A partnership between Aggie Foundation and Thirsty Beaver Supports Community Groups
MINOT, North Dakota – The Aggie Foundation made a $1,000 donation to the Northern Plains Children Advocacy Center (NPCAC) to support their effort in responding to crimes committed against children.
Christal Halseth, Executive Director of NPCAC, shared the importance of advocating for children who can’t advocate for themselves.
“Every donation makes an impact, whether it’s big or small. We conduct forensic interviews. $360 is the cost for those interviews. Individual counseling is about $210 per hour, and that’s just the baseline cost,” Christal stated.
“It’s very humbling to know that you are in a community that cares. We see a lot of children that aren’t cared for, that someone has failed them along the way. That can be extremely disheartening. Not only to me as a professional, but as a human being, it can be very discouraging.”
The Aggie Foundation supports a broad spectrum of local organizations in fulfilling their missions in North Dakota. In the past year, they have donated over $15,000 to advocacy centers and organizations to help individuals that may not be able to help themselves.
“Protecting children should be a top priority for all of us,” said Terry Peterson, Aggie Foundation Board President. “It’s not just a moral obligation to look after the most vulnerable members of our society, but also a responsibility that we must take seriously if we want to ensure a better future.”
The NPCAC is an organization that responds to crimes committed against children and works with roughly seven different organizations that work with mental health, law enforcement, prosecution, medical, family advocacy, and forensic interviewing. They have served 485 children, plus their families, in 2021 and roughly 500 children in 2022.
The Aggie Foundation was established in 2012 by a group of friends from Velva, ND. The Foundation initially supported its mission of charitable giving via a modest, yearly scholarship provided to a Senior from Velva who excelled in Biology. They began to help raise funds for citizens in need, schools, youth sports, and local organizations or groups doing good things in Velva and the surrounding communities. Their expansion as a broad grant-provider and community partner allows them to support organizations across North Dakota working with community leaders to identify which organizations are in need of economic assistance.
For more information regarding Aggie Foundation, e-mail aggiefoundation@gmail.com. Visit Aggie Foundation’s Facebook page (@AggieFoundation) or website (aggiefoundation.com) for updates and information about the communities they’re currently active in and ways they are supporting local organizations.
