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Charity Committee
The Charity Committee hosts events and reviews employee donation match requests. Read about our guidelines for charitable matching.
We are always open to new ideas and committee members. If you are involved with a charity and need more people to join your team, reach our to the charity committee for assistance. Or if you are interested in helping the charity committee or have ideas for ways we can give back, please submit a form here.
Seeking opportunities for team bonding or ways to contribute as a department? Feel free to email the charity committee for support in organizing these activities. We have established connections with various local non-profits and other organizations seeking assistance and can facilitate introductions for you!
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Twin Cites Great Futures Fair
Last week, members of the CG team had the privilege of volunteering at the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities Great Futures Fair—a meaningful event focused on connecting teens with potential career paths, post-secondary opportunities, and local industry leaders.
It was a fantastic day of service and connection. We had the opportunity to serve Buffalo Wild Wings (a crowd favorite!) and engage with an inspiring group of young people from across the Twin Cities. Their curiosity, ambition, and energy were truly uplifting.
Thank you to everyone who participated and represented CG with such enthusiasm and heart. It’s always rewarding to give back to the community, and this event was a great reminder of the impact we can make—together.
INDY Foundation Bowties and Arrows Gala
Our team had the honor of attending the INDY Foundation’s Bowties and Arrows Gala 2025—and it was truly a night to remember!
The INDY Foundation is dedicated to supporting Minnesota cancer warriors and their families through financial assistance, emotional support, and community connection. It was incredibly moving to see so many people come together in support of such a meaningful cause. We're proud to stand with them in raising both funds and awareness for those battling cancer right here in our home state.
If you know someone in Minnesota who is currently navigating a cancer diagnosis and could use support, please encourage them to apply for assistance through the INDY Foundation. You can learn more and find the application here.
Thank you to everyone who represented our team at the event—it’s inspiring to see the impact we can have when we show up for our community.
2025 Special Olympics Polar Plunge
On Saturday, March 8th, 20 CG employee-owners, along with their friends and family, took the leap for the Special Olympics Polar Plunge. Generous donations from CGers secured a matching contribution of $5,207.14, helping to raise over $21,417 in total. 57 co-workers donated to make this match possile!
The NAZ mission is to end multi-generational poverty in North Minneapolis by building a culture of achievement where all low-income children of color have the support they need to graduate high school and succeed in college, career, and life.
Since 1986, United Way of Bemidji Area has served our community and taken a leadership role in ensuring the lives of those who live here are improved.
With your help, United Way advances the common good by creating opportunities for a better life for all. Through your investment, United Way is able to address the critical needs that matter most to you and our community, and create a meaningful difference in people's lives by: investing in nonprofit health and human service programs and services that address the most critical needs and deliver the greatest impact possible; implementing community impact initiatives and support year round programs that address new and emerging needs; and, forming strategic partnerships and collaborations—sharing responsibility and accountability for delivering meaningful and long-lasting results.
Our focus is on basic needs, health, and education - the building blocks for a good quality of life.
Basic Needs - meeting basic needs of food, shelter, safety and inclusiveness.
Health - promoting wellness and health care access. Education - preparing children to succeed in school and youth to succeed in the community.
United Way recruits people and organizations who bring the passion, expertise and resources needed to get things done. We invite you to be a part of our work.
You can give, you can advocate and you can volunteer.
That’s what it means to LIVE UNITED.
Find out more here:
https://www.unitedwaybemidji.org/
Bemidji First City Lions is a Charter Club of Lions International whose goal and purpose is to generate awareness and raise money for causes and diseases including but not limited to Vision & Hearing Loss, Environment, Hunger, Diabetes and Childhood Cancer.
Find out more here: https://www.e-clubhouse.org/sites/bemidjifirstcity/
