Bemidji Area Cross Country Ski Club wins local Touchstone Energy® Community Award

Bemidji, Minn. – Beltrami Electric Cooperative has selected the Bemidji Area Cross Country Ski Club, as the winner of the local 2017 Touchstone Energy® Community Award, according to Beltrami Electric's Marketing/Communications Specialist, Angela Lyseng. The Touchstone Energy® Community Award recognizes organizations for outstanding contributions to their community.

Beltrami Electric sought candidates for the Touchstone Energy® Community Award, which recognizes organizations for outstanding contributions to the local community. Bemidji Area Cross Country Ski Club was nominated by Robert Montebello of Bemidji.

Since the early 1980s, the Bemidji Area Cross Country Ski Club has been working to enhance the cross country ski trails in the Bemidji area. The club currently grooms numerous local trails to include the Montebello lighted trail at the Bemidji City Park, Hobson Forest trail, Movil Maze trail, Three Island Lake Park trails, Buena Vista trails, Fern Lake trails as well as the Bemidji High School forest trail. There are over 100 kilometers of trails groomed and maintained by the club year around. If you ski in the Bemidji area, you owe that opportunity to this club.

Bemidji Area Cross Country Ski Club's application will be submitted for consideration to the statewide Minnesota Touchstone Energy® Community Award committee. The statewide award recipient will be selected from numerous local award winners throughout Minnesota and the overall winner will receive $1,000 toward a community cause of choice. It will be presented in March 2018 during the Minnesota Rural Electric Association's annual meeting in St. Paul.