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Ely
Community Resource has worked with children and youth since
1978. The program has a rich history of community involvement
and responsiveness to the needs of the community. The program
evolved from the commitment of a number of citizen groups
concerned about the problems young people in the Ely area
were experiencing.
There are no fees for program participation.
The program has been recognized locally, regionally, and statewide
as a model substance abuse prevention program.
• In 1987, Attorney General Skip Humphrey selected Ely
Community Resource as one of only four programs in the entire
state to be featured at his statewide conference for the Alliance
Against Drugs.
• ECR was invited by the Minnesota Department of Education
in 1987, 1988, and 1989 to present information about our program
at their annual program sharing conference in St. Cloud.
• In 1990, our Peer Helper Program was featured as a
model for rural communities at the Youth Intervention Program
Association statewide conference in St. Paul.
• Ely Community Resource was one of the three programs
featured at a session called “Showcasing Local Success:
Achievements By and For Kids” as part of the 1992 “Connecting
Kids and Community” conference in Duluth co-sponsored
by the Blandin and Northland Foundations.
• ECR was the recipient of the 1992 Bootstrap Award,
an annual award sponsored by the Duluth-Superior Area Community
Foundation’s Fair Chance Fund to recognize a nonprofit
agency in northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin
for outstanding service to children.
• Our senior high Peer Helper Program was nominated by
the City of Ely and selected as a 1994 Minnesota Exemplary
Youth Service Program receiving a commendation from Governor
Arne Carlson.
• Since 1995, youth involved in the program were recognized
each year by the Ely Mayor and City Council for participating
in an annual community service project to clean and
beautify a city park.
• ECR was featured at a 1997 northern Minnesota regional
conference, “Challenging Communities to Fulfill America’s
Promise Through Mentoring.”
• In 1999, Ely Community Resource’s Executive Director
was selected to represent northern Minnesota on the State
Incentive Grant Advisory Council, an initiative of the Minnesota
Departments of Health, Human Services, Public Safety, and
Children, Families, and Learning. The council worked for three years to develop "Paths to Healthy Youth," a comprehensive youth alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) use prevention plan that has been distributed throughout the state.
• ECR was named one of the ten 2005 first-prize winners from a twelve state region for Midwest Living Magazine's Champions in Education contest.
• In 2006, ECR was one of only 150 programs nationwide to receive a Wells Fargo Volunteer Service Award.
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