Upcoming Events
Home and Garden Show
March
17, 2007
Mark your calendars for
the 16th Annual Greater Midway Home and Garden
Show. The accessible event, sponsored by Sparc, a nonprofit community
development corporation, encourages home owners to improve their
homes through workshops, connecting with local contractors, and opportunities
for project financing. Attention low-income home owners: several
exhibitors have targeted home improvement financing (some may be
forgivable loans) for a variety of improvements.
Workshops: 9 a.m. - 2:30
p.m., Exhibit Hall 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Free admission/parking.
Crossroads Elementary, 543 Front Ave., St. Paul. 651-488-1039. ![]()
Courage
Pediatric Open Houses
March 17 and 24, 2007
Courage Center
is hosting open houses to showcase their pediatric facilities in
Golden Valley and Stillwater, which serve children with disabilities.
Come and play in our new sensory gyms, play games, win prizes and
dance along with Radio Disney DJs. Free and open to the public. No
appointment necessary.
Open Houses:
Saturday, March 17, 10 a.m. – 2
p.m.
Courage
Golden Valley, 3915 Golden Valley Rd. 763-588-0811.
Saturday, March
24, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Courage St. Croix, 1460 Curve Crest Blvd., Stillwater. 651-439-8283 ![]()
Know Your Rights
March 20, 2007
Discrimination because
of disability is illegal. Learn how you are protected under the
MN Human Rights Act. Join Velma Korbel, the Commissioner of MN Dept
of Human Rights, and a panel of experts as they discuss the different
protections under the Act, as well as how the complaint process
works.
Information Session:
Brooklyn
Park City Hall, 5200 - 85th Ave, from 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Free and
open to the public. Request accommodations by Monday, March 12.FFI:
Denise Romero-Zasada, 651-297-2824/TTY 651-296-1283, denise.romero-zasada@state.mn.us ![]()
Hopkins Noontime Lions
Spaghetti Dinner
March 22, 2007
Take a night off from
cooking and help support people with disabilities living and working
in the community by attending the Hopkins noontime Lions Club’s
spaghetti dinner. Proceeds to benefit Opportunity Partners, a nonprofit
serving people with disabilities.
Dinner:
4:00-7:30 p.m. at
Opportunity Partners, 5500 Opportunity Ct, Minnetonka.
Adults $6, children under
12 are $4, families and group homes $20. Free parking. Tickets
at the door. RSVPs: events@opportunities.org or
952-912-2492 ![]()
Gamelan Music
of Java
March 26, 2007
Arts Access at Hennepin
Cty Library, a performance series designed to connect teens and adults
of all mental and physical abilities to the arts, presents “Gamelan
Music of Java.” The Indonesian
Performing Arts Association. of MN will introduce you to the magical
percussion sounds of an orchestra like no other—a gamelan. Joko
and Tri Sutrisno, master performers from Java, direct a unique assemblage
of bronze gongs and metallophones from the Indonesian islands and
involve the audience in all aspects of their performance.
Performance:
7
p.m. at Eden Prairie Library, 565 Prairie Center Drive.
Free. FFI: 952-847-5375 ![]()
Navigators
Program for Youth with Disabilities
April 4, 5 and 6, 2007
Navigating
the transition between school and adulthood can be difficult for
students with disabilities as well as their parents. Opportunity
Partners is partnering with Edina Adaptive Recreation to offer this
three-day program for youth in transition (ages 16-21). Each day
will feature a balanced curriculum and a wide variety of activities,
like touring worksites to experience types of employment, learning
about safety, transportation options and community recreation. Parents
welcome on the last day from 1-4 p.m.
Program:
Arneson Acres Park,
4711 West 70th Street, Edina. Daily from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. $200.
Registration:
Susie Miller, Edina Park and Rec, 952-826-0433 or smiller@ci.edina.mn.us FFI:
Jennie Egner, Opportunity Partners, 952-930-7688 or jegner@opportunities.org ![]()
