Events

The Southwest Minnesota Career Expo is a highly interactive career information and exploration event for high school sophomores/juniors in the Minnesota West Carl Perkins Consortium. Hundreds of business, agency and education volunteers work together to provide this opportunity. Each year the number and type of interactive exhibits has expanded to better meet the needs of schools and students from the region.

The Rural Voice series, developed by several Minnesota Initiative Foundations that serve Greater Minnesota along with the Otto Bremer Trust and Compeer Financial, will take place in September and October with four town halls moderated by Minnesota Public Radio’s Kerri Miller. The events, which will be held in unique venues in New Ulm, Two Harbors, Little Falls, and River Falls, WI, are free to attend. The topic of the event in River Falls is Workforce Education.

The Southwest Minnesota Career Expo is a highly interactive career information and exploration event for high school sophomores/juniors in the Minnesota West Carl Perkins Consortium. Hundreds of business, agency and education volunteers work together to provide this opportunity. Each year the number and type of interactive exhibits has expanded to better meet the needs of schools and students from the region.

SWIF community foundation and education foundation partners are invited to join the SWIF Giving Team and fellow advisory board members for a hands-on workshop to learn tips and tricks to writing an engaging year-end fundraising letter for your foundation. We'll help craft and edit your letter so that it's ready to send to your donors. After the workshop, we'll visit a project that was supported by local community foundation grant dollars. We'll end our time together with an optional networking social.

Energize! is a unique early childhood learning event designed for preschool and child care center directors, owners, and staff. This event provides six hours of Develop approved training. All sessions are approved through AchieveMinnesota Center for Professional Development and meet licensing training requirements.