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6/14/05

Valspar, Minnesota Initiative Foundations Support Community Restoration Projects

Minneapolis-based Valspar Corporation and the six Minnesota Initiative Foundations (MIFs) have supported community restoration and beautification projects throughout the state through the 2005 Minnesota Beautiful "Picture-It-Painted" Program. The collaborative program has awarded free paint and coatings to 80 organizations this year.

"We're very pleased to help sponsor this program for another year," said John Ostrem, president of Northwest Minnesota Foundation, Bemidji, one of the six MIFs involved in the program. "These community beautification projects really add significant social and cultural value to places throughout our region."

"Valspar was very impressed with the quality of the proposals that were submitted again this year," said Gwen Leifeld, administrator of the Valspar Foundation. "Although we couldn't help every applicant, the projects we did select will have positive impact on the visual character of several communities in the region."

Recipients of the 2005 "Picture-It-Painted" awards, and their associated MIFs, are:

Initiative Foundation, Little Falls:

  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Minnesota.

  • Catholic Charities, Stearns County.

  • Chisago County Historical Society.

  • City of Royalton.

  • Crow Wing County 4-H Federation.

  • Oasis Share-A-Meal/Community Paint-A-Thon.

  • Paynesville Area Center.

  • Pequot Lakes School District/Eclipse Teen Center.

  • United Way of Crow Wing County.

  • Whitney Senior Center.

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    Northland Foundation, Duluth:

  • Aitkin County Historical Society, Aitkin.

  • Apple Tree Learning Center, Virginia.

  • Balsam Township, Bovey.

  • Buhl Public Library.

  • City of Mountain Iron.

  • Damiano Center, Duluth.

  • Esko Historical Society.

  • Friends of the Library, McGregor.

  • Hibbing Centennial Committee.

  • Northern Pine Girl Scout Council, Duluth.

  • Riverside Community Club, Duluth.

  • South Council 4-H, Northome.

  • Town of Embarrass/Sisu Heritage.

  • White Oak Society, Deer River.

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    Northwest Minnesota Foundation, Bemidji:

  • Bagley Senior Center.

  • Bethlehem of New Solum Township.

  • Blackduck Area Senior Citizen’s Center.

  • City of Blackduck.

  • City of Clearbrook.

  • Clearwater County Historical Society.

  • Hubbard County Developmental Achievement Center.

  • Lancaster Senior Housing.

  • Marshall County Agricultural Association.

  • Marshall County Historical Society.

  • Middle River Community Club.

  • North Country Museum of Arts.

  • Pelan Pioneer Park.

  • Township of Espelie.

  • Wee-Care Children’s Center.

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    Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, Owatonna:

  • Butterfield-Odin Public School.

  • City of Kenyon.

  • City of Lanesboro.

  • City of Le Sueur.

  • Cornucopia Arts Center, Lanesboro.

  • Interfaith Hospitality Network of Greater Rochester.

  • Le Sueur County Parks Department.

  • Martin County Preservation Association.

  • Harry Meyering Center, Mankato.

  • New Sweden Township.

  • Olmstead County Historical Society.

  • Owatonna Chamber of Commerce.

  • Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault.

  • Plainview Area Community & Youth Center.

  • The Reading Center/Dyslexia Institute of Minnesota, Rochester.

  • Red Wing Family YMCA.

  • Rock Solid Youth Center, Winona.

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    Southwest Minnesota Foundation, Hutchinson:

  • Camp Sanderson Girl Scout Camp, Spicer.

  • Christian Community Outreach Center, Olivia.

  • Heritage Village, Mountain Lake.

  • Hutchinson Economic Development Authority, Hutchinson.

  • Jackson County Fair Association, Jackson.

  • Meeker County Parks Department, Litchfield.

  • Nobles County Historical Society, Worthington.

  • Rotary Clubs of Marshall.

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    West Central Initiative, Fergus Falls:

  • Access of the Red River Valley, Moorhead.

  • City of Hitterdal.

  • Children's Corner, Fergus Falls.

  • Dorothy Day House, Moorhead.

  • Hawley Senior Citizens.

  • Morris Hockey Association.

  • Norcross Development Corp.

  • Otter Tail/Wadena Community Action Council

  • Runestone Museum Foundation.

  • Theatre L'Homme Dieu, Alexandria

  • Traverse County Agricultural Association.

  • Ulen Senior Citizens.

  • West Central Communities Action.

  • Wheaton American Legion Post 80.

  • White Earth Community Council.

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