Upcoming Events
Bright Gardens for Fraser tour
July 19
The 3rd annual Bright Gardens
for Fraser Tour will feature eight breathtaking Twin Cities gardens
and benefits children/adults with autism, Down syndrome, cerebral
palsy, and other disabilities. The tour is an opportunity to learn
from Hennepin County master gardeners who will be on hand at each
garden. Informal gardening classes will also be offered at select
locations. The tour will feature the work of local artists at some
of the gardens. Details: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Tickets are $20. ![end of story bullet]()
FFI: www.fraser.org/calendar,
or Rose at 612-789-8343 or roser@fraser.org
Bike MS: Star Tribune TRAM
July 20
The Ride Across Minnesota
(TRAM) is the ultimate Minnesota road trip: small town hospitality,
Midwest cooking and the five best days of cycling the Iron Range
and North Shore have to offer. Enjoy more than 250 miles from Grand
Rapids to Chisholm, Biwabik, and Two Harbors, with a finish in Duluth.
FFI: 612-335-7900 or 800-582-5296
Camp Courage Open golf event
July 21
The 13th annual Camp Courage
Open will be held at the St. Cloud Country Club. Golfers will help
raise money for a great cause—Courage
Center’s Camp Courage. Reg/lunch begin at 11 a.m., with a shotgun
start at 1 p.m. Cost is $150 each or $600 for a foursome. All proceeds
from the tournament benefit Courage Center’s camping programs.
Registration deadline is July 11. The round of golf is followed by
a delicious dinner and short program.
FFI: Jacob Johnson at 763-520-0365
or jacob.johnson@CourageCenter.org
UCP-MN Golf Tournament
July
21
This is a golf tournament
with hole-in-one opportunities and a silent auction. Sponsorships
are available, and individual golfers are also encouraged to participate.
Details: 11:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m., Oak Marsh Golf Course, 526 Inwood
Ave N, Oakdale.
FFI: Jo Ann Erbes at 651-646-7588
or ucpmn@cpinternet.com
Celebration of the Americans
with Disabilities Act
July 25
Save the date and honor the
legislation that provides us with access to pretty much every place
we go. Celebrate the 18th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities
Act (ADA). Details: St Paul, Midway Area.
FFI: ADA Minnesota at 651-603-2015(v)
or 651-603-2001(tty)
Wheelchair
Games for U.S. veterans
July 25 - 29
More than 500 disabled American
veterans from around the country will converge on Omaha, Nebraska
to test their agility, athleticism and strength of spirit in the
28th National Veterans Wheelchair Games, the largest annual wheelchair
sports event in the world. Veterans from the recent conflicts in
Afghanistan and Iraq will again join veterans from the previous conflicts
in 17 competitive events. Presented by the Department of Veterans
Affairs and Paralyzed Veterans of America, the games are open to
all U.S. military veterans who use wheelchairs for sports competition.
FFI: www.wheelchairgames.va.gov
25th Annual
National Night Out
August 5
The 25th Annual National Night
Out will take place on Tuesday, August 5th in more than 140 communities
in Minnesota and on more than 1100 blocks in Minneapolis alone. National
Night Out brings neighbors together as nothing else does and simply
sharing a potluck, some conversation and a few games builds community
and safety, block by block. There’s still plenty of time to “Join
the Celebration,” as
July 22 is the deadline for applying to close your street for free
on NNO.
FFI: 612-673-3000 or www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/nno
North
American PowerHockey Cup 2008
August 8 - 12
Minnesota’s most exciting
sports event of the summer is the North American Power-Hockey Cup
2008. The best power wheelchair hockey athletes from North America
will compete for the coveted PowerHockey Cup. Power-Hockey adapts
from ice hockey. Many of the rules are the same. They have simply
replaced the ice with a gym floor and the puck with a whiffle ball.
Their skates are their wheels. The determination, competitiveness
and intensity are just as strong. Will the Minnesota Stars reclaim
the Cup?
FFI: www.powerhockey.com
Symposium for
Children’s Mental Health
and Learning Disabilities
August 13
The third annual symposium
from the Ted and Roberta Mann Foundation, cosponsored by PACER Center,
will feature breakout sessions as well as a number of keynote speakers.
Speakers include Adolph “Doc” Brown,
a professor who’s been in education for over 35 years, Jona-than
Mooney, an activist and writer with dyslexia who didn’t learn
to read until age 12, and Richard Pimentel, a leading expert on attitude
change, overcoming barriers, and ADA issues. Details: Registration
closed.
FFI: PACER Center at 952-838-9000.
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