The Fargo-Moorhead Community
West Acres Development, LLP, and the West Acres Merchants Association
have always considered being a partner in our community a priority.
It is more than just generating good will; it is the belief that
being an active community supporter helps make the metropolitan
and surrounding rural communities a better place to live, work,
and raise families.
West Acres was just honored with the Business Arts Advocate of the
Year for 2007 by the Lake Agassiz Arts Council. The Council is the
umbrella organization for 58 of the area’s arts organizations.
This award, now in its fourth year, is the region’s most prestigious
recognition for business support of the arts. Click
here for the Lake Agassiz Arts Council's website on which you can
read their summer newsletter making this announcement.
Charitable Giving:
West Acres Development is a strong supporter of our community through
significant charitable giving to a variety of causes and organizations.
A few of these organizations include:
- Boy Scouts
- FM Symphony
- Fargo Theatre
- Great Plains Food Bank
- Lake Agassiz Arts Council
- Plains Art Museum
- Red River Zoological Society
- Trollwood Performing Arts School
- United Way
- Village Family Service Center
- YMCA
- YWCA
Community Events:
West Acres provides space and a strong customer base that assists
well over 100 non-profit organizations and community service agencies
in raising funds and creating awareness. West Acres, through hosting
community events, becomes a place where many of these organizations
can interact with the public on a personal level.
A few of our community events are:
Cookbook Festival (February): Non-profits sell their cookbooks
as a fundraiser.
Bazaarfest (October): Area churches and non-profits hold
their bazaars in the mall to raise funds.
Holiday Clearing Bureau's "The Giving Tree" (November-December)
at West Acres generated gifts to about 1,500 individuals during
the holiday season.
FM 105.1's "Christmas Wish" Wishburgers (June)
served 2,000 people in the West Acres parking lot in 2006, raising
$10,000 in donations.
FM 105.1's "Christmas Wish" Request-A-Thon (December)
consistently raises more than $10,000 in donations for needy individuals
and families during the holidays.
 “It's
a Wonderful Night” (Sunday before Thanksgiving): Annual
night of shopping whose $5 entrance fees/ticket sales benefit area
organizations. The annual event raises between $20,000-$30,000 for
area organizations.
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