The FM Area Foundation has awarded its 2021 community grants in the areas of Arts, Culture & Creativity; Basic Human Needs; Community Building; Education; and Women & Children. Also, this year, in partnership with the City of Fargo, $100,000 was designated for grants to New American organizations or to organizations primarily serving BIPOC communities. A focus for this year's grant round …

The FM Area Foundation has awarded a $8,993 grant to the Barnesville Ambulance to purchase a LUCAS 3 manual CPR device. The LUCAS is a mechanical chest compression device that delivers high quality, guidelines-consistent chest compressions to sudden cardiac arrest patients.   The Barnesville Ambulance has one LUCAS device, which has been credited with saving at least five lives over the last two …

Hope Blooms creates meaningful moments one bouquet at a time  Inspiring hope, happiness and emotional healing through repurposed flowers. That is the mission of Hope Blooms, a local nonprofit dedicated to changing lives through small acts of kindness. Hope Blooms repurposes donated flowers and rearranges them into beautiful bouquets and delivers them to community members in need, all with the mes…