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COMMUNITY CELEBRATIONS: Flint Hills Resources is celebrating summer with thousands of Minnesotans at local festivals and parades. Look for Flint Hills employees – along with their families and friends – as they show their hometown pride at many local celebrations, including Rosemount Leprechaun Days, Hastings Rivertown Days, Inver Grove Heights Days and Saint Paul’s Lowertown Sounds. For decades, Flint Hills Resources has supported programs, organizations and events that improve our quality of life in our communities. LEARN MORE: Community Partnerships (SPONSORED: Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend refinery)
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HISTORY: Via MPR, VERBATIM: “In April of 1861, several seminarians and teachers walked out of their school building in the town of Wasioja in southeast Minnesota and marched into a recruiting station four blocks away to become among the first volunteers to fight for the Union Army in the Civil War. The buildings — or parts of them — are still there, and they’ve now been restored and are open to the public. About 70 people gathered Tuesday afternoon in the rural community about a half-hour drive northwest of Rochester for a ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the culmination of the yearslong restoration project.” LISTEN: https://fluence-media.co/4h0XgAJ
VIDEO GAME: Via Sahan Journal, VERBATIM: “A group in St. Paul has created a fun new way to share the history of the Rondo, a historically Black St. Paul neighborhood decimated by the construction of Interstate 94 decades ago. Benny Roberts, executive director of the Hallie Q. Brown Community Center, already had a Monopoly-themed board game to tell the Rondo neighborhood’s story but wanted something different.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4wzpiIv
WILDFIRE HELP: Via MPR, VERBATIM: “Small businesses impacted by the recent wildfires in and around Ely and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area may be eligible for some financial assistance that is being provided by the United Way of Northeastern Minnesota. The Ely Wildfire Recovery Fund was set up to allow donors to designate their gifts to small businesses that have lost revenue due to the BWCAW’s closure and fire related evacuations.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3U4twJw
MORE HELP: Via Northern News Now, VERBATIM: “Out of the ashes of a volatile wildfire season, one Ely resident is finding a creative way to bring both neighbors and struggling local businesses together. This Ely designer has teamed up with local businesses to spread her artwork across town, turning a creative idea into support for a local nonprofit as the community comes together in the wake of the wildfires.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4x6PnhM
SCHOOL SUPPLIES: Via Little Canada-based Kids In Need Foundation, VERBATIM: “For the past five years, Toyota dealerships across the country have partnered with Kids In Need Foundation (KINF) through Toyota’s Big Summer Giveback to help students in underserved communities start the school year with the essential school supplies they need. What began as a nationwide initiative to advance educational equity has grown into a community-driven movement, with Toyota dealerships investing directly in students, teachers and schools in the communities they serve.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4w3cKYG
GARDEN: Via Sahan Journal, VERBATIM: “On a beautiful summer day, a group of rising third-graders gathered in the Columbia Heights Public Schools’ fruit and vegetable garden. Their mission: identify bees pollinating the flowers . . . Blooming Heights Edible Schoolyard, a districtwide teaching garden between a cluster of Columbia Heights school buildings, is a highlight of many students’ summer learning experience in the summer Encore program. The program also features three weeks of reading and math along with hands-on activities like visits from the local library and the Bakken Museum.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4h7KccL
DIFFERENCE MAKER: Via Minnesota Spokesman Recorder, VERBATIM: “There are many trailblazers in history who don’t get the spotlight they deserve, individuals who fought against barriers and led positive new change. One of these incredible leaders is Dr. Josie Johnson, who is featured in Planting People Growing Justice Leadership Institute’s new book in the Difference Makers series.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4yPW2P2
BEER + RUNNING: Via MplsStPaul, VERBATIM: “From hockey and ice fishing to summer nights on the lake and drinking, there is much debate around the pinnacle of Minnesotan culture. The Brewery Running Series, however, puts it all to rest. In each of the organization’s more than 40 events a year, it brings craft beer and casual running together, offering 5K and 10K races at local breweries for a run, a pint, and a cause.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3Rwhk3l
RETIREMENT: Via Minnesota Children’s Museum, VERBATIM: “Minnesota Children’s Museum President Dianne Krizan will retire in June 2027 after guiding the state’s most playful organization since 2010. Krizan led the museum through an era of extraordinary change: A $30 million fundraising campaign, a major expansion in downtown St. Paul and a challenging rebound from a global pandemic that threatened the organization’s very existence.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4wy2fhe
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