakota/ Minnesota

The Veterans Honor Flight of ND/MN is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit, 100% volunteer organization that takes Veterans to Washington, D.C. free of charge to visit the memorials built in their honor.

Mission: To Celebrate America's Veterans by inviting them to share in a day of honor at the nation's memorials.

their memorials. Each trip has over 100 Veterans, and the more donations we can get help cover the costs for all our Veterans."

- Veterans Honor Flight

"Now in our 6th year of participation, Giving Hearts Day has provided Veterans Honor Flight of North Dakota/Minnesota tremendous exposure to businesses and members of the community that might not have heard of our mission. In addition, in 2023, GHD donations covered the costs for 86 Veterans to travel to see

Started in 1983, the Great Plains Food Bank is the only food bank in the state of North Dakota and it services the entire state and Clay County, MN. The Great Plains Food Bank works hard each day to recover food that otherwise would go to waste from grocery stores, retailers, manufacturers, and growers and then distributes that food to those in need through a range of direct service programs and a network of 200 partner food pantries, shelters, and soup kitchens.

Through its mission to end hunger together and through its values of passion, service, and innovation, the Great Plains Food Bank will distribute more than 9.5 million meals to over 144,000 individuals in a single year. Of those 144,000 individuals, 36% are children.

"Giving Hearts Day is our single biggest giving day of the year and is something we not only look forward to but count on as a crucial piece to help feed hungry neighbors across North Dakota and Clay County, MN. We are so appreciative to those who give from their heart on this special day.”

- Melissa Sobolik, Great Plains Food Bank CEO

Learn more at greatplainsfoodbank.org | /GreatPlainsFoodBank | @greatplainsfoodbank

Learn more at veteranshonorflightofndmn.org | /veteranshonorflightndmn | @veteranshonorflightof Great Plains Food Bank

By Geneva Nodland

In our community, Giving Hearts Day has become a pivotal event, significantly impacting local and regional charities. Let's meet and hear from a handful of these charities, revealing how this annual day of giving fosters meaningful change!

"We lost Liam on February 1, 2021, to suicide... Liam was an athlete, a Boy Scout, a great student, a kind friend, and a leader... there were no symptoms or red flags. Our hearts are broken, but Liam lived his life big in his short 15 years... and we felt we owed him our energy to carry on his legacy by helping other kids and families avoid the nightmare that we have endured."

4-6-3 Foundation

Through tragedy, hope. Together, the 463 Foundation, Dakota Medical Foundation, and the greater Fargo community; are working to elevate conversations around youth mental health and suicide prevention. Through a focused and proactive effort on working directly with the youth, coaches, parents, teachers, and others in our community, the 463 Foundation is facing head on the mental health and youth suicide epidemic with connection to education, resources, and tools. Together, we can Reduce Stigma, Build Hope, and End Suicide

"Giving Hearts Day is our biggest day of fundraising each year and as an all-volunteer organization, all money raised goes directly to programs and youth-focused initiatives. Giving Hearts Day not only helps us raise the funds needed to offer our talks and resources to schools and organizations for free, but it also brings in volunteers and brings awareness to people in the community that we are here, actively fighting against this epidemic of youth suicide, through our talks, education programs, the Shine the Light Mental Health Film Festival, and the Liam G. Medd Memorial Baseball and Fastpitch Tournament held each year right here in our community."

- Elizabeth Medd

Learn more at 463foundation.org | / 4 6 3 Foundation