A Minnesota tech company that makes it easier for parents to stock up on supplies for their kids has won an " Innovation Award" from a local business group, the Star Tribune reports.
The St.
Cloud-based company,Impacks, is in the for-profit (emerging) category.
Other winners in their respective categories: Central Minnesota Habitat for Humanity, for its collaboration with St.
Cloud Technical & Community College to train high school students to build homes for low-income families; Central Minnesota Child Advocacy Center, for creating multidisciplinary teams so children don't have to share painful stories about physical, sexual, or emotional abuse more than once; andArbor Hair Studio, for its green products and approaches.
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