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LCC 2nd Annual Holiday Open House

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Dec 032012
 

Art by Anita White

Please join the staff and board members of LCC on Tuesday, December 11th from 5:30 to 7:30 at our Annual Holiday Open House. Come to our office and see what we’re up to in the community.

Anita White will be showing some new work and doing sketches of attendees free of charge.

This is a great opportunity to mix and mingle, ask questions and find out more about Longfellow Community Council’s programs, events and activities in the neighborhood. We’ll be serving snacks and hot drinks and our office is “kid friendly.” The LCC offices are located at 2727 26th Avenue S. in the Western Roofing building. We hope to see you there!

Be sure to check out our event on Facebook!

 Posted by Joanna at 5:40 pm

Invest in Your Neighborhood on Give to the Max Day

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Nov 132012
 

Do you believe in investing in your community? If so, consider donating to the Longfellow Community Council (LCC) on Give to the Max Day. Help us reach our goal of $1,500 on November 15th, so that we can continue serving you!

In 2012, with the support of our neighborhood, LCC:

  • Partnered with the Volunteers of America  transitional housing facility to provide workshops and job training to 40 residents
  • Funded the installation of 15 Little Free Libraries
  • Installed artwork in storefronts on Lake Street
  • Researched quality of life issues along the Hiawatha corridor
  • And so much more!

We’ve achieved so much – but we need your support to make sure Longfellow continues to be a great neighborhood! Traditional sources of funding are diminishing, and may disappear altogether, so we need your support now more than ever.

Give to the Max Day is a great day to give because:

  • It will help us reach our year-end fundraising goal of $7,000
  • It’s an opportunity to join your neighbors in showing support for LCC
  • You’ll be entered in a drawing to have $1,000 and $10,000 added to your donation from Give MN

Help us reach our goal of $1,500. Mark your calendars for Thursday, November 15th and support YOUR community or schedule your donation now!

Sincerely,

Joanna Solotaroff

 Posted by Joanna at 4:51 pm

Save the Date! The Best Meeting Ever is on October 23rd!

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Oct 102012
 

 Posted by Joanna at 4:39 pm

The Final VOA Community Dinner – Tuesday, October 2nd, 6:00 – 7:30 pm

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Sep 282012
 

Mark your calendars for Tuesday, October 2nd! We are concluding our grant activities for the Longfellow Community Council (LCC)/Volunteers of America (VOA)/Minnehaha Communion Lutheran Church (MCLC) partnership. We will be hosting a final FREE celebration dinner that will feature a home-cooked meat chili and a vegetarian soup along with bread from New French Bakery.

We REALLY need the community’s support because we will be recognizing all of the amazing work that residents of the VOA have accomplished as we close out the program. They have completed their job trainings, volunteered for community events, cooked incredible meals for their community, donated vegetables they grew to the Aliveness project and many have obtained full-time employment. They really deserve a standing ovation for all of their hard work and we hope neighbors will gather together and support them as they move on to bigger and better things. So please join us and show your neighbors that you care.

Free Community Dinner
Tuesday, October 2
6:00 – 7:30 pm
Minnehaha Communion Lutheran Church
4104 37th Avenue South

 Posted by Joanna at 4:43 pm

Community Dinner a Success!

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Sep 142012
 

Peter Kirschmann, Oanh Vu and Andrew Johnson enjoy dinner together

Thank you to everyone that came out to the community dinner on September 5th! We had over 150 attendees join us for an incredible Indian meal prepared by the staff at Gandhi Mahal and residents at Volunteers of America. During the meal, we celebrated all of the hard work of project participants in the Neighborhood Partnership Initiative project and gave residents the opportunity to get to know their neighbors. VOA residents learned the art of authentic Indian cooking while using only fresh ingredients from the Midtown Farmer’s Market and the Volunteers of America garden plot at the Minnehaha Community Garden.

Please mark your calendars for our third and final community dinner on Tuesday, October 2nd from 6:00 – 7:30 pm at Minnehaha Communion Lutheran Church.

 Posted by Joanna at 4:11 pm

Call for Bicycle Art and Photography for Utility Boxes Along the Greenway!

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Aug 282012
 

Would you like to see your art along the Greenway? Now you can!  The Longfellow Community Council is thrilled to announce that we are seeking bicycle art submissions to makeover utility boxes along the Greenway in Longfellow!

Utility boxes are frequently tagged and a source of blight in our community. However, thanks to the City of Minneapolis’ Graffiti Innovation Grant, we now have funding available to install works of art on utility boxes. Click here for details on how to submit. The deadline is September 12th, so act quickly! Questions? Contact Spencer@longfellow.org.

 Posted by Joanna at 5:12 pm

Discover Longfellow Artists at the LoLa Art Crawl!

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Aug 242012
 

The photos above are just a small sampling of the incredible art that’s being made in our community. You’ll have the opportunity to check out these artists and more at the League of Longfellow Artists (LoLa) Art Crawl! The art crawl will take place on Saturday, August 25th and Sunday, August 26th from 10 am to 5 pm. For more information, maps, and pictures of artists’ work, check out LoLa’s website!

 Posted by Joanna at 5:33 pm

Safe Cats, Safe Kids, Safe Community: A Vigil

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Aug 152012
 

Memorial flowers at the site where the cat was found. Photo by Josh Grenier / FOX 9 News

On August 13, a cat was burned and staked to a tree next to a political sign at Longfellow Park. Longfellow residents have organized a vigil to show solidarity as a community in the face of this awful event. This will be kid-friendly event,with activities including sidewalk chalking, a rally, a non-denominational blessing from members of the Longfellow Faith Forum, and guest speakers, including Council Member Gary Schiff.

Safe Cats, Safe Kids, Safe Community: A Vigil
Wednesday, August 15th
6:00 – 7:00 pm
Longfellow Park
3435 36th Avenue South

 Posted by Joanna at 2:49 pm

National Night Out – Tuesday, August 7th

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Aug 052012
 

National Night Out is right around the corner! Celebrate with your neighbors on Tuesday, August 7th. Not sure if your block is having a party? You can find out if there’s a registered block club party near you on this list! If you can’t find a party near you, it’s never too late to throw together an informal gathering! You can make free black and white copies at the Longfellow Community Council offiece for your block club event. We are located at 2727 26th Avenue South. We also have plenty of informational materials. Stop by our office and see if there’s anything you want to share with your block!

 Posted by Joanna at 1:18 pm

LCC/VOA Community Dinner was a Success!

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Jul 192012
 

This past Wednesday, July 11th the Longfellow Community Council and Volunteers of America partnered with the Minnehaha Communion Lutheran Church to host one of their monthly community dinners.  It was an opportunity for the residents at the VOA Residential Reentry Center involved in the Community Garden project to share their success and to engage the Longfellow community.  A dozen or so other VOARRC residents volunteered to work the event and received food safety training from the parish nurse.  Once completed, the guys set to work cooking a delicious pasta dinner with salad, using some of the veggies harvested from our garden! Those who weren’t in the kitchen went about diligently setting up for the event.

The community dinner was a great success! Approximately 100 community members were in attendance, and the VOA guys were able to make some great connections.  One of the residents even performed one of his original songs for everyone at the event, a real treat!  Thank you to everyone who made it out to the July community dinner, and make sure to keep an eye out for information about our next LCC-VOA-MCLC community dinner in late September and October.  We hope to see you there!

 Posted by Joanna at 3:03 pm
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