Vadnais Heights Community Action Network

06/14/2026

💛 We’re excited to announce that Ramsey County is an official sponsor of the 2026 Freedom Day Festival! 💛 🖤 ❤️ 💚

We’re also thrilled to welcome the Serenity Bus, courtesy of Ramsey County Social Services, to this year’s festival.

The Serenity Bus is a unique mobile mental health and community outreach resource that brings support directly to residents throughout Ramsey County. Designed as a welcoming and private space, visitors can learn about mental wellness, ask questions, and connect with valuable county services and resources.

Be sure to