Various Locations
Saturday, January 25, 2012
9:00 am start, register for specific times
Cost: Free but registration is required
In the Horn of Africa twelve million Somalis, Kenyans, and Ethiopians are starving due to the worst drought since the 1950s. On February 25, 2012; eleven churches, three packing organizations and thousands of volunteers will join together to pack one million meals for the Horn of Africa.
The Hunger Initiative is partnering with three Minnesota organizations and World Help to provide over 1 million highly nutritious meals to the Dadaab Refugee Camp. Your time and financial support of this project will save thousands of lives.
Sign up to pack food at one of 8 locations:
Clover Ridge Elementary School SOLD OUT
114000 Hundertmark Road, Chaska
Hosted by: Westbrook Church
Hope Academy SOLD OUT
2300 Chicago Avenue, Minneapolis
Hosted by: City Church partnered with Wooddale Church
Maple Grove Community Center
12951 Weaver Lake Road, Maple Grove
Hosted by: Northwood/New Life Community Church
Nisswa Elementary School
5533 County Road 18, Nisswa
Hosted by: Timberwood Church
Shakopee Junior High School
200 10th Avenue East, Shakopee
Hosted by: Brookwood/Bridgewood/Oakwood Churches
Westwood Church
3121 Westwood Drive, Chanhassen
Woodcrest Church
525 Cliff Road, Eagan
Wooddale Church SOLD OUT
6630 Shady Oak Road, Eden Prairie
Monetary donations can be given to one of three organizations that help fight hunger: Kids Against Hunger, Impact Lives, Feed My Starving Children. Additional donations will be accepted on site the day of packing.
Thousands of volunteers will gather together to package one million meals on Saturday. It’s a great event for the entire family. Join in and make a difference!
Tech Fest 2012
The Works
9740 Grand Ave. S
Bloomington, MN 55420
Saturday, February 25, 2012
9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Cost: $5
It's a festival of hands-on engineering fun for kids ages 5-12 and their families and celebrates National Engineers Week. Make fun, educational take-home projects, see exciting science, space, and chemistry shows, and explore hands-on engineering activities like Tech Take-Apart and Circuit Play.
Events include a live Space Show and a live Chemistry Show. Activities include circuit play, magnets, mini flashlights, silly putty, chemistry experiments, papermaking and robots. This event takes place at our new facility in Bloomington (map).
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