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# Helping Strengthen Our Local Communities Since 1916

## Success Starts with a Strong Community

Last year Bernick's awarded $200,000 in grants back to the communities we serve, including Bemidji, Brainerd, Duluth, St. Cloud, and Willmar, Minnesota, and Dresser, Wisconsin. Below are this year’s Grant Recipients.

![blue circle outline](https://www.bernicks.com/hubfs/Website_Template_Files/Bernicks_2020/shape-circle-blue-outline.svg) ![blue circle wave](https://www.bernicks.com/hubfs/Website_Template_Files/Bernicks_2020/shape-circle-wave-blue.svg)

![BemidjiFirstLegoLeague_300](https://www.bernicks.com/hubfs/BemidjiFirstLegoLeague_300.jpg) ![BemidjiFirstLegoLeagueLogo_300](https://www.bernicks.com/hubfs/BemidjiFirstLegoLeagueLogo_300.jpg)

### Bemidji First Lego League

**$10,000 Grant**

Bemidji First Lego League Robotics Program

![CentralMNCouncilBoyScouts_300](https://www.bernicks.com/hubfs/CentralMNCouncilBoyScouts_300.jpg) ![CentralMNCouncilBoyScoutsLogo_300](https://www.bernicks.com/hubfs/CentralMNCouncilBoyScoutsLogo_300.jpg)

### Central Minnesota Council, Boy Scouts of America

**$15,000 Grant**

Youth Career Exploring Program Expansion

![CityofLongville_300](https://www.bernicks.com/hubfs/CityofLongville_300.jpg) ![CityofLongville_300](https://www.bernicks.com/hubfs/CityofLongville_300.jpg)

### City of Longville

**$20,000 Grant**

Playground Accessibility Enhancements

![CommunityActionDuluthLogo_300](https://www.bernicks.com/hubfs/CommunityActionDuluthLogo_300.jpg) ![CommunityActionDuluthLogo_300](https://www.bernicks.com/hubfs/CommunityActionDuluthLogo_300.jpg)

### Community Action Duluth

**$25,000 Grant**

Youth Entrepreneurship, Food Access, and Volunteerism with Farmers Markets

![DeepPortage_300](https://www.bernicks.com/hubfs/DeepPortage_300.jpg) ![DeepPortageLogo_300](https://www.bernicks.com/hubfs/DeepPortageLogo_300.jpg)

### Deep Portage Learning Center

**$13,000 Grant**

New Canoe Fleet and PFD/Paddle Storage Shed

![DuluthChildrensMuseum_300](https://www.bernicks.com/hubfs/DuluthChildrensMuseum_300.jpg) ![DuluthChildrensMuseumLogo_300](https://www.bernicks.com/hubfs/DuluthChildrensMuseumLogo_300.jpg)

### Duluth Children's Museum

**$15,000 Grant**

Mobile Museum: Expanding Educational Opportunities

![HoldingfordFFAAlumni_300](https://www.bernicks.com/hubfs/HoldingfordFFAAlumni_300.jpg) ![HoldingfordFFAAlumniLogo_300](https://www.bernicks.com/hubfs/HoldingfordFFAAlumniLogo_300.jpg)

### Holdingford FFA Alumni

**$5,000 Grant**

Holdingford FFA Alumni Greenhouse Expansion Project at Holdingford High School

![PrairieWoods_300](https://www.bernicks.com/hubfs/PrairieWoods_300.jpg) ![PrairieWoodsLogo_300](https://www.bernicks.com/hubfs/PrairieWoodsLogo_300.jpg)

### Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center

**$17,000 Grant**

Prairie Woods Nature School Outdoor Playscape

![SuperiorSoccer_300](https://www.bernicks.com/hubfs/SuperiorSoccer_300.jpg) ![SuperiorSoccerLogo_300](https://www.bernicks.com/hubfs/SuperiorSoccerLogo_300.jpg)

### Superior Soccer Association

**$25,000 Grant**

KickSafe - Cooper Elementary Field Resurfacing Project

![TheYesNetworkLogo_300](https://www.bernicks.com/hubfs/TheYesNetworkLogo_300.jpg) ![TheYesNetworkLogo_300](https://www.bernicks.com/hubfs/TheYesNetworkLogo_300.jpg)

### The Yes Network

**$20,000 Grant**

Ready 2 Play: Improving child and adolescent health and wellness in Central MN

![TurtleLakeSchoolDistrict_300](https://www.bernicks.com/hubfs/TurtleLakeSchoolDistrict_300.jpg) ![TurtleLakeLogo_300](https://www.bernicks.com/hubfs/TurtleLakeLogo_300.jpg)

### Turtle Lake School District

**$30,000 Grant**

The Turtle Lake Track Revitalization Project

![UnitedWayWestCentralMN_300](https://www.bernicks.com/hubfs/UnitedWayWestCentralMN_300.jpg) ![UnitedWayWestCentralMNLogo_300](https://www.bernicks.com/hubfs/UnitedWayWestCentralMNLogo_300.jpg)

### United Way of West Central Minnesota

**$8,000 Grant**

The Village Children's Museum "Bodies in Motion" Exhibit and Programming

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