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HABITAT RESTORATION: Flint Hills Resources has earned Tandem Global WHC Gold Certification for habitat restoration at its Cottage Grove fuel terminal. The certification comes after two years of work in partnership with Friends of the Mississippi River to implement a restoration and monitoring plan to re-establish the 6.5-acre site’s natural prairie and savannah. Flint Hills has held gold certification for its work done with community partners over the past 25 years to restore more than 200 acres of the Pine Bend Bluffs, a critical natural area along the Mississippi River that is adjacent to Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend refinery. This makes two Flint Hills gold certified sites in Minnesota and the first two gold-certified sites ever in the Twin Cities. LEARN MORE: Environmental Stewardship (SPONSORED: Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend refinery)
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SUMMER OF GOOD CONTINUES
THIS MONTH: Via CCX Media, VERBATIM: “The Minnesota United FC will take on the Liberia national soccer team in late July in an international friendly exhibition match. The match, organized by Brooklyn Park-based nonprofit SARX, will be held at Allianz Field in St. Paul on July 26.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4vW0yK5
NEXT MONTH: Via WJON-Radio, VERBATIM: “The 13th Annual Tee It Up for the Troops golf event will take place Monday August 31 at the St. Cloud Country Club. Event Coordinator and retired Brigadier General, Robert Corley joined me on WJON to discuss.” LISTEN: https://fluence-media.co/4w5cOIl
BUCKTHORN DATING: Via MPR, VERBATIM: “No swiping on dating apps. No awkward dinners or drinks at a bar. Just gloves, loppers and a lot of buckthorn. That’s the idea behind a new Minneapolis group bringing singles together to restore a Minneapolis park. More than 50 people met Sunday as part of the Buckthorn Removal Singles Club at East River Trail in the Prospect Park neighborhood.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4wHOuMw
TEXTBOOK: Via CCX Media, VERBATIM: “All summer long, students have packed into Plymouth Creek Elementary, home to the Wayzata School District’s Camp Explore educational summer camp. Megan Helm, an incoming senior at Wayzata High School, is one of the people who made frequent visits there this summer. But she isn’t there in a learning capacity — she’s leading the classroom. Helm is teaching an Earth science curriculum she knows intimately. After all, she wrote the textbook for it.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/4gH4tWx
SAVED BY THE BELL: Via General Mills, VERBATIM: “Box Tops for Education is heading back to Bayside High with the cast of ‘Saved by the Bell’ to celebrate 30 years and nearly $1 billion raised for schools nationwide. General Mills, in partnership with Universal Products & Experiences, is reuniting the iconic cast for Saved by the Box Tops, a feel-good back-to-school campaign inspired by the beloved television series and the everyday impact of Box Tops for Education.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4yg3frn
FENTANYL: Via KTTC-TV, VERBATIM: “Residents of Winona gathered Saturday morning at Windom Park for Walk for Lives, a community event organized by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration as part of its Fentanyl Free America initiative. The family-led event is the product of a national partnership between the DEA and nonprofit United Against Fentanyl.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/4bmqLZY
HEALTH CARE: Via Rochester Post Bulletin, VERBATIM: “Dilsy Espat and her 10-month-old son Johan arrived in Rochester just in time to catch some Independence Day fireworks. The holiday marked the start of their several-week stay in the U.S., a place where Johan can get medical care that is unavailable to him in Belize . . . A local organization, Gift of Life Belize, determined that Johan could not get the surgery he needed in the country. The Espats ended up connected with Mayo Clinic, which would provide — and cover the cost of — Johan’s care. Receiving that care is just one part of the journey. There’s lodging, transportation, navigating an unfamiliar hospital in an unfamiliar city in an unfamiliar country — all in one’s second language. That’s where Rochester-based Hands for Humanity steps in.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4gwdHol
MARKET: Via KARE-TV, VERBATIM: “For the second year, the East Side Farmers Market brings fresh produce to local communities, highlights local artists, and creates a family-friendly atmosphere for everyone to enjoy. Urban Roots Minnesota is one of the organizations featured at the market. The nonprofit ‘promotes community health through education, the restoration of green spaces, and access to locally grown foods.’” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/4pgvZfs
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