Chisholm Events & News
The Chisholm Community Foundation sponsors a number of wonderful events each year. These events not only raise money for grants and scholarships, but also help cover the operating costs of the CCF, to ensure your donations go directly to our causes.
CCF events are a great way to bring friends, family and the community together and provide the CCF with a substantial source of revenue. Your support of these community events is greatly appreciated and makes a huge difference!
Chisholm Community Foundation Newsletters
See our archived newsletters to learn what the CCF has been doing over the past several months!
Be a part of the fun, unique and energetic events sponsored by the CCF! It’s a great way to support your community and get to know people! Mark your calendar for upcoming events now!
Whether you’re a local business, a family, or a resident, we have a number of options that allow you to donate specifically to the areas of community service that you care most deeply about!
Named donations and planned gifts are a great way to support the Chisholm community. Honor your friends, family members or neighbors while investing in your hometown in specific and meaningful ways ways!
We are proud to offer grants for innovative and important Chisholm community projects as well as scholarships to invest in the lives of our youth!
The Chisholm Community Foundation awarded a total of $52,760 in grants in 2024, as well as $9,000 in scholarships to graduating seniors of Chisholm High School. The CCF has provided over $1.8 million in grants for community causes, which has helped to make Chisholm a better place to live, work and raise families.
Please support your CCF and make a difference in our community!
The CCF Mission
Our mission is to serve the Chisholm and Balkan communities by stewarding funds for innovative and creative projects, which are responsive to community and economic development in the areas of social service, education, arts and culture, conservation, and historic and environmental preservation.
2025 Events:
29th Annual Golf Outing
Monday, July 28, 2025 – Mesaba Country Club. Registration at 11:00 a.m.; Tee-off time at Noon. Cost is $125 per golfer. Cost includes green fees and dinner at Valentini’s. Hole sponsors are also available for $100. Your individual name or business will be placed on a sign and put on the course the day of the tourney. Please call the office at 218-254-1101 to register or to become a hole sponsor.
Event Memories
CCF Hosts 28th Annual Golf Outing 
The Chisholm Community Foundation held its 28th annual golf tournament on July 29, 2024 at the Mesaba Country Club, where 118 golfers participated in a great day on the course. A delicious buffet dinner was held at Valentini’s Supper Club after the tourney.
Thank you to all of our corporate partners, hole sponsors, golfers, businesses and individuals who donated prizes, and all the volunteers who gave their time to assist throughout the day and evening. With your help, we raised almost $18,000.00. Special thanks go out to the Chisholm Area Chamber of Commerce for conducting the raffles at the event and donating the proceeds to benefit the CCF and to the City of Chisholm for sponsoring the lunches. Join us next year on Monday, July 28, 2025
for a fun-filled day on the links!
Team Yaroscak won the tourney this year with a score of 56. Pictured left to right are Nick Belich, Mike Yaroscak, Ryan Hanegmon, Adam Shafer & Anthony Kanipes. Congrats Guys!
Jim’s Sports Club Burger Bash
On October 30, 2024, Jim’s Sports Club hosted a burger bash and donated the proceeds to the CCF. The event was held on the same night as Trick or Treat Down Main Street. Not only did the CCF board dress for the event, but there were a lot of kids and parents who were all dressed up for Halloween and stopped in for a bite. Special thanks go out to Kelly and her crew for all their hard work! We appreciate all you do for the CCF!
Class of 1968 Gives Back!
After celebrating the 50th reunion of the Chisholm Class of 1968, it was decided to donate the remaining fund balance of $1,380 to the Chisholm Community Foundation in appreciation for the good start in life graduates received by living in the community of Chisholm. Our class has had many reunions over the past 50 years. This year’s two-day event, held at Tom & Jerry’s and Valentini’s Supper Club, was described by many as fun, a great time and restorative. It’s good to give back to the town that helped shape who you are! Members of the Class of 1968 are pictured below.
Top Row (L to R): Jeff Lundell, Jack Kirk, Victor Bodnia, Chuck Oman, Debbie “Doesken” Verlo, Carol “Petrini” Shanks, Tom Lopac, Tom Varichak, Dale Rapovich, Mike Nelson, Duane Delich.
Fifth Row (L to R): Joanne “Podlogar” Watson, Pat “Verant” Carrels, Barbara “Bodin” Ukura, Janis Niemi, Laura “Oresek” Perry, Charlotte “Oddo” Unseth, Charlotte “Gornick” Nash, Kendra Casey, Jane “Rudstrom” Holland, Beverly “Johnson” Lundorff, Rosemary “Valentini” Lewerer, Jackie “Mcleod” Werket, Roxine “Goslar” Lawton.
Fourth Row (L to R): Jim Minerich, Jeanne “Kne” Mueller, Claire “Erspamer” Rupar, Linda “Hendrickson” Bateman, Vicki “Verant” Anderson, Bobbi “Kosloski” McCarthy, Vince Repesh, Larry Cardoni, Dick Tomassoni, Tom Medved, Bruce Anderson.
Third Row (L to R): Larry Stainiger, Bill Hanegmon, Gary Jance, Marianne “Hanks” Johnson, Noah Lindemann, Larry Belluzzo, Tim Franzen, Jerry Janezich, Sam Nenadich, Ernie Deluca.
Second Row (L to R): Gary Vake, David Bicanich, Dianne “Ivanca” Halfen, Tom Salonen, Karen “Lillquist” Midthun, Bettie “Stalker” Leustek, Kathy “Vitali” Mehle, Nancy “Bartolus” Sertich, Jeanne “Kautto” Froemming, Bob Rupar, Joanne “Belluzzo” Olson, Joe Sertich.
Bottom Row (Left to Right): Chris “Arko” Freeman, Connie “Samsa” Peterson, Peggy Yost, Judy “Briski” Stainiger, Patty “Badiali” Levstek, Todd Clark, Gaynelle “Johnson” Lee, Mary “Bonicelli” Gaviglio, Connie “Bradovich” Van Blarcum, Marilyn Mayry.
Corporate Partnerships
