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We provide financial assistance to local families with a child facing a life-threatening illness Our referrals are kept strictly confidential.

The Northern Lights Foundation provides funds to families of children with life-threatening illnesses. The money can be used to help with medical costs, travel costs, or as needed by the family. The children must be referred to the Foundation and determined medically eligible by their physician. The Northern Lights Foundation respects the privacy of the children and families we serve. The Northern Lights Foundation finances its work through individual contributions, corporate donations, foundation grants, planned gifts, special events, and other donations. Contact us at:
http://www.northernlightsfoundation.org/contact/

10/12/2026

The people we help are people you know.

They might live next door.
They might sit beside you at work.
Their child might sit beside yours at school.
They might be someone you’ve known for years.

When a local family is facing a child’s life-threatening illness, the Northern Lights Foundation is here to help.

Because sometimes showing up for our community means showing up for people we already know. 💙

10/09/2026

Double the impact, double the support! 🌟

Many local businesses and corporate partners have programs designed to give back to community organizations. Through corporate giving and employer matching programs, your generous support for the Northern Lights Foundation can go twice as far.

Check with your employer to see if they offer donation matching or community grant programs! If they do, thank you for considering the Northern Lights Foundation to help ease the financial burden of our grant families with children facing life-threatening illnesses.

10/07/2026

✨ The mission of the Northern Lights Foundation is to provide children in the Northland facing a life-threatening illness with an unrestricted grant for their family to use during a very challenging time.

🧸 We work to assist as many families as possible who fall under the following qualifying conditions:

🔹 At the time of referral, the medical condition has become life-threatening
🔹 Child is up to the age of 18
🔹 Family lives within 100 miles of Duluth, Minnesota

📣 Please share our mission and foundation with any Northland families we may be able to help who meet the criteria above.

10/06/2026

There is so much we love about this post from long time supporters The McCullough Brothers The Northwood's Band! Who remembers their Blues Brothers Tribute at our famous More Cowbell fundraiser?! We're excited to see them perform later this month in Duluth. And rumor has it you might just see an award winning NLF volunteer and an amazing singer who is also an incredibly inspiring member of one of our grant families. 💙

10/05/2026

We are so grateful to our attendees, sponsors, donors, and volunteers for making the 2026 Northern Lights Foundation Children’s Charity Gala possible.

Because of your generosity and support, we can continue providing help to local families when they need it most. The impact of your support will reach new grant families in the months ahead.

From all of us at Northern Lights Foundation, THANK YOU! 💙

09/30/2026

🌟 Our silent auction for our 2026 Annual Children’s Charity Gala is now open for bidding! If you’re unable to attend the Gala, but would still like to support the Northern Lights Foundation, check out the amazing items we have in our silent auction up for bid!

You can view the silent auction items and bid here: https://northernlights.cbo.io

We would like to thank all of the amazing people, businesses, and organizations you see on the auction page that donated items to our auction to support local families with children facing life-threatening illnesses. 💙

Silent Auction Details:

The auction will close at 7:30pm CST on Wednesday, September 30, 2026.

Winning bidders will be notified via text immediately upon the close of the auction and prompted to pay through the auction site.

If items cannot be picked up at the venue the evening of the gala by the winner, we will ship to the address on file and charge the shipping fees to the credit card on file.

NOTE: Liquor cannot be mailed.

Shipping will be charged the market rates for FedEx, USPS, or UPS.

If you have questions about picking up or shipping your items, please contact Todd at 218-590-0299

If you have questions about bidding, please contact James at [email protected]

If leaving a text or voicemail, please leave your full name, the event you are attending, and the item(s) won.

09/29/2026

✨ Just ONE more day until our 2026 Northern Lights Foundation Children’s Charity Gala! ✨

As we get ready to make more memories tomorrow night, enjoy a few photos from last year’s gala. 💙

We can’t wait to see everyone tomorrow and celebrate another special evening together! 🌟

📸 Jack & Nate Rendulich from Rendulich Photography

09/28/2026

💙 Happy Monday from the Northern Lights Foundation! 💙

We have just a few days left in September, which means our October newsletter will be heading your way later this week! 📬✨

Our newsletter is a great way to stay up to date on what’s happening at NLF, including upcoming events, community stories, grant families, ways to get involved and more.

📩 Haven’t joined our email list yet? We’d love to have you!

Simply text 'Join' and your email to 218-899-8536

or sign-up here:

https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/a1xpDmF/newsletter

Thank you for being part of the Northern Lights Foundation community! 💙

09/26/2026

💙 We hope you join us tonight for a fun and memorable evening to Honor Regun! 💙

Tonight at 5pm, Regun’s family and friends are opening the doors at Pike Lake Golf & Beach Club and inviting the community to come together for a fun and memorable evening celebrating the life of Regun Donahue and helping make his wish to support other children and families a reality.

Everyone is welcome to stop by for dinner, games, prizes, the silent auction and a whole lot of fun. 🍝🎁🎉

📍 Pike Lake Golf & Beach Club
🗓️ Saturday, September 26
🍝 Spaghetti Dinner | 5:00–8:00 PM
💙 $15 adults | $5 kids 12 & under
🎟️ Silent Auction | 5:00 PM until the last golfers arrive
🎁 Games & prize drawings throughout the evening
🍻 Bar open all evening
🎤 Emceed by Jason Manning from 95 KQDS

And there are some pretty incredible items up for grabs in the silent auction, including signed Blackhawks jerseys, Minnesota sports memorabilia, fire rings, hotel stays, gift cards, gift baskets, Regun memorabilia and so much more!

So grab your family. Grab your friends. Come grab a plate of spaghetti. 😋

Come eat, play, bid, laugh and celebrate Regun while supporting his wish to help local families with children facing life-threatening illnesses.
This is an evening created by the people who loved Regun most, and everyone is invited to be part of it. 💙

Please share and help us spread the word! 💙

09/25/2026

💙 Come Join Us for A Night to Honor Regun! 💙

This Saturday, September 26, Regun’s family and friends are opening the doors at Pike Lake Golf & Beach Club and inviting the community to come together for a fun and memorable evening celebrating the life of Regun Donahue and helping make his wish to support other children and families a reality.

You do NOT have to be a golfer to join us! Everyone is welcome to stop by for dinner, games, prizes, the silent auction and a whole lot of fun. 🍝🎁🎉

📍 Pike Lake Golf & Beach Club
🗓️ Saturday, September 26
🍝 Spaghetti Dinner | 5:00–8:00 PM
💙 $15 adults | $5 kids 12 & under
🎟️ Silent Auction | 5:00 PM until the last golfers arrive
🎁 Games & prize drawings throughout the evening
🍻 Bar open all evening
🎤 Emceed by Jason Manning from 95 KQDS

And there are some pretty incredible items up for grabs in the silent auction, including signed Blackhawks jerseys, Minnesota sports memorabilia, fire rings, hotel stays, gift cards, gift baskets, Regun memorabilia and so much more!

So grab your family. Grab your friends. Come grab a plate of spaghetti. 😋

Come eat, play, bid, laugh and celebrate Regun while supporting his wish to help local families with children facing life-threatening illnesses.

This is an evening created by the people who loved Regun most, and everyone is invited to be part of it. 💙

👉 See you Saturday!

Can’t make it but would like to honor Regun and support his wish? You can make a donation in his memory through the link in the comments below.

Please share and help us spread the word! 💙

Address

PO BOX 16190
Duluth, MN
55816

Telephone

+12187403045

Website

http://northernlightsfoundation.org/

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