Pilgrim Church (3901 1st Ave S, Minneapolis in the Kingfield Neighborhood) offers free dinner on the last Sunday of each month at 6 PM. The goal of the community meal is to meet people and provide a service to the community. Our next free dinner is on Sunday, February 23.
If you have questions or would like to volunteer contact Jordan Gaal at jordangaal@gmail.com or call Bonnie in the church office at 612-825-5375.
Vegetables being chopped, meat being seared, soup beginning to simmer, bread being baked, sugar being spun…and friends texting and calling friends to make plans for dinner tonight at MLK Park. The sounds and smells of activity and excitement…
The neighborhood is busy getting ready for Kingfield Empty Bowls Tonight!
A huge shout our to our restaurant partners who sustain us today at our Community Center…and many, many other days each year in their own spaces. Today they donate their time and talents to support youth in our community who have experienced homelessness and reside at Nicollet Square, a project of Beacon Interfaith.
Bring your neighbors, bring your family, bring your checkbook/cash/creditcards and join KFNA at MLK Park from 4-8 PM tonight, Thursday February 6!
Thanks go to: Butter Bakery Cafe, The Lowbrow, Cafe Ena, Patisserie 46, Baker’s Field Flour & Bread, Nighthawks, Kyatchi, Apoy, Seward Co-op Friendship Store, Curran’s, Gigi’s, Pat’s Tap, La Fresca, Clancey’s Meat & Fish, Lake Country School, Breadsmith, Sun Street Breads, and Victor’s 1959 Cafe!
The KFNA Board of Directors is made up of people who live or work in the neighborhood or are business or property owners. There are 13 voting seats on the board and 3 non-voting seats. KFNA works to support and promote the common good and welfare of the Kingfield neighborhood. The KFNA Board demonstrates and encourages neighborhood leadership, provides a forum for community participation, and a structure to promote the vision and aspiration of the neighborhood.
The 2020 Annual Meeting & Board Election will be held on Wednesday, March 18, 5:30-8 PM at MLK Park, 4055 Nicollet. Dinner and childcare is provided! Learn more about the process of being elected to the KFNA Board below, and take a look at the Self-Nomination Form.
The latest edition of the paper, jam packed with winter (and few peaks at spring) happenings is now online.
Be sure to read it with your calendar next to you so you can reserve the date for a bunch of favorite community happenings (Kingfield Empty Bowls, Feb. 6 and KFNA Annual Meeting, Mar. 18) as well as some fun new traditions (Winter FunFest Sledding, Jan. 25 and Community Maple Sap Tap and Pancake Breakfast, March 23)!
The paper version will be arriving at homes this week, thanks to our local bulk mail center and amazing postal carriers. As well to our production team, Kingfield neighbors Martha Brennecke (editor) and Brenda Johnson (graphic design). Thanks to all that put in the effort to get our news out to the entire community. Speaking of which, we are looking for people interested in writing stories and taking photos for this super-local quarterly news publication…if this is you please contact info@kingfield.org.
January 25th, 10 AM – 12 PM
Sledding hill to the south of MLK Park Rec Center
Come join the KFNA Youth & Family Event Team for sledding and building/painting creations with the snow. Don’t let the cold keep you away—we’ll have hot chocolate to keep us warm.
Contact Lisa Skrzeczkoski-Bzdusek at Lisa@kingfield.org to help, or just show up and sled!
