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Tackling a tough issue: health care

By Blandin Foundation

Itasca area residents last night added their voices to a growing chorus on issues related to Minnesota health care. Citizen Solutions held a community conversation in Grand Rapids, hosted by Bush Foundation, the Minnesota Citizens League and Blandin Foundation, to gather comments from folks on what’s working – and what’s not. The Minnesota Health Care …

Collaborating for kids

By Blandin Foundation

It all started in a corner of the town’s Target parking lot in 1999 and today it takes two hockey arenas to contain it.  In just four hours on April 16, more than 3,000 children and caretakers gobbled up the resources and fun of the 13th annual Children First! Children’s Fair in Grand Rapid, Minnesota. …