Our Stories

• 20May 2023

  Dakota Dunes CDC Literacy Volunteer Award Recipient

  Congratulations to Jarvis Pelletier, this year’s Dakota Dunes CDC Literacy Volunteer Award recipient at LIT UP!.   At the LIT UP! gala this year, we acknowledged a special literacy volunteer. Currently, Foundations works with 191 volunteers who put their mission and vision to work in the community and Jarvis is no exception. Martin Luther King, […]

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• 19May 2023

  Sutton Community Impact Award Recipient

  Congratulations to Rick Peddle, this year’s Sutton Community Impact Award recipient at LIT UP!. Thanks, Jay, and to Sutton Wealth Planning for supporting Foundations with this recognition. I have known the owners of Sutton for many years, and I personally trust them as my financial advisor. When Sheryl called to inform me that they planned […]

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• 11Apr 2023

  It Pays to Do Your Taxes

  It’s that dreaded time of year again when we wrangle up our T-slips and bank statements to stumble through the tax filing process. Because that April 30th deadline is fast approaching, we’ve put together a list of reasons you might actually want to get those tax returns completed. 1. Get money back If you work for […]

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• 28Nov 2022

  Dear Friends of Literacy,

  Imagine you are at a job interview. At the end of the interview, they hand you the following form. If you don’t complete it, you don’t get the job. Achternaam: _________________________________ Voornaam: ___________________________________ Woonplaats: _________________________________ Geboortedatum: ______________________________ Werk Ervaring: ________________________________ Vaardigheden: ________________________________                        Handtekening: _________________ […]

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• 24Oct 2022

  Kinsmen Community Builder Award Winner

  My Networking Group (MNG) is a group of small and medium-sized business owners and professionals who provide business connections through reputation and trust to help grow each other’s businesses. Our primary goals are to provide excellent customer service and to use and promote all members’ services and products. On behalf of MNG, we would like […]

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• 08Sep 2022

  And So On … by Peace Akintade

  Do you remember the fables of your youth? The quickness of breath as the tale rages on? The exhilaration, thumping beat, As your mother strangled the follicle of your imagination? Leaving you breathless, longing, hopeful? My mother wrote in whispers, as if Afraid of the words she wrote. In secret, she would craft worlds of […]

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