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Did you know KFNA is Hiring?

January 26, 2023 By Sarah

With our neighboring neighborhood, Lyndale, KFNA is looking for a full-time Equity and Justice Organizer! Read more about the position here. 

Lyndale is also seeking a part time ESL Evening Teacher, with optional additional hours to assist students to prepare resumes and achieve their career goals by helping them prepare for interviews or apply for career path training. Read the details on the ESL Teacher position here.

Both positions offer a local focus, good pay, and a new way to connect to your community. The Equity and Justice Organizer position covers a wide variety of events and tasks and offers a very flexible schedule. Both positions really require someone with a comfortable grasp of the Spanish language.

If you would like to have a conversation about either position before you decide to submit your resume simply contact Sarah Linnes-Robinson, Director at .

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Filed Under: Art Connecting Kingfield, board, Connect, Crime and Safety, Equity & Outreach, event, Gardens and Greening, GOTV, health and wellness, Nonprofit, Peacebuilding, Porchfest, Project, Public Discourse and Safety, Redevelopment and Transportation, Voting

Spread Some Love to Our Local Seniors this Valentine’s Day!

January 24, 2023 By Sarah

Stop into either Butter Bakery Café or Royal Grounds Coffee this week and drop off a Valentine’s Day card written for 1 of our 100 community’s senior citizens that have Meals on Wheels delivered to their house each day. Meals on Wheels delivers food in our community to individuals who can benefit from home-delivered meals with a focus on older adults and people with disabilities.

Don’t have an extra Valentine’s Day card lying around your house? Stop by Digs and pick one up or take one of ours from next to the basket.  Just fill it out while you enjoy a treat and warm beverage from your local coffee shop and drop it into the basket for KFNA to collect!

Got extra Valentine’s Day cards laying around your house? Bring a few extras for neighbors to write! Remember, we need 100 in total!

KFNA will collect these cards on Sunday February 12th and get them to our neighborhood Meals on Wheels coordinator to put into their Tuesday lunch box!  Visit here to learn more about who Meals on Wheels serves, how affordable it is with the price based upon the need of the individual, and how to sign up for meals or to volunteer.

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KFNA & LNA are Hiring an Equity & Justice Organizer!

January 16, 2023 By Sarah

 

 

 

 

 

Title: Equity and Justice Organizer

Classification: Full time, nonexempt, 32-40 hours/week, shared position between two nonprofit neighborhood associations

Salary: $18.00-22.00 per hour paid bi-weekly, depending on experience / 90-day probation period

Benefits: generous PTO accrual (13 days per year/pro-rated based on hours worked) 8 paid holidays, optional pre-tax employee-paid group Dental & Vison plans, optional 3% Simple IRA employer match

Schedule: Flexible hours. Some nights and weekends required.

Location: Co-working office in the Lyndale neighborhood in South Minneapolis at 35th and Nicollet

How to Apply: Send resume, cover letter, and 3 references by email to

 

Position Overview

The most important aspects of the Community Organizer position are skilled communication, empathy, and relationship-building. The primary task is to increase – and retain existing – volunteer neighbor participation at both organizations. The Community Organizer will accomplish this through sustained, coordinated effort of volunteer recruitment and retention, and close work with the Executive Director and neighbor-leadership. The position reports directly to the Executive Directors of both organizations.

Requirements:

  • Languages: comfortable with both spoken and written Spanish + English.
  • Organizing Experience: time invested by living or working in a diverse community: direct organizing training or lived-experience preferred.
  • Computer skills: basic data entry and graphic design, experience with email, What’s Ap, Excel, and Word
  • Communication Skills: Strong writing ability; comfortable giving presentations and leading meetings. Social Media skills or willingness to learn.
  • Proof provided of being fully vaccinated by start date.

The person hired for this position will work full-time (expected at 32 hours per week but could work up to 40 especially during spring and summer) split between the two organizations (we will consider part time employment if necessary to find the correct employee). This position will offer a broad variety of activities. Projects, tasks, and outreach activities will be determined in bi-weekly staff meetings. Flexibility in work hours is a must, nights and weekends are common. Time will be tracked by organization and work area. See below for a description of specific activities this position may be asked to participate in. KFNA and LNA are equal opportunity employers. [Read more…]

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Team up with KFNA as we Tackle Hunger at our Annual Kingfield Empty Bowls event!

