{"id":297986,"date":"2026-02-02T06:36:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T12:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=297986"},"modified":"2026-02-27T08:18:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:18:38","slug":"give-locally-give-now-giving-hearts-day-feb-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=297986","title":{"rendered":"Give Locally, Give Now, Giving Hearts Day \u2013 Feb 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/app.givingheartsday.org\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"370\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/givingheartsdayfeb122026.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-297987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/givingheartsdayfeb122026.jpg 600w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/givingheartsdayfeb122026-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/givingheartsdayfeb122026-284x175.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giving Hearts Day began in 2008 as a simple yet powerful fundraising idea: around Valentine\u2019s Day, encourage people to show love not only to those closest to them, but also to the charities that strengthen their communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than a decade later, the concept has grown into one of the longest-running and most successful giving days in the nation. <a href=\"https:\/\/app.givingheartsday.org\/\">Giving Hearts Day<\/a> provides a vital fundraising platform for nonprofits across North Dakota and northwest Minnesota, helping organizations collectively raise more than <strong>$226 million<\/strong> since its launch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s not just a day, though. It\u2019s a year-round effort. Using skills taught by Dakota Medical Foundation and Fargo-based Impact, participating charities build sustainable fundraising systems that support their missions all year long. Those systems are then put into action on <a href=\"https:\/\/app.givingheartsday.org\/\">Giving Hearts Day<\/a>, often described as the \u201cSuper Bowl\u201d of giving in the Upper Midwest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over time, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.givingheartsday.org\/\">Giving Hearts Day<\/a> has become the region\u2019s dedicated day to feed the hungry, nurture the elderly, and educate tomorrow\u2019s leaders. What started as a single day of generosity has evolved into a tradition that showcases the lasting power of community, collaboration, and compassion. <a href=\"https:\/\/app.givingheartsday.org\/\">Give locally today!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Giving Hearts Day began in 2008 as a simple yet powerful fundraising idea: around Valentine\u2019s Day, encourage people to show love not only to those closest to them, but also to the charities that strengthen their communities. More than a decade later, the concept has grown into one of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":297987,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-297986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-csicelebrations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=297986"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":297988,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297986\/revisions\/297988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/297987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=297986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=297986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=297986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}