Join Family Promise for Hotdish with Heart! Their annual fall fundraiser event will feature a delicious Minnesota Hotdish dinner, with a side of light-hearted comedy from The Looney Lutherans and heartwarming stories of the exciting new ways they are helping to empower families experiencing housing insecurity to build a foundation of lasting independence.
Join us for our free, family-friendly 28th Annual Wildlife Festival on September 30th from 10 am to 2 pm at the Oak Savanna Learning Center! Help us to celebrate National Wildlife Refuge Week (October 8 - 14, 2023), Urban National Wildlife Refuge Day (October 7, 2023), National Public Lands Day (September 23, 2023) and all the wildlife at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge. The festival will include several booths set along the packed granite trails at the Oak Savanna Learning Center. Make sure to check out the engaging, hands-on activities at each booth; meet Puddles the Blue Goose, learn about refuge wildlife and management, try your hand at a BB gun, experience native seed cleaning, learn about Native American culture, observe live animals, investigate aquatic invertebrates, test your home water nitrate levels and more! Two local food trucks will be on-site to serve a variety of food at a reasonable cost. A silent auction and the Eagle's Nest Nature Store will be available for perusing inside the Oak Savanna Learning Center. Several refuge service roads will be open to vehicle traffic from 8 am to 2 pm to provide visitors a rare opportunity to see areas of the refuge that are not typically open to vehicles. Maps showing the open refuge roads will be available on the homepage of this website, at Refuge Headquarters and at the Welcome Booth on the day of the event. The Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge Photography Club will be displaying all entries to the 2023 Youth Photography Contest at this event.
Alexandra House hosts its annual HopeFest event in the fall, as our lead into October, which is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The core principles of the event are to raise awareness about domestic and sexual violence, remember those we have lost, and honor the many survivors. The event includes a brief program, a 1+ mile walk, Kidz Dash and Kidz Zone with balloon twisters, face painters, and games, BBQ from The Bones Brothers, and a vendor/exhibitor resource fair. This family-friendly event grows larger every year as more and more people recognize the impact of domestic and sexual violence and commit to help end it.
Save the date for the annual Coon Rapids Rotary Club Sampler Octoberfest! An evening of craft beverage and food sampling, games, raffles, silent auction, live music and more. This event raises funds for Coon Rapids High School programs and other youth activities!
Good in the ‘Hood is dedicated to changing lives together with simple acts of kindness. Although our service opportunities are not solely limited to the urban community, they do have a purposeful inner-city affinity and a commitment to serve those with the most need. Volunteer opportunities include supporting their Shoe Away Hunger program through shoe sorting & and food shelf events. Opportunities exist throughout the metro area.
You will want to come hungry and enjoy delicious food from your favorite food trucks as well as homemade baked goods from the Elevate Community in a Boutique Style Bake Sale. For your family and friends, the Family Fun Zone will be equipped with bouncey houses, face painting, a visit from Snow White, coloring, & more! In addition, live music will be a favorite, while all guests check out over 40 Silent Auction Items or play in our Annual Bean Bag Tournament! 100% of the proceeds from the Tournament, Bake Sale, and Silent Auction benefit Elevate Hope House.
This is a hands-on outreach opportunity for families with kids, individuals, clubs, teams, youth groups, or work groups to assemble dream kits and help deliver beds and dream kits to children in our community in need of beds. Volunteers will meet at our office for a short orientation and to pack kits and then follow our van to families’ homes
Our primary focus is on supporting youth and education, along with various community groups - through a combination of hands-on, roll-up-our-sleeves service and fundraising efforts. Feel free to join us for good conversation, inspiration and more importantly learn more about we do to make a positive impact in the community and around the world. The Club is currently meeting in-person twice per month on the second and fourth Monday of each month beginning at 12:15 p.m. at the Bunker Hills Event Center.
Do the faith values you live out on Sunday hit the snooze button on Monday as you enter the marketplace? Do you lack tangible ways to engage your faith at your 9 to 5 job? We’re here to help you Thrive! as you connect your faith and work each week. Make the connections and find the support you need at monthly Thrive! events in your area. Learn from experienced keynote speakers sharing on topics of faith and work.
Join Impact Services for an evening of Dessert First at the Bunker Hills Event Center. Proceeds support Impact Services Programs including Meals on Wheels.
Venture serves in areas of the world that are the least reached and least resourced by partnering with local leaders in those communities to end some of the worlds greatest injustices including refugee crises, human trafficking, extreme poverty and oppression. Hear directly from the people they serve and experience the relief and hope currently happening in the toughest places. Registration, hors d’oeuvres, and valet parking are complimentary.
Proceeds of this race benefit the Strive Scholarship program. Strive funds several scholarships to be used at Century College and other post-secondary institutions. Winners of these scholarships are students enrolled in the Strive programs at White Bear Lake Area High School and Area Learning Center who improve their cumulative GPA the most over the course of their senior year.
Support the NACE Food Shelf through the annual Empty Bowls Fundraiser being held at St Patrick's Church in Oak Grove.
Whether it’s volunteering, donating or spreading the word about FMSC, there are many exciting ways to get involved. Volunteer at a Meal Packing Event. Days and times vary. Coon Rapids
Delivering meals is a simple and rewarding way to help seniors and people with disabilities in need of hot meals and a daily visit from a friendly face, and you can do it over lunch! Choose to volunteer weekly, biweekly, monthly or as scheduled.