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Copper Shores release

This year’s #GivingTuesday campaign hosted by Copper Shores Community Health Foundation has a record number of participants with 30 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations participating, including seven new participants.

The 2023 #GiveCopperCountry nonprofits are:

31 Backpacks; Ahmeek Village Volunteer Fire & Rescue Department; Baraga County Shelter Home; Barbara Kettle Gundlach Shelter Home; Big Brothers Big Sisters – UP Kids; Bootjack EMS; Bridging Gaps Childcare*; Camp Josh; Copper Country Angel Mission;

Copper Country Habitat for Humanity; Copper Country Junior Hockey Association; Copper Country Ski Tigers*; Copper Harbor Trails Club; Dan Schmitt Gift of Music; Friends of the Porkies

Hancock Trails Club (formerly Keweenaw Nordic Ski Club); Keweenaw ATV Club*; Keweenaw Family Resource Center; Keweenaw Land Trust*; Keweenaw Random Acts of Community Kindness (K-RACK); Keweenaw Trail Services*; Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly; New Power Tour*; Omega House; Ontonagon County Cancer Association;

Sherman Township Fire & Rescue – Gay Fire Department*; Simple Kindness for Youth (SKY); Superior Search & Rescue; Swedetown Trails Club; Unite Mental Health.

The asterisks indicate that the nonprofit is a first-time participant in #GiveCopperCountry.

To be eligible, an organization must be a charitable nonprofit organization with 501(c)(3) IRS determination, provide their certified financial audit and/or 990, must be current with their tax status and have their License to Solicit, must not be a religious or educational institution, have a mission related to Copper Shores’ Strategic Goals and Objectives or raise funds for a specific project that relates to those pillars and the organization must be domiciled in Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw or Ontonagon counties. Applications were accepted from September 8 until October 9.

In addition to the 30 nonprofit organizations, Copper Shores will also be fundraising for its own programming including Outreach & Education, Meals on Wheels, Bridges and Victim Support. These programs will not be eligible for the match.

Donations will be accepted starting next week. They can be made online at coppershores.org/givingtuesday, or a check can be mailed or dropped off at the Copper Shores downtown Hancock office. Checks must be written to Copper Shores Community Health Foundation with a note on which organization the check is designated for. Copper Shores will once again have a match to incentivize donors to put their money where their heart is by supporting our local nonprofit organizations.

In total this campaign has put more than $2.7 million into nonprofits in Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw and Ontonagon counties. This is the seventh year Copper Shores has hosted this event, which takes place on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving – November 28 this year.