THE DICKINSON AREA Community Foundation recently awarded a $250 mini-grant to the Menominee Range Nordic Ski Club for trail maintenance at City Park. The DACF earlier had given the club $3,000 to purchase youth ski equipment for children to learn the sport at no cost. Shown with some of that equipment: from left, in front are Andy Cabrera of UP Sport & Spoke and DACF Executive Director Tamara Juul; in back are ski club treasurer John Nienstaedt, vice president Jim Ebli, Glady Van Harpen and Alice Reed.

IRON MOUNTAIN –The first outing of the Menominee Range Nordic Ski Club’s Youth Ski League will be 1 p.m. Sunday in City Park.

Participants should meet at the ski club’s trailhead sign/parking lot in the park. Those attending who own their own equipment should bring it, but youth and parents who do not also are welcome to come.

The ski club is trying to determine sizes needed so it can find more equipment for kids and parents interested in the sport.

The Dickinson Area Community Foundation recently awarded a $250 mini-grant to the Menominee Range Nordic Ski Club for trail maintenance at City Park.

Additionally, the club received $3,000 during the major grant cycle in 2019 to purchase youth ski equipment for children to learn the sport of cross-country skiing at no cost.

For more information on the Menominee Range Nordic Ski Club and the youth ski league, contact John Nienstaedt at 906-776-3383.

For information on the Community Foundation and funding opportunities, contact Executive Director Tamara Juul at 906-774-3131.