The KROX Radiothon for the Highland Elementary School Inclusive Playground raised just over $113,000 on Thursday. KROX broadcast live from Crookston High School from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and had over 160 donations.
It isn’t to late to donate to the project so “All Can Play,” you can donate online through the Northwest Minnesota Foundation, a 501C3 charity, below.
https://secure.qgiv.com/for/heip-c/
If you want to mail a check (make it out to Highland School), send it to KROX Radio (P.O. Box 620, Crookston MN, 56716), or Highland School (801 Central Avenue, Crookston, MN 56716)
The current donations are listed below. (updated 8-20-24 at 10:15 a.m.)
| Business | Donation Amount |
| Crookston Valley Coop | $2,500.00 |
| Crookston Fuel Co/Ampride | $100.00 |
| Crookston Eye Clinic | $500.00 |
| HN Quality Plumbing | $500.00 |
| Widman’s Candy | $100.00 |
| Carrie & Jay Michalski | $100.00 |
| Michael and Caitlyn Michno | $225.00 |
| Marianne Isaacs | $10.00 |
| Widseth Smith Nolting | $500.00 |
| Gary & Lori Hoerner | $500.00 |
| Agassiz Optometry | $500.00 |
| Sandra Knudsvig | $200.00 |
| Marshall & Vicki Olson | $100.00 |
| Benedictine Living Community | $1,000.00 |
| John & Theresa Haggerty | $200.00 |
| Christian Brothers Ford | $3,500.00 |
| Nate and Amy Lubarski | $500.00 |
| Jason and Kristi Morris Leas | $150.00 |
| Bob & Terri Quanrud | $50.00 |
| Utterspark – Erica Uttermark | $50.00 |
| Highland PTO | $15,000.00 |
| NW MN Foundation | $30,276.60 |
| Chris & Tina Trostad | $500.00 |
| Anonymous | $250.00 |
| Choice Therapy – Molly Hanson | $500.00 |
| Dave and Allyson Kuehn | $200.00 |
| Kathy Lessard | $50.00 |
| Shawn Coauette | $250.00 |
| Greg Kempenich | $100.00 |
| Ron & Connie Haller | $50.00 |
| Dianna Amiot | $100.00 |
| Laurie Coauette | $100.00 |
| Cristin & Josh Hardy | $110.00 |
| Kristy & John Fitzgerald | $100.00 |
| Dave & Kim Davidson | $150.00 |
| Thomas Hoeft | $100.00 |
| Cody & Anna Brekken | $100.00 |
| Mariann Bakken | $100.00 |
| Jim and Lois Chandler | $100.00 |
| Thomas and Leanne Hardy | $300.00 |
| Kathy and Bob Altringer | $200.00 |
| The Kofoed Boys | $300.00 |
| Rodd and Francine Olson | $100.00 |
| Erik & Judie Kanten | $1,000.00 |
| Mike and Diane Elwood | $40.00 |
| Anonymous | $5,000.00 |
| Chris and Tiffany Fee | $500.00 |
| Craig and Linda Morgan | $500.00 |
| Nancy Kolstoe | $100.00 |
| Justin & Ashley Cameron | $100.00 |
| Tim and Marlene Dufault | $1,000.00 |
| Gene and Sandy Tiedemann | $500.00 |
| Outdoor Solutions of NW MN LLC | $500.00 |
| Carol Solheim | $400.00 |
| Jared & Janessa Quanrud | $100.00 |
| LeBlanc Realty | $500.00 |
| Dan’s Flying Service – Dan and Sara Geist | $1,000.00 |
| H&R Block – Bobbie Torkelson | $1,000.00 |
| Don and Mary Cavalier | $500.00 |
| Ray and Terri Dusek | $100.00 |
| Lynn Samuelson | $50.00 |
| Christensen Tree Service | $100.00 |
| John Janssen | $100.00 |
| Wes and Linda Knutson | $100.00 |
| Tommy Helgeson | $300.00 |
| Nancy Hanson | $50.00 |
| Penny Blokzyl | $120.00 |
| Jennifer Cook | $100.00 |
| Scott and Julie Kleven | $100.00 |
| Jerry & Jackie Lindsay | $50.00 |
| John and Jan Vallager | $200.00 |
| Lauraine Jurchen | $100.00 |
| Elizabeth Rose | $50.00 |
| In Memory of Norman J. Ellingson | $1,000.00 |
| Wonderful Life Foods | $500.00 |
| Lori Ingeman | $100.00 |
| Grove Mechanical | $1,000.00 |
| Winston Johnson | $25.00 |
| Derek Martin | $50.00 |
| Lon & Chris Boike | $100.00 |
| Leland & Judy Ellingson | $100.00 |
| Stacey & Chris Bruggeman | $500.00 |
| Brost Chevrolet | $500.00 |
| Gasper Air Spray/Mike and Connie Gasper | $1,000.00 |
| Punky and Carol Johnson | $500.00 |
| Corky and Marilee Hanson | $100.00 |
| Ray and Patty Frydenlund | $150.00 |
| Pete & Trish Ramstad | $100.00 |
| Nathaniel & Jana Hodgson | $100.00 |
| LuAnnes Siekas | $30.50 |
| Erin LaPlante State Farm | $250.00 |
| Josh and Lizzy Wiese | $50.00 |
| Leslie Stradinger-Flynn | $50.00 |
| Megan Parenteau | $150.00 |
| Monica Parenteau | $150.00 |
| Duane Anderson | $5.00 |
| Harper and Otto Hann | $100.00 |
| Titan Machinery | $250.00 |
| Anna Erickson and Curt Peterson | $100.00 |
| Mark & Nancy Bruggeman | $100.00 |
| United Valley Bank | $500.00 |
| Andy and Katie Fee | $100.00 |
| Adam and Crystal Maruska | $100.00 |
| Crookston Eagles Club | $500.00 |
| Eddie & Kris Derosier | $50.00 |
| Kylie Simmons | $200.00 |
| Casey and Sarah Johnson and Family | $250.00 |
| Erickson Embroidery/2nd Street Boutique/Steve and Laurie Erickson | $150.00 |
| Happy Joe’s Pizza/Jake Fee and Ellie Koepp | $500.00 |
| Adam and Kari Sinks | $250.00 |
| Ruby Martin | $30.00 |
| Tommy & Beth Staehnke | $500.00 |
| Jane Whitter | $50.00 |
| Joe Helgeson | $500.00 |
| Lily & Kaleb Olmstead | $500.00 |
| Bremer Bank | $750.00 |
| Brian and Ashley Rystad | $100.00 |
| Bill & Holly Anderson | $100.00 |
| Fred and Beth Parnow | $500.00 |
| Sarah and Jerrod Reese | $150.00 |
| KROX Radio | $2,500.00 |
| Tom and Debbie Piche | $100.00 |
| Debbie Dufault | $100.00 |
| Skip and Celeste Morris | $500.00 |
| Jaclyn and Mike Tiedemann | $500.00 |
| Kevin Weber | $500.00 |
| Load ‘n Dump – Jacob Sanchez | $100.00 |
| Todd Schumacher | $25.00 |
| Connor & Laura Thoreson | $100.00 |
| Kirk and Amy Luckow | $1,000.00 |
| Carol & Ronnie Coauette | $50.00 |
| Dana and Justin Kolden | $100.00 |
| Carlene Kerns | $100.00 |
| Troy and Connie Wilkens | $50.00 |
| Chris & Brittney Osen | $100.00 |
| Tim and Kari Moe | $100.00 |
| Michelle & Rod Erdmann | $300.00 |
| Tiffany Biermaier Photography | $100.00 |
| Mike & JoElle Boucher | $1,000.00 |
| Paul and Karen Biermaier | $100.00 |
| Daryl and Diana Thompson | $100.00 |
| Crookston Building Center | $500.00 |
| Cass and Hayden Hanson | $500.00 |
| Wayne and Kathryn Wagner | $100.00 |
| Loren and Marjean Sanderson | $100.00 |
| CHS | $10,500.00 |
| Ann Riedlinger | $50.00 |
| Matthew Rosu | $50.00 |
| Katie and Connor Morgan | $100.00 |
| Cierra Hangsleben | $100.00 |
| Thrivent – Garret Kollin | $500.00 |
| Wes and Ruth Cameron | $200.00 |
| Kathleen Hanson | $300.00 |
| Minnesota Twins Community Fund | $5,000.00 |
| Wendell and Penny Johnson | $150.00 |
| Mike and Krista Proulx | $250.00 |
| The 4:30 Group | $100.00 |
| Jen Donarski | $50.00 |
| Dan and Liz Rust | $100.00 |
| Jordan & Kayse Thompson | $100.00 |
| Bill and Gloria Watro | $100.00 |
| Jon & Rachel (Sanders) Laudner | $200.00 |
| Bev Erdmann | $100.00 |
| Total | $114,097.10 |
