Great Fish Community Challenge launches with extra grants

Community members and people representing the 80 nonprofits participating in the 10th annual Great Fish Community Challenge gathered at Three Rivers Bank in Whitefish last Thursday to celebrate the launch of the Great Fish Community Challenge, a five-week giving campaign.  

At the party, donors who gave $100 or more to a single nonprofit were entered into a drawing for a chance to win one of eleven $1,000 grants for that organization. 

These $1,000 grants are separate from match awards to be given by the Whitefish Community Foundation at the end of the Challenge. 

The following donors and nonprofits were winners of the launch party’s $1,000 drawings: 

Jerrie Boksich – Alpine Theatre Company 

Danelle Reisch - Nate Chute Foundation 

Sharlot Battin – North Valley Music School 

Lisa Veseth – Whitefish Education Foundation 

Gil Jordan – Whitefish Theatre Company 

Justin Gable – Children’s House Montessori School 

Wolf Auto – Bigfork Food Bank 

AJ King – Humane Society of NW Montana 

Cathy Cooney –  Bigfork Food Bank 

Katie Williams – North Valley Music School 

Don Stolte – NW Montana History Museum 

The Challenge ends at 5 p.m. on Sept. 13. Donations can be made online at whitefishcommunityfoundation.org/great-fish, by check or cash accompanied by the official Great Fish donation form, or through a gift of stock or distribution from an IRA. 

    Tonya Horn and Luke Heffernan representing the Flathead Warming Center wear "bee a solution" t-shirts at the 10th annual Great Fish Community Challenge launch party Thursday. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
  

    Good Grief Camp team members celebrate the launch of the 10th annual Great Fish Community Challenge at Three Rivers Bank in Whitefish on Thursday. Good Grief Camp is raising funds for grieving children to attend camp in Kalispell. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)