What is Giving Hearts Day?
Camp Joy and Giving Hearts Day History
Camp Joy and Giving Hearts Day 2025
Founded in 2008, Giving Hearts Day is a 24-hour event for charities in North Dakota and northwest Minnesota. Each year, Giving Hearts Day provides a platform for charities to fund their missions through an ever-increasing community of donors, many of whom get to experience the joy of giving for the first time. The longest-running giving day in the country, Giving Hearts Day has helped participating charities raise $195 million since its founding.
Camp Joy has raised over $70,000 since our first Giving Hearts campaign in 2019. Giving Hearts Day has been Camp Joy’s most successful fundraising campaign due to our amazing community. We are thankful for Giving Hearts Day and feel blessed to have this method to raise funds for camp. Over the previous years, we look to dedicate an essential project to Giving Hearts Day. Previous projects include a waterfront remodel, a girls' bathroom, a kitchen remodel, and a swim raft.
Our focus projects for 2025 are to replace the girl cabin’s windows/doors, update the Canteen/Game/Arts interior and the boys bathroom remodel. .