The numbers are in from the 15th annual Federated Challenge, and the two-day fundraising event raised $425,000 for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Minnesota.
A local organization has received the largest gift in its history. The Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Minnesota has been given a $5 million donation from the Norman C. Skalicky Foundation to launch its Great Futures Endowment Campaign
An unnamed couple has donated $6.5 million to Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota. The organization says the donation is the lead gift in a three-year initiative to expand and update 19 health care clinics throughout the region, including its Uptown location in Minneapolis.