Category Archives: volunteerism

Election results: Kids Voting Northfield

November 23, 2008 – 11:31 am

   Rick Estenson, co-chair of Kids Voting Northfield (sponsored by the Northfield Rotary Club and WINGS), sent me the results of this year’s election. See the PDF or the Excel spreadsheet.
Co-chair Virginia Kaczmarek sent me these photos.
See Jane McWilliams’ blog post on Northfield.org for more info and [...]

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CAC and CEL team up again to raise awareness of homeless

November 22, 2008 – 7:46 am

Once again, the Northfield Community Action Center and the Civic Engagement Program in the Center for Experiential Learning at St. Olaf teamed up on National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week.
One of their awareness strategies has been to camp out overnight in a public space in Northfield, as they did in 2006 and again in 2007.
On [...]

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Ed says ‘Yo, be there, for shizzle!’

November 8, 2008 – 7:51 am

   When Ed Kuhlman pesters me about something, I try to ignore him. But when he pesters me and sets up a blog, I pay attention.
Ed has set up a fundraiser event blog for Sarah Henson. Her friends are having a ‘House Party’ for her at The Grand on Nov. 14, trying to raise enough [...]

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Will a new spirit of patriotism, civic idealism, and sacrifice be evident among Northfield area citizens?

November 5, 2008 – 6:37 pm

I don’t know what President-elect Barack Obama will ask of us but he said last night in Chicago:

This victory alone is not the change we seek. It is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were. It can’t happen without [...]

By Griff Wigley | Also posted in Reflection | Comments (12)

Photo album: WINGS fall event on the ‘faces of philanthropy’

November 3, 2008 – 7:57 am

WINGS (Women in Northfield Giving Support) held their fall event Saturday at the First National Bank South community room. The theme for the day: Faces of Philanthropy, Inspiration and Action - Across Generations.
CAC Executive Director Jim Blaha and I were the token guys there. 
Speakers included: Michelle Bauerly Kopel, Women’s Fund of [...]

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Costumed for a Cure at Premier Bank; donate today

October 31, 2008 – 12:01 pm

 
Sandy Vesledahl at Premier Bank Northfield alerted me to their participation in The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s annual Costume for a Cure.  See the poster (PDF) for more.
I stopped by this morning to take some photos, grab some coffee and cookies, and make a donation. Last year, their costume theme was Elvis (photo, above [...]

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Donor recognition for the Spring Creek Park Soccer Complex and Amerman Pavilion

August 17, 2008 – 9:32 am

  
The City of Northfield has mounted two donor recognition signs to the interior of the Amerman Pavilion at the Spring Creek Park Soccer Complex on Jefferson Parkway. The signs list all the organizations, businesses, and individuals who contributed to the construction of both the complex and the pavilion.

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Eritrean fundraising dinner, July 14th at Chapati

July 7, 2008 – 7:37 am

Last year’s Eritrean Fundraising Dinner raised nearly $2k for the American Refugee Committee (ARC).
 
Money raised from this year’s dinner (next Monday, July 14 at Chapati - see PDF poster) will be taken directly to Eritrea (in northeast Africa) by Bereket Haileab and Friewinne Kaleab (center photo). Local residents and a group of [...]

By Griff Wigley | Also posted in Non-Profits & Civic Orgs | Comments (3)

Who to thank for this year’s 4th of July Hometown Celebration?

July 6, 2008 – 9:15 pm

 
I asked Dan Freeman, this year’s chair of Northfield’s 4th of July Hometown Celebration, who should be thanked for helping to make it happen. Dan wrote:
Hey Griff, here are the names of people who chaired various events for the 4th:

Ed Kulhman and Mary Titus: the 4th Flea Market 
Hayes Scriven and Scott Elmer: the [...]

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First? Official? Northfield Newcomers’ Group Meeting at the Cow

June 5, 2008 – 7:27 pm

While slinking around town with the guy I’m sleeping with, I spied the newcomers’ group at the Contented Cow. I rudely slunk off again without getting names, but I told everyone I was taking photos for Locally Grown and I hoped they’d chime in and introduce themselves and say a little bit about what [...]

By Tracy Davis | Also posted in Community | Comments (9)

Thursday’s Table, a community success story

May 30, 2008 – 6:48 am

 
Thursday’s Table is a program of the Northfield Community Action Center designed to provide a hot and healthy meal to people in Northfield who could benefit from a free, nutritious meal.  Through the collaboration of the CAC, Northfield School District and the City of Northfield, free meals are served every Thursday evening from 5:00 to [...]

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