Cornerstone in Frazee prepares for call-a-thon on Oct. 13, haunted forest Oct. 20-21

Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) – Cornerstone, a Frazee community and youth center, will be holding a fundraising drive on Friday, Oct. 13 and hosting a haunted forest in Frazee the following weekend.

The nonprofit provides lakes area kids in 12th grade or younger with a safe space to hang out afterschool and, according to Mackenzie Hamm, one of the coordinators at Cornerstone, it also provides amenities they may not have at home and hungry teenagers with a kitchen.

“They get to come in and play pool, ping pong, video games with their friends, arts and crafts,” said Hamm. “And we’ll schedule a few different activities for them, but they just like to come there and hang out with their friends. And eat food, they are in the kitchen cooking all the time.” 

Friday’s Call-a-thon is a fundraising push by nonprofit to finish raising funds for their capital campaign goal of $900,000, of which they only have $100,000 left.

The group hopes to use the last of their capital funds to complete their Crepes and Coffee Bistro on the Cornerstone main floor, which will provide some entry level jobs and a stage for aspiring local artists to perform.

Anyone looking to make a donation during the Call-a-thon can stop into the center on Friday or call: (218) 329-6199, to make a donation.

In addition to fundraising, Cornerstone will also be hosting a Haunted Forest at Hank Ludke Riverside Park in Frazee on Oct. 20-21.

“The entrance will be at the Hand Ludke Riverside Park, right by the river,” she said. “It’s already creepy without anyone in the woods scaring you, so this is going to be a fantastic time. We have a lot of youth that are going to be hiding in the forest. We’ve got a lot least 25 youth that are going to be jump-scaring people”

The Haunted Forest is about a half-mile hike through the woods and will run from 6:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. next weekend. The cost is $10 per person with a family maximum cost of $50.