The Denver Go-Getters 4-H Club is the first recipient of a grant through the Hardwick Community Grant program.
The club received a $300 check.
The communities of Hardwick, Hills, Beaver Creek, Kenneth, Jasper, Steen and Magnolia were challenged by the Luverne Area Community Foundation to establish gift giving within their own communities.
If the communities raised $5,000, the LACF matched the amount to start a $10,000 endowment for future needs in the communities.
In addition to Hardwick, communities who have met the LACF endowment challenge are Beaver Creek, Hills, Kenneth and Magnolia.
Hills recently distributed its second endowments.
According to Emily Crabtree, LACF director, the community committees in Beaver Creek, Kenneth and Magnolia will distribute their first grants next year.