Submitted Photo Marketplace for Kids Minot Region receives a $1,500 donation from Minot Elks Lodge #1089 through funding from the North Dakota Elks Foundation HELP Grant. From left are Jim Bodell, Minot Elks Exalted Ruler; Barb Heitkamp, Marketplace for Kids program assistant; Bob Heitkamp, Marketplace for Kids executive director; and Rich Matteson, Minot Elks treasurer.

Submitted Photo Companions for Children receives a $1,500 grant from Minot Elks Lodge #1089 through funding from the North Dakota Elks Foundation HELP Grant. From left are Larry Eidsness, Minot Elks trustee; Kat Howard, Companions for Children Community Outreach manager; and Jim Bodell Minot Elks Exalted Ruler.

Submitted Photo The Ward County Canine Fund receives a $1,500 grant from Minot Elks Lodge #1089 through funding from the North Dakota Elks Foundation HELP Grant. From left are Larry Eidsness, Minot Elks trustee; Carolyn Bodell, Minot Elks secretary; Ward County Sheriff Robert Roed; and K9 handler Ryan Ostrum, then a Ward County deputy, with K9 Nico.

Submitted Photo The Minot Area FFA receives a $1,500 grant from Minot Elks Lodge #1089 through funding from the North Dakota Elks Foundation HELP Grant. Holding the symbolic check are Kayden Mosser, left, and Ella Brown, right. Behind them, from left, are Elizabeth Kraft, Faith Wegner (holding the check), Jackie Seekings, Haili Thornton, Heimdal Pederson, Darby Mowbray and Minot Elks Secretary Carolyn Bodell.