Northwoods Caregivers

10/31/2025

VOTES NEEDED!
Northwoods Caregivers Halloween Costume Contest! Facebook will decide the winner! Comment below your winner!
Pictured:
1. Evie
2. Netty
3. Cindi
4. Jenn
5. Katelin
6. Denise

10/30/2025

WOW! Another successful Senior Community Clean-Up Event in the books! Our community showed up in a big way this year with over 250 volunteers coming together to rake over 40 yards for seniors and people with disabilities in Bemidji. That is 5 large dumpsters PACKED with leaves! Thank you to all of our sponsors for supporting this event. Thank you to our partners the United Way of Bemidji Area and Boys & Girls Club of the Bemidji Area! And again thank you to all of our amazing volunteers of all ages!! See you all next year! 😄

10/30/2025

Unfortunately our Cass Lake caregiver conference scheduled for this Saturday has been cancelled.

10/25/2025

Senior community clean-up happening now! Rakers are out on their assignments until around 2pm today.
Volunteers- make sure to sign up for the door prize drawing before noon today! When you are done with your yards, please come get your local gift cards for lunch!

10/24/2025

Tomorrow is our 26th Annual Senior Community Clean-Up Event!!
Volunteers will be out raking yards from about 8:30am-2pm. If you are having your yard raked, please put out the leaf bags for the volunteers to use first.

Volunteer Schedule:

8:00am: Check in at the boys and girls club to get your assignments. *If you are a group, only the group leader will check-in at the registration table. Continental breakfast will be available.

8:30am: Volunteers Rake Yards!

Noon: Gift cards available to local restaurants for lunch upon returning sheet with stats. Door prize drawings at noon, winner will be contacted via phone.

The weather should be beautiful for working outside! We will see you all tomorrow!

10/21/2025

We have some exciting events coming up in Cass Lake!

Diabetes Self Management and Chronic Disease Self Management series start October 30th on Thursdays from 10am-3pm. Take one class or both! Lunch will be served between the 2 classes, and participants that complete a series will receive a local food gift card.

Join us Saturday November 1st for our first Cass Lake Caregiver Conference! It is our day to serve you! We will have great food, wonderful conversation, and a guest speaker Gina from Services for the Blind.

Both events will be held at the St. Peter's Episcopal Church 301 Cedar Ave Cass Lake, MN
To RSVP for either event, please call our office. 218-333-8264

10/20/2025

Leaf bags are needed for our senior community clean up event this Saturday! If you are able to donate, please drop off leaf bags at our office 616 America Ave Suite #110, Bemidji. Thank you!

10/11/2025

Seniors in Bemidji, please register for our Senior Community Clean-Up event for free leaf raking! If you are age 60+ and live in the Bemidji city limits, you qualify for volunteers to rake your leaves into bags and haul them away at no cost to you.
Please share this information with your parents, grandparents, and any elders age 60+ that live in Bemidji city limits.
To register please call: 218-333-8265 and leave a message with your name and number and someone will call you to complete registration within 2 working days.

10/10/2025

The Cass Lake Caregiver Conference will be Saturday November 1st at the St. Peter's Episcopal Church 301 Cedar Ave, Cass Lake MN.
Our speaker will be Gina from Services for the Blind. Breakfast will be provided!
RSVP to Earlene at 218-333-8261

10/10/2025

Dementia Conference – Tuesday, October 14th in Park Rapids

An informative and inspiring day focused on dementia awareness, education, and support. Whether you’re a caregiver, healthcare professional, or community member, this event offers valuable insights and resources to help you better understand and care for those affected by dementia.

🎟️ Purchase tickets: https://chisjh.org/special-events/dementia-conference/

10/09/2025

Who is a Caregiver?
An informal caregiver is someone who provides care without pay. Examples of care include:
• Personal assistance (bathing, dressing, grocery shopping, transportation)
• Household tasks (cooking, cleaning, paying bills)
• Medication management (medication reminders, medication set-up)
• Emotional support
• Coordinating care services (Dr. appointments, meetings)

Who Is a Care Receiver?
A care receiver is anyone age 60 or older or has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease or a related disorder who receives support. This could be:
• A parent, spouse, sibling, aunt/uncle, cousin, grandchild, grandparent
• A neighbor, friend, church member, coworker, or community member.

Northwoods Caregivers offers caregiver support and services.
Give us a call: 218-333-8264 for more information.

10/08/2025

Our admin team member Karen went on chatabout today to share information on our Senior Community Clean-Up Event and highlighted other services offered. She did great! Thanks Karen! 😃

ON THE LATEST CHATPOD, presented by First National Bank Bemidji...A Two Parter:

Part 1--Beltrami County Board Member Scott Winger is in to recap the latest Beltrami County Board meeting. He highlighted discussions on Chronic Wasting Disease, Veteran's Service Office work and potential adjustments to public assistance programs.

Part 2--Karen Bedeau of Northwoods Caregivers discusses the 26th Annual Senior Cleanup Day and everything else Northwoods Caregivers do for our seniors.

Check it out HERE: https://bemidjinow.com/episode/10-08-doubleheader-beltrami-county-board-recap-northwoods-caregivers-senior-cleanup/