Northwestern Community Foundation

04/07/2026

💰 The Northwestern Community Foundation Continuing Education Scholarship is due April 20th.

Please contact Jessica Halvorson for a copy of the application at [email protected]

Mail or e-mail the completed application to the address below:
Northwestern Area School
221 3rd Street
Mellette, SD 57461
[email protected]

04/06/2026

Northwestern Seniors are eligible for a $1000 scholarship from the Northwestern Community Foundation. The application was e-mailed to all seniors by Mrs. Halvorson. Please fill out and return to Mrs. Halvorson or Mr. Redman by April 15th.

03/02/2026

Thank You, Everyone!

A huge thank you to everyone who attended our Annual Breakfast, and to the Seniors at NWHS
for showing up to help cook and serve!

Stomaches were full, kids were smiling, and high school friends were reunited. It was truly a great day!

We’re so grateful for the support and for everyone who came out to spend the morning with us. Events like this remind us how lucky we are to be part of such an amazing community. 💚

02/26/2026

Remember to join us Sunday!!
We will have some special pancake toppings for the kids!

Mark your calendars!!
Join us March 1st for breakfast 10:00-1:00 at the Mellette Comminity Center!

02/05/2026

Mark your calendars!!
Join us March 1st for breakfast 10:00-1:00 at the Mellette Comminity Center!

10/06/2025

Happy Homecoming Wildcats!
Your Northwestern Community Foundation is in our wildcat era 🐱💚💛🌟

{celebrated T Swift's new album drop on homecoming day}

09/07/2025

Our 16th Annual Golf Tournament ⛳️ was a total success!

THANK YOU to all of our golfers! We cannot do this event without your continued support! We had 16 teams this year! 🤩👏🏼
Winning Teams.
Team Rahm - 1st Place 🥇
Team Boekelheide - 2nd Place 🥈
Team Morgan - 3rd Place 🥉
*Photos in order below

THANK YOU to Bunny Carda for making and donating the pies for the silent auction!
*photo of one of the pies below with highest bidder.

THANK YOU to Lakeside Country Club of Faulkton for letting us host the event at your course! It was a beautiful day on an even more beautiful course!

THANK YOU to all the businesses who donated prizes for our winners.
*Flinners Bar
*Chelsea Bar
*C & F Bar
*Mellette Travel Plaza
*Plains Commerce Bank
*Mavericks Steak and Cocktails
*Steven Lust Auto

SAVE THE DATE —Next year
17th Annual tournament scheduled for Saturday September 12th, 2026! 🗓️

08/30/2025

The Conde community is doing great things! We are proud to support their fundraiser to restore their municipal building. Their recent fundraiser was a success! Best wishes as you work toward these upgrades to this historical building!

08/27/2025

Thank you to Nutrien Ag Solutions for sponsoring our Gatorade for the half-time football kick and throw at Northwestern home football games! 🏈

They will also be sponsoring the half-time shot for basketball season 🏀

Love how the advertisements look on our wagon cart 😍 Thank you for your support of the Northwestern Community Foundation!

Proceeds from these half-time events goes toward student scholarships!

Thanks to our wonderful community support, we were able to pay out $21,000 in scholarships for our students heading off to college or continuing their education! 💰

08/27/2025

We are proud to support Wildcat Rescue, our local EMS which is made up volunteers from our community. Our recent donation will help with additional communication equipment, EMS hardware, and volunteer PPE. We are so lucky to now have an ambulance in Northville servicing our surrounding communities.

08/10/2025

Here is a glimpse of our annual Football Family Fun Night and Skybox auction! We had a great turnout. Thank you to everyone who came to bid and enjoy the night!!
What a great community to serve! 🐾 💚
*Will add some videos to the comments—it would let us post them with the post!
Feel free to share or tag any photos! 😊