Hope on the River: The Book

The Hope on the River Journey came to a successful conclusion on October 21, 2020. To read the full story, stay tuned to www.hopeontheriver.com for the August book release of Hope on the River: An Unlikely Captain’s 1700-mile Mississippi River Journey on a Leaky Raft to Save his Nonprofit. ——

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We are the Gustafson’s

Written by Sue Gustafson We are blessed with 4 wonderful children. The 2 youngest have cystic fibrosis. In September of 2013, both Zachary and Ella were hospitalized for their cystic fibrosis. It was Ella’s second hospitalization and Zachary’s 10th. Zachary was 7 and Ella was 5. Zachary spent 13 days in

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Be Scary for Charity

Be Scary for Charity – October 31st, 2015

On Halloween, Amy Rondeau Photography generously offered to take Halloween family portraits from 10-2pm. All of the proceeds was be donated to Spare Key!  

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Stewart Title Benefit for Spare Key

Stewart Title Benefit for Spare Key – September 24th, 2015

Andy and Cheri Granberg from Stewart Title hosted a wonderful event to benefit Spare Key! We appreciate your time and generosity to help and support families who are taking care of their sick or injured child.

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Just for Kidz Event

Just Fore Kids Golf Tournament – August 17th, 2015

We are honored to be partners with the Just Fore Kids Charity Golf Event that was held on August 17th. Their event was able to raise over $25,000 for charities including Spare Key! We look forward to helping many families with their generous donation.

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Cindy Koebele appointed to Spare Key Board of Directors

President and CEO of TitleSmart brings passion and industry leadership to non-profit focused on serving critically ill and seriously injured children with housing grants on behalf of their families (Minneapolis) Cindy Koebele, President and owner of TitleSmart, Inc., has been appointed to the Spare Key Board of Directors. Koebele, a

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Spare Key recipient of matching grant of $75,000 from Richard M. Schulz Family Foundation

Major grant award helps to continue to spur Spare Key’s capacity to serve children with critical illness or serious injury with housing grants for families (Minneapolis) Spare Key, www.sparekey.org, announced today that the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation has awarded it a $75,000 matching grant to support the organizations mission

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Bell State Bank and Trust presents 1st annual Spare Key “Bounce and not Break” Fargo 5K at Scheels Arena

Family fun 5K features inflatable obstacles courses as fundraiser for non-profit serving North Dakota families with critically ill or seriously injured children in the hospital (FARGO/MINNEAPOLIS) Spare Key, www.sparekey.org, announced today that Bell State Bank and Trust is the presenting sponsor of the 1st Annual Spare Key “Bounce and not

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Dominic Desmarais Event

Dominic Desmarais and Metropolitan Financial Benefit for Spare Key – April 23rd, 2015

Dominic DesMarais and Metropolitan Financial hosted their 2nd Annual Spare Key Benefit! We appreciate your time and generosity to help and support families who are taking care of their sick or injured child.

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Bowl as much — or as little — but Bowl to the Max!

Give to the Max Day is Thursday, November 13th and this year make your donation matter more than ever before! Join us at the 2nd Annual “Bowl the Max” for Spare Key at Treasure Island Resort & Casino on Thursday, November 13th for 24 hours of bowling — fun —

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