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Dining Out for Life!
Thursday, April 30th
Dine Out to Do Good this Thursday!
Dining Out for Life benefits The Aliveness Project. Founded in 1985, the Aliveness Project is a local nonprofit organization and community center located in Kingfield neighborhood providing on-site meals, food shelf options, integrative therapies, and vital services for individuals living with HIV/AIDS throughout Minnesota. 75% of our members live in poverty and depend on us for daily meals.
Many Kingfield and other local restaurants support this organization and participate in this event. Visit here to see the full list of over 200 participating restaurants! Or just walk around the neighborhood and spend your day eating at all your favorite Kingfield places including Blackbird, Butter Bakery Café, Café Ena, Curran’s Restaurant, Corner Table, Grand Café, Hola Arepa, Kyatchi, The Lowbrow, Pat’s Tap, Rincon 38, and Victor’s 1959 Café!
There’s still time for you to volunteer to serve as an Ambassador for Dining Out For Life. Sign up here!
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Seniors, Ask a Nurse about Brain Health!
Tuesday, May 5th, 1:00 PM
Southwest Senior Center, 3612 Bryant Avenue, Minneapolis
Siobhan McMahon, PhD, MPH, RN, an assistant professor at the University of MN's School of Nursing, will answer your questions about brain health.
In addition to the program listed above, the center offers 10 exercise classes per week, social work services, adult day program, senior dining, computer lab, educational and wellness programs. For more information, call Mary Ann Schoenberger at 612-822-3194.
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Future of East 38th Street
Wednesday, May 6th, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Sabathani, 310 East 38th Street, Minneapolis
How can we participate together – with government, business, neighbors, and community organizations -- in building our future?
For our fourth and last meeting (for now!) we will bring our past conversations about History & Storytelling, Development & Opportunity, and Local, Community & Cooperative ownership to the next level. Join us as we dig in deeper to set our work in motion on projects that neighbors have recommended for the Future of E 38th Street!
Refreshments provided. All voices welcome! We look forward to seeing you! Questions? Contact the Ward 8 City Council Office at (612) 673-2208 or elizabeth.glidden@minneapolismn.gov
Corridor Co-hosts: Bryant Neighborhood Organization + Central Area Neighborhood Development Organization + Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder + St. Peter’s AME Church + 38th and Chicago Business Association + Sabathani Community Center + Arts on Chicago + Ward 8 City Council Office, City of Minneapolis + Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr Park Legacy Advisory Committee + Sabathani Seniors + AARP Sabathani Chapter + Palestine Lodge No 7
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Kingfield Adult Softball
Starts Thursday, May 7th, 6:30 PM
MLK Park, 4055 Nicollet Avenue South, Minneapolis
Warm-up starts about 6:30 PM at MLK Park Field 3
Bring your glove and drop-in each Thursday and play! Teams are picked new each week. Join the Facebook Group for updates and weekly team photos!
Visit our Facebook Group here
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Kingfield Residential Organics Collection Workshop & Drop-off!
Tuesday, May 12th, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
MLK Park Multipurpose room, 4055 Nicollet Avenue South, Minneapolis
Start saving your Organic Waste Now…Residential Organics Drop-Off is Coming to MLK Park on May 12th!
Bring your organic waste with you and leave it on site!
RSVP your intent to attend to sarah@kingfield.org!
The Kingfield Neighborhood Association, in partnership with the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board and Minneapolis Solid Waste & Recycling, is proud to announce the opening of a residential organics drop-off at Martin Luther King, Jr. Park. On May 12th, from 6 - 7:30 PM, an educational meeting/workshop will be held at the park for residents to learn more about the drop-off and the citywide organics recycling program. Bring your questions for the city’s recycling coordinator who will be present, and bring your organics, as the new drop-off carts will be on site for the meeting!
Residential organics include all food waste (including food you shouldn’t compost in a backyard bin), food-soiled and non-recyclable paper, and other compostable materials such as coffee grounds and filters, cotton swabs, dryer lint, and popsicle sticks. Yard waste and pet waste are not accepted. Residents must drop off their organic materials in a compostable bag (made of paper or certified compostable plastic). Larger items such as pizza boxes and wax-coated boxes do not need to be bagged.
The drop-off will be open to all Minneapolis residents at no cost. For the first several weeks, the drop-off will have designated hours (Tuesdays evenings and Saturday mornings) when volunteers will be on site to answer questions, train new participants, and gather some information from residents using the drop-off.
For more information on the MLK Park drop-off or other residential organics drop-offs and the citywide organics recycling program roll-out, visit minneapolismn.gov/organics or contact KFNA’s director at sarah@kingfield.org
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MPD 5th Precinct Open House
Wednesday, May 13th, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Minneapolis Police Department, 3101 Nicollet Avenue South, Minneapolis
Join us at our annual Fifth Precinct Open House for free food, music, and visits with specialty units! Want to see a K9 dog or the horses from Mounted Patrol? Have you ever been curious about how the bomb robots work? Do you want to talk to SWAT Negotiators, or see a fire truck up close? How about listening to orchestral music played by the MPD Police Band?
All of this and more will be at the Fifth Precinct Open House!
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17th Annual Kingfield Neighborhood Neighborhood-wide Garage Sale
Saturday, May 16th, 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Need to get rid of items you no longer want? Trying to declutter but hate to donate your valuable possessions?? Start sorting and marking your items now, and be sure to submit your garage sale registration form BY TUESDAY, MAY 12th at 9PM!!!
Let KFNA do the advertising – click on the followig link for the registration form: Garage Sale Registration Form 2015
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Coaches Needed for King Park Little Kids Soccer
We are looking for coaches to help lead the Little Kids Soccer program at MLK Park again this summer. You don't have be there all, or even many, of the 10 week Saturday morning sessions, we'd still love to have you join in the fun and teaching with the games with a soccer ball. We work with 4-year-olds through 12-year-olds, and generally have 50 kids each Saturday. We aim to have a cadre of 15 coaches for the summer, with 8 or 9 of them being at any given Saturday morning session.
The program consists of 10 weeks of Saturdays, 9:30 to 11:30 AM, start June 13th and run through August 15th, 2015. You come as often as you can.
We have two coach training sessions in the little kids games this year. You can come to either one or both sessions. The games are taught by St. Thomas University Women's Varsity Coach Sheila McGill.
Sunday, May 17th, 7 to 8:30 PM, and/or
Monday, May 18th, 7 to 8:30 PM.
If you can't coach on the field, but want to help, we need some help also with coordination and organizing for the program as a whole, and some of the sessions on Saturdays as well.
Let Michael know you're interested with an e-mail at michaeljvanderford@gmail.com, or a call on his mobile phone (612/296-9647).
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