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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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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.
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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KFNA Board Meeting
Wednesday, May 13th, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
MLK Park, 4055 Nicollet Avenue South, Minneapolis
Community Conversations at 7 PM! Come meet Tim Schwarz the Election Specialist with the City to discuss Precinct numbers, issues, and potential changes for the 2016 election. PLUS hear from KFNA’s Project Organizer Cheryl DeGroff talking about current crime rates and changes over the last few years. Discussion will include how KFNA can support neighbors best related to crime in the community including the role social media plays in informing people of crime trends, but possibly also heightening fear and creating a perception that crime rates are on the rise.
Conversations followed by the regular KFNA Board meeting. The community is invited to stay if they are interested. If you have questions contact Executive Director Sarah Linnes-Robinson at sarah@kingfield.org.
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Raise Some Dough for the Kingfield Community Bread Oven!
Friday, May 15th, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Kingfield’s Pleasant Community Garden, 3754 Pleasant Avenue South, Minneapolis
What is this? A stone-soup-style community dinner and fundraiser (get it, DOUGH raiser?!) for this new neighborhood gathering spot, a community-owned bread oven!
KFNA will bring the dough for this event (along with a few sketchily constructed grill-based ovens to cook pizza for the evening!)
YOU provide the pizza toppings, along with a DOUGH-nation of cold, hard cash, suggested at $10-25 per person or $30-50 per family. (You can donate whatever you want—that’s why it’s called a donation—so if the price is too steep, give less, and if you really want to see this oven happen, give more.) It’s all tax-deductible when you give to KFNA!
Event Supporters:
- Pizza dough provided by TRU Pizza, Kingfield’s mobile pizza truck!
- Actual dough provided by all of you great neighbors!
Questions? Contact Sarah, Executive Director of Kingfield Neighborhood Association at 612.823.5980, or sarah@kingfield.org.
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Little Kid’s Soccer Coach Training
Sunday, May 17th, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM, and/or Monday, May 18th, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
MLK Park, 4055 Nicollet Avenue South, Minneapolis
Coaches Still Needed for King Park Little Kids Soccer Program
Join in the fun and teaching with the games with a soccer ball! 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.
Attend either one or both training sessions. The trainings are led 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
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. 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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Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) Budget Sessions
Various Dates and Locations
Minneapolis Public School families are invited to a special meeting to talk about MPS’ 2015-16 academic goals and how the budget supports them. There will be four meetings in four corners of the city:
- Tuesday, May 19, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Sullivan/Anishinabe
- Wednesday, May 20, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Field Community School
- Thursday, May 21, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Pillsbury Elementary
If you have ever wondered how MPS spends its money in support of students, here is your chance to get your questions answered. Refreshments, childcare and interpreters will be provided. Visit their website for complete details.
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Kingfield Farmers Market Opening Day! Name that Bee!
Sunday, May 17th, 9:30 AM
4310 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis
Stop in at the KFNA table of the Kingfield Farmers Market and play “Name That Bee”, every Sunday in May! Each name submitted will only cost 50 cents; all proceeds will go towards supporting the initial purchase and maintenance of our new Kingfield hives located on the rooftop of the Center for Performing Arts.
Two lucky names will be drawn from the submitted entries and bestowed to the two Queens. The rest of the names will be distributed to the B-team workers so you know a bee, flying with your chosen name, will be pollinating the neighborhood this summer! The Queens will be announced on June 7 at the Market.
Thanks for visiting KFNA at the Market and for supporting this great project community project! Questions? Contact Cheryl@kingfield.org
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Annual Fun at the Judson Street Fest!
Sunday, May 17, 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
41st Street & Harriet Avenue, Minneapolis
Live kinds of music on the bandstand, arts and crafts vendors, kids games, giant inflatables, street food, face painting, cotton candy, plant sale, and lots more!
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