January 16, 2023 By Sarah

Sunday February 12, 10:30 AM-2:00 PM

4101 Harriet Ave. S, Judson Church

Visit and share the Facebook event with your neighbors and friends!

Join us for SOUPer Bowl Sunday pregame event on Sunday February 12th at Judson Church. A suggested $25 donation gets you a handmade bowl, as well as delicious soup, bread, and desserts from local restaurants including Apoy, The LowBrow, Butter Bakery Café, Clancey’s, Petit Leon, Patisserie 46, Victor’s 1959 Café, Kyatchi, and more!

Proceeds benefit Nicollet Square, a project of Beacon Interfaith Housing and the Kingfield Neighborhood Association.

Want to volunteer? Visit here!

Want to support this event as a sponsor? Contact Sarah Linnes-Robinson, KFNA Executive Director.

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Thank you to the Kingfield and Lyndale History Hounds!

January 5, 2023 By Sarah

Thank you to the dozen volunteers who have been sorting paper and scouring old news stories about our neighborhoods these past two months.  These History Hounds are helping to clear out the file cabinets, so that both Lyndale and Kingfield’s historic documents can be included in the the collection that the Hennepin Library Archivists are putting together. When completed, this collection will show the breadth and value of neighborhood actions and activities and how it has shaped Minneapolis over the last 30 years.

Our History Hounds are a talented bunch, but many also have a history of their own in archival documentation, or they are simply self-proclaimed trivia-history nerds!

Want to get involved? There is more room at the table (or more correctly, in the basement file-room) for a few more History Hounds. Just contact Nicole at to set a time to come dig through a box of papers!

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Thank you to @abangyoli for donating a dessert to Thank you to @abangyoli for donating a dessert to the Empty Bowls event on February 12th at Judson Church. 
Your donation provides you with a handmade pottery bowl, great soup, and the option to get a piece of Japanese Cheese Cake (with lemon curd and candied lemon rind) from Abang Yoli!
Thank you to @petiteleonmpls for donating Zuppa To Thank you to @petiteleonmpls for donating Zuppa Toscana to the Empty Bowls event on February 12th. Your donation gets you a handmade bowl and soup from Petite Leon -- a featured restaurant on the New York Times' Top 50 restaurants list of 2022.

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Thank you to @victors1959cafe for donating soup fo Thank you to @victors1959cafe for donating soup for Empty Bowl's SOUPer Bowl Sunday Fundraiser! 
Join KFNA on February 12th at Judson Church to help raise money for Nicollet Square, your donation gets you a beautifully handcrafted bowl, and enjoy Victor's 1959 Cafe's famous Black Bean soup!
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Big "Thank You" to Judson Church for hosting the E Big "Thank You" to Judson Church for hosting the Empty Bowls event this year on February 12th from 10:30 - 2 pm. Come to our SOUPer Bowl pregame event and team up with Empty Bowls to Tackle Hunger. A suggested $25 donation gets you a handmade bowl, as well as delicious soup, bread, and desserts from local restaurants. Proceeds benefit Nicollet Square.

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Team up with us as we Tackle Hunger at our annual Team up with us as we Tackle Hunger at our annual Empty Bowls event! Join us for SOUPer Bowl Sunday pregame event on Sunday, February 12th from 10:30 am - 2 pm @judsonchurch41. A suggested $25 donation gets you a handmade bowl, as well as delicious soup and bread from local restaurants. 
Proceeds benefit Nicollet Square, a project of Beacon Interfaith Housing and the Kingfield Neighborhood Association. 
Let us know you are interested: https://fb.me/e/2ERPSy8UQ?mibextid=RQdjqZ
For more information: https://kingfield.org/kingfield-empty-bowls/. Questions or want to support the event as a sponsor? Contact Sarah Linnes-Robinson, KFNA Executive Director at sarah@kingfield.org 

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Start your year off on the right foot and give bac Start your year off on the right foot and give back to your community! Lyndale's Education Program is in need of volunteer support for their English as a Second Language (ESL) and Digital Literacy (DL) classes.  Volunteers are needed for morning, afternoon, and evening classes and you could volunteer 1 day per week, or more. In this role you can expect to lead a small group of students and provide 1-on-1 student support....

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