It Takes a Village - New Hope/Crystal MN

09/21/2024

We gotta get past the "I gotta get mine" attitude and into the "We gotta get ours" frame of mind. When we all do better...We all do better.

12/12/2022

Volunteer opportunity right here in New Hope.

1 in 9 Minnesotans is hungry today. Just two years ago, that number was one in eleven. Together we can ensure affordable and accessible food for all. The Food Group is leading the way by: Increasing access to nutritious food Making culturally specific foods and services more available Educating hung...

12/12/2022

Somewhere along the way, our generation allowed all of the most important elements of education to stripped from our schools. We were inattentive while budget cuts took away the most basic, most important things our kids should be learning in order to have a happy, fulfilled, independent life.
Home economics--the most important of all. (I can go into detail later about why this is priority one). Music. Art. Gym. Mandatory community volunteer time. Mental health services.
All of the essential elements that spur creativity and allow kids to dream and imagine and feel connected to the community, and, in turn, feel good about themselves, have pretty much been cast aside. Not totally gone, but pretty much.
We will need to work with our school board and the state of MN to get these essentials back in our schools. We need to let them know what we must have in our schools and for our kids, not vice versa. It will definitely be a challenge, but it has to happen.
If this is a community topic that interests you, please come to our January meeting at Crystal Community Ctr (date TBD).

12/11/2022

It's time to give more attention to the seniors in our community...

Last week’s post on people’s fear of catching the “old disease” got me thinking about a related topic that I often discuss when I present to groups: ageism and the so-called “invisible senior.” I wrote a blog post about this issue last fall, but I also recently gave a talk at the Key5

12/11/2022

The commitment between the schools and community to work together is just starting for some schools, while others have reached a significant development

12/11/2022

Stay tuned for details on our first community meeting in January.

12/11/2022

We're all we got. If we don't look out for one another, no one else will. Let's figure out how to be good and kind to one another.