New resources, including the social media templates, flyer, and postcard can be found in our Google Drive folder. If you have any issues accessing the materials, please contact Molly at molly@whitefishcommunityfoundation.org.
Great Fish Launch Party - Booth and Volunteer Info
Save the date for the Launch Party on Tuesday, August 11 at Glacier Bank Stadium from 5:00 - 7:30 p.m. This interactive, family-friendly nonprofit fair will feature free food and beverages and raffle drawings for five $1,000 grants.
BOOTH INFORMATION:
Each nonprofit will be assigned a 10’x10’ space in which you can set up your own branded tent. You must furnish and set up your own tent, table, and chairs. All planned activities must fit within your 10’x10’ space. If you would like to share a 10’x10’ space with another nonprofit, please let us know as soon as possible.
Plan to leave your space exactly as you found it… free of any debris, markings, or trash. We want to make sure that we are invited back to the stadium next year! Contact Jill Seigmund at jill@whitefishcommunityfoundation.org before committing to any special activities to ensure they are allowable. (Please no glitter, animals, cooking stoves, noisy generators, etc. 🙂)
Each nonprofit will be assigned a 15-minute unloading window between 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. according to the location of your booth. Click here to see your nonprofit’s assigned Zone and designated arrival time.
Click here to view the nonprofit parking map.
Volunteers! Volunteers needed to help with food and beverage set up, service, clean up, and other duties. Contact Laura Abernethy at laura@whitefishcommunityfoundation.org for more info and to sign up.
Order Your Great Fish Community Challenge T-Shirt!
We are offering this year's Challenge participants the option to order tees for staff and volunteers. Shirts are made from a soft cotton/poly blend and come in unisex adult sizes XS to XXXL. Price is $20 per tee. Color is charcoal heather grey.
Complete and submit the order form online before July 15 to receive your tees at the Great Fish Launch Party on August 11. Payment is due at the time of ordering. Please consolidate your order - one order per nonprofit organization.
Important: Please know ordering tees is optional and wearing shirts from previous Challenges is 100% acceptable!
KGEZ On Air
Sign ups for KGEZ On Air are currently full. Contact Molly at molly@whitefishcommunityfoundation.org if you are interested in being added to the waitlist.
Great Fish Fund Advisor Trainings
If you are serving as a Great Fish Community Challenge fund advisor for your nonprofit, join us for one or both of these online training sessions on August 5 and 13 to learn how to log in to your fund and locate information about donations and donors.
We will send all new fund advisors an email with instructions to set up your password for the Fund Advisor Portal the first week of August. Please complete this step before the training so you can follow along with your own fund.
RSVP for August 5
RSVP for our Fund Advisor training on August 5 at 2:00 p.m. This session will be held over Zoom and should take 30 minutes.
RSVP for August 14
RSVP for our Fund Advisor training on August 13 at 10:00 a.m. This session will be held over Zoom and should take 30 minutes.
2026 Dates
August 11 to September 11 – Campaign Dates
August 11 - Launch Party
Glacier Bank Park, 25 McDermott Ln, Kalispell, MT 59901
5:00 - 7:30 p.m
October 22 - Awards Ceremony
Wachholz College Center at FVCC, 795 Grandview Drive, Kalispell
5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Rules for Participation
RULES FOR PARTICIPATING
Read the rules for participating in the 2026 Great Fish Community Challenge HERE.
New Form for 2026!
Nonprofits applying to participate in the 2026 Great Fish Community Challenge are required to upload a Board Resolution with their application stating that their Board of Directors has approved the Use of Funds Statement(s), Fundraising Goal (new this year), and Fund Advisors.
Please download one of the following Board Resolution templates to upload with your application: