The Key’s Art Project took a week off from pinatas to head up to the In the Heart of the Beast Theater to work on the theater’s annual May Day parade. The parade is this Sunday, May 3rd from 1:00pm – 4:00pm at Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis and a number of youth from the Key will be participating in the parade. For more photos of the field trip click here.
members of the key and volunteers from olaf-- chipper at 7:30 in the morning on a saturday.
the dumpster, probably around 8 a.m.
joe mcgowan finds a new home.
the dumpster, around 10:15 a.m.
mackenzie and josh clean up god knows what in the old lansing building.
jake, ruth and hattie find the basement absolutely enthralling.
jake will not stop sweeping.
ah. what a great retrospective. for those of you who weren’t aware– global youth service day was this past weekend. the key aligned itself with 5th bridge, and we will be having a garage sale next saturday (may 2nd) from 8:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m, at the old lansing hardware store site– 600 division st. south. to find items to sell at said garage sale, we invaded northfield’s “dump day”– where residents of the city bring large pieces of garabage to the rodeo grounds. we took things that are hopefully still usable, and we hope that you will come on down to our garage sale next weekend.
NOTE: This entry was first posted by Zach Pruitt on the Northfield Healthy Community Initiative (HCI) website April 15th
The Northfield News published a great story in Saturday’s (April 11) paper about the Youth Micro-Grant program that HCI funds and supports with the Northfield Union of Youth. If you missed it, check it out by clicking here.
Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis for the Youth Micro-Grant program. Any young person interested in starting a small business is encouraged to apply! Click here for more information — to apply, complete and submit “Application – Step 1″ on the right side of the page.
If you have any questions, call Josh Hinnenkamp (507-663-0715 ) or HCI (507-664-3524).
An example of a beautiful creation that came out of a recent Youth Micro-Grant!
Here are some photos of the Swim and Gym that took place back on April 6th. The youth from the Key gave the Plus program kids a chance to make some cool buttons to wear home to their family. Check out some photos here.
The PRIMEtime Coalition, including the Elementary and Middle School Plus programs, The Northfield Union of Youth, and other elementary, middle school, and high school program partners, went on a field trip to the Faribault Bowling Center Thursday April 2nd. Youth in elementary school and middle school bowled while staff, Promise Fellows, Key Kids, and other high school students “chaperoned” and informally mentored the participating youth. It was a lot of fun and most kids bowled 2 or 3 games (all were bumper bowling!). The youth were also provided food and beverages. If you want to check out some actions shots and funny photos, take a look here.
The PRIMEtime Collaborative, including members of the Northfield Union of Youth (The Key), headed up to the Water Park of America in Bloomington, the world’s largest indoor water park. I was unable to attend so will post photos when I can. A whole busload of youth attended the trip with five members of The Key along as chaperones and participants. It was a very popular trip and all had a wonderful time. The trip was done as part of PRIMEtime’s goal of offering programming and activities to K-12 students on days when school is not in session. Sounds like a fun Spring break trip.
This trip was made possible by an “After School Community Learning Program” grant from the Minnesota Department of Education.
The last time the Key’s Art Project did tape sculptures, the organization got a lot of compliments from local businesses and townspeople. The creations made it about a month before all of them were stolen, though you would see them popping up here and there all over the downtown area. Well, the Key has done tape sculptures again and my guess is that the results will be much the same. So keep a look out for the life-sized clear creations. They might just end up on your yard.