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February 2022
Blood drive at Columbia Heights Public Safety building
The Columbia Heights Police Department is partnering with the American Red Cross on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 10 am-4 pm to host a blood drive in the fire bays at the Columbia Heights Public Safety Building, 825 41st Ave NE. To assure safe social distancing, this blood drive is by appointment only. To schedule a time, contact Becky in the Police Department, 763-706-8123 or BRomanik@columbiaheightsmn.gov.
Find out more »March 2022
Edison High School and Edison Youth Hockey Alumni hockey game
All classes of EHS and EYHA alumni are welcome to participate in an alumni hockey game Saturday, March 12, 3:45 pm at Parade Ice Gardens south rink, 600 Kenwood Pkwy. Post-game social to follow 5:15 pm at Elsie’s Bowling Center (banquet area), 729 Marshall St. NE. Free to attend, $10 donations are appreciated to play. Proceeds will be given to the Edison Sports Foundation. RSVP appreciated but not mandatory. Helmets are mandatory, other protective equipment is highly suggested. If you…
Find out more »Hops for Hunger 10
SACA Food Shelf & Thrift Store will host their annual fundraiser, Hops for Hunger™ 10, on March 25, 6-9 pm, at Quincy Hall, 1325 Quincy St. NE. The event features craft beers from 30+ local brewers, live music from Small Town Radio, Mamma No No and the Yes Men, Beer & Cider Wall, a silent auction and more. Tickets are $50 per person in advance, $60 at the door. Your $50 ticket will enable SACA to purchase 500 pounds of…
Find out more »April 2022
HeightsNEXT Earth Day Cleanup
HeightsNEXT is organizing volunteers for an Earth Day Cleanup along Central Avenue and in nearby parks. Volunteers should meet Saturday, April 23, 9 am in the parking lot across from Murzyn Hall, 530 Mill St NE. Volunteers should bring their own gloves and dress for the weather and picking up trash. Bags and safety vests will be handed out for picking up litter and cleanup areas will be assigned. The Columbia Heights Lions Club, which is clearing trash along University…
Find out more »Beltrami Earth Day Cleanup
Check in at Beltrami Park, 1111 Summer St. NE, Saturday, April 23, 9:30 am to grab bags for your recyclables and trash, then spread out across the neighborhood. Help make Beltrami a cleaner, better place.
Find out more »St. Anthony Parks cleanup
Celebrate Earth Week by picking up trash (Silver Pointe, Central, and Emerald Parks) or doing light gardening work (Salo and Trillium Parks), Saturday, April 23, 9:30-11:30 am. Anyone is welcome - no reservation or experience required. Family-friendly event at Silver Pointe Park. Coordinated by Citizens for Sustainability. Info: https://citizensforsustainability.org/events/earthday/
Find out more »DIY Earth Day in Northeast parks
Contribute to clean parks for everyone by participating in Do-It-Yourself Earth Day on Saturday, April 23. Grab a bag from home and head out to your favorite park or trail or discover a new one. Pick up litter you see, while getting fresh air and exercise, then share pictures of your trash haul on by using the hashtag #mplsDIYEarthDay. Northeast parks participating in DIY Earth Day are Beltrami Park, 1111 Summer St. NE; Boom Island Park, 724 Sibley St. NE;…
Find out more »Steps for Sleep
My Very Own Bed will host its Second Annual Steps for Sleep April 30 at DeLaSalle High School, 1 DeLaSalle Drive, on Nicollet Island. Steps for Sleep focuses on the connection between exercise and healthy sleep and encourages participants to walk at least a short loop to Boom Island and back (1.2 miles) or walk from anywhere the last week of April as a way of taking steps to promote their own health and wellbeing. Gather at DeLaSalle, 9:30-11 am,…
Find out more »June 2022
East Bank Mississippi River Care
Join the Marcy-Holmes Neighborhood Association to care for the wild, natural sanctuary on the East Bank of the Mississippi River where bald eagles and great blue herons hunt and the Mississippi once tumbled over massive limestone to create Owamni, later named St. Anthony Falls. Saturday, June 4, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Participants will restore and care for native habitat, plant native wildflowers and grasses and remove invasive perennials and woody vegetation. For more information, a list of all 2022 dates, and to…
Find out more »Memorial Blood Drive
Memorial Blood Centers help supply nearly 40 local hospitals and more than a dozen air ambulance bases. Help hospital patients in need by scheduling an appointment online at mbc.org/donate or by calling 1-888-GIVE-BLD (888-448-3253). Give blood Saturday, June 11, 8:30 am-1:30 pm, Northeast Farmers Market, 629 2nd St. NE or Monday, June 20, Indeed Brewing, 711 15th Ave. NE, 12:30- 5:30 pm. All donors will be entered for daily drawings to win tickets to a Twins game.
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