[Music] For close to 55 years, the Edina Crime Prevention Fund has channeled community donations into programs and equipment for police with the goal of keeping Edina a safe place to live, work, and learn. Now, the fund is looking to change its name. Edina TV shows us why this community supported nonprofit is rebranding and introduces us to its new president. >> Great food and fine crafts are guaranteed at the annual fall into the arts festival at Centennial Lakes Park. >> You want this? >> Sure. >> So are the giveaways. >> Yeah. And all that stuff is free, guys. >> This festival is a big fundraiser for the Edina Crime Prevention Fund and the Chamber of Commerce. >> Hi, how are you? Helping this year is the fund's new president, Rob Laughlin. >> See, you just got to get your name in the hat. >> An Edina resident for 34 years who first got involved with the nonprofit in 2020. >> And I asked a lot of questions and when you ask a lot of questions, I got an invitation to join the board. >> Year after year, donations to the fund have supported things like new equipment and programs for the police department, including the canine program and the motorcycle unit. often times we know that budgets uh get tight uh any given year and so where this fund has been invaluable to us is that they come in and help provide some relief and some extra funding resources and opportunities for us to buy some extra equipments uh come up with some new initiatives for the community also for our staff >> a resource that in recent years has also supported the fire department. We took a look at uh saying, "Hey, you know what? We should take a look at all of our first responders in the community." And so we made a decision with our board to to rebrand the organization from the crimerevention fund to the Dina First Responders Fund. >> A name change that won't officially take effect until next year. >> They found it important to recognize the prevention that can be done on the fire side as well and and staff recognition. So that was really welcomed by me. The annual safety awards banquet is only possible because of sponsors and the community support for the fund. >> We think it's important to recognize the difficult challenging situations that they go through that their families experience >> despite a little rain at the festival. The community building event was a success showing that the value of relationships between first responders and the community can't be dampened. I think at the end of the day, the opportunity to have service above self. Our mission is to serve those who serve us and to take a look at how you can get engaged in doing that. >> I'm Dan Carpenter. >> You're welcome >> for Adina TV. >> Yeah. Thank you. >> Have a good day. >> You can learn more about the Edina Crimerevention Fund and make a donation by visiting edinafund.org. Organ.