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Fair Friends

Partner with us and become an annual
“North Dakota State Fair Foundation Fair Friend.”

Our donors know that the State Fair is a place where family traditions are born, where youth develop life-skills through competitive experiences, a stage that brings agriculture and its consumers to a common ground, and a place of heritage and pride for North Dakota.

Join the North Dakota State Fair Foundation at one of the gifting levels below and enjoy the benefits of becoming a “Fair Friend” as our THANK YOU for your generous support!

Premiere Partners

Blue Ribbon – $100
  • Recognition on website & newsletter
2023 Sponsors
  • Lakota Cloverleaves 4H Club
  • Naomi Myrdal
  • Karen & Jay Hennessy
  • Dean Knell
  • Shayna Mertz-Vertsch
  • Kandi & LaVerne Mikkelson
  • Joanne Beckman
  • Dean Aakre
  • Lahlum Family
  • Joel & Denise Luehmann
  • Jeremy & Jessica Bullinger
Best of Class – $250
  • Recognition on website and newsletter
  • 2 Season Gate Admission Passes
  • Access to buy Presale Grandstand Showpasses
2023 Sponsors
  • A&M Concessions
  • Mark & Kathryn Barenthsen
Reserve Champion – $500
  • Recognition on website and newsletter
  • 2 Season Gate Admission Passes
  • 2 Invites to Friends of the Fair Reception & Grandstand Event Following
  • Access to buy Presale Grandstand Showpasses
2023 Sponsors
  • Glen Forrester
  • Mary Ellen Berning
  • Verendrye Electric
  • Kent & Ali Bahl

Grand Champion – $1000

  • Recognition on website and newsletter
  • 4 Season Gate Admission Passes
  • 1 VIP Parking Pass for all nine days
  • 2 Invites to Friends of the Fair Reception & Admission to Grandstand Event Following
  • Access to purchase Presale Grandstand Showpasses
2023 Sponsors
  • Craig & Kayla Kleven
  • Joe Cranston
  • Jeff & Peggy Miller
  • Minot Area Community Foundation
  • Tri-County Exhibitors Association
  • Verendrye Electric Operation Roundup Trust

Best of Show – $2500

  • Recognition on website and newsletter
  • 8 Season Gate Admission Passes
  • 2 VIP Parking Passes for all nine days
  • Access to purchase Presale Grandstand Showpasses
  • 8 invites to Friends of the Fair Reception & Admission to Grandstand Event Following
2023 Sponsors
  • Del Rae Martin
  • Hess Corporation
  • Leanne Steenerson

Legacy Builder – Over $2500

  • Recognition on website and newsletter
  • 10 Season Gate Admission Passes
  • 2 VIP Parking Passes for all nine days
  • 10 Invites to Friends of the Fair Reception & Admission to Grandstand Event Following
  • Access to purchase presale Grandstand Showpasses
2023 Sponsors
  • Todd & Carolyn Berning
  • James Grote
  • Jerry & Connie Iverson
  • Diane  Haugland
  • Carol Jenson
  • Duane & Judy Jacobson
  • North Star Community Credit Union
  • Jacobson Family
“Fair Friends” membership renews annually on Nov. 1.

Donors have the opportunity to choose a funding area that their gift will support: Infrastructure, Agriculture, Programming or Unrestricted Gift (to be used wherever funds can be best utilized at the current time).

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