Volunteer helps a student try on shoes for 2024 Step Into School program
Applications for UWNEMN’s Step Into School program are due July 21st. The back-to-school celebration takes qualified students shopping for new…
grass grows from charred ground; words atop image read HOW CAN WE HELP you recover from wildfires?
As community members begin to clean up and repair from recent wildfires in St. Louis County, UWNEMN is offering financial assistance to those whose…
United Way of Northeastern Minnesota’s Day of Action in Nashwauk
by WDIO Nashwauk is looking nicer now that 170 volunteers worked hard all day on Friday, during the United Way of NE Minnesota’s Day of Action. 35…
volunteers help disaster survivors at a MARC (in front, text reads NEED HELP recovering from wildfires?)
Local and state agencies that can help St. Louis County community members recover from recent wildfires will be at the Hoyt Lakes Arena June 17th and…
Want to help our neighbors recover from wildfires?
As communities across St. Louis County battle wildfires, United Way of Northeastern Minnesota (UWNEMN) is raising funds to help households in its…
Jack Furlong, UWNEMN Board Member
Did you know donating valuables to a nonprofit has the same impact as mailing a check or cash? In fact, doing so has some additional benefits for…
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by Jesse White, Mesabi Tribune CHISHOLM—There is a lot of uncertainty in the air in Northern Minnesota—particularly across the Iron Range since the…
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Local Buddy Backpack’s ‘Lifesavers’ STAFF REPORT, Rainy Lake Gazette The International Falls partners who deliver United Way of Northeastern…
2025-2026 UWNEMN Board President Chad Buus smiles wearing a suit and tie.
I am honored to be assuming the role of United Way of Northeastern Minnesota board president, and I hope to continue to build on the momentum my…
Buddy Backpacks volunteers receive UWNEMN Lifesaver Award at Annual Celebration
For the third year in a row, local individuals, businesses, and organizations have united to raise more than $2,000,000  in support of United Way of…
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by Jesse White, Mesabi Tribune NASHWAUK—Organizers from several community minded groups and businesses are hoping year two of Day of Action is just…
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by David Colburn, The Timberjay REGIONAL- The United Way of Northeastern Minnesota offers the Iron Range and Koochiching and Lake of the Woods…