SWWC Foundation for Innovation In Education

08/21/2026

🎨✨ A huge THANK YOU to the Southwest Minnesota Arts Council for supporting the SWWC Conference for Young Artists!✨🎨Their generous grant helps give young artists from across our region a day to create, experiment, learn from professional artists and discover new ways to express themselves. 🖌️🎭🎶

From trying a brand-new art form to discovering a talent they didn’t know they had, this conference is all about giving students the freedom to imagine, explore and CREATE! 🌟 Thank you, Southwest Minnesota Arts Council, for investing in creativity—and in our young artists! 👏

08/20/2026

🚪 You open doors for students. Sometimes an opportunity is all it takes for a student to discover, “Hey…I’m really good at this!”

Thanks to donors like Nobles Cooperative Electric, students have opportunities to write, create, investigate, compete, perform, problem-solve and explore. Thank you for opening doors—and helping students discover what might be waiting on the other side. 💚

08/19/2026

🔎 Curiosity looks good on kids.
“What if…?” “How does that work?” “Can I try?” “Wait—I have an idea!”
Those are some of our favorite words to hear.
Thank you to donors like Minnesota Valley Cooperative Light and Power Association who help us give students more opportunities to ask questions, try something new and see where their curiosity takes them. 🌟

08/18/2026

📸 These smiles? Donors help make them happen. Every photo tells a little piece of the Student Enrichment story ... students trying something new, finding their people, discovering a talent or simply having a really great day of learning.

To Lyon-Lincoln Electric Cooperative: thank you for being part of the story. 💙💚 Your generosity creates opportunities. Students make them unforgettable. ✨

08/17/2026

💡 Big ideas start with opportunities.

Thanks to our generous donors, including Federated Rural Electric, students across southwest and west central Minnesota get opportunities to create, explore, compete, discover and dream BIG.

Support of SWWC Student Enrichment helps make experiences beyond the classroom possible. And we think that deserves a pretty big THANK YOU! 💙💚

07/24/2026

🎨Creativity changes lives—and thanks to a grant from the Southwest Minnesota Arts Council, young artists will have the opportunity to discover their talents at the 33rd Annual Conference for Young Artists on October 29. SWWC will bring talented artists, inspiring presenters, and hundreds of students from across the region for a day filled with creativity, imagination, and hands-on artistic experiences. Together, we're empowering youth to discover the joy of artistic expression. 💙🎨

07/23/2026

Every gift tells a story of generosity and a commitment to making a difference. Thanks to our partnership with Nobles Cooperative Electric, students can explore new possibilities through the SWWC Service Cooperative student enrichment program. Together, we're creating brighter futures.

07/20/2026

⭐ Behind every successful program is a community that believes in the power of education and opportunity. Thank you, MDU Resources Group, Inc. Foundation and Great Plains Natural Gas, for your support of the SWWC Service Cooperative Science and Nature Conference. Because of partners like you, we can continue investing in programs that inspire students across southwest and west central Minnesota.

07/16/2026

💙 Generosity has the power to change lives. Thank you to the Carr Family Foundation for partnering with us to support opportunities that help students learn, grow, and succeed. Their investment reaches far beyond a single gift—it creates experiences, resources, and possibilities that will have a lasting impact for years to come.

07/15/2026

Matt is also Vice-Chair of the SWWC Foundation Board of Directors! Congratulations Matt! Well-deserved recognition!

Congratulations to SWWC Board Chair, Matt Coleman! He received the 2026 Outstanding Service Award for SWWC, presented at the Minnesota Service Cooperatives Annual Conference in Duluth earlier this month. Matt is shown here with SWWC Executive Director, Cliff Carmody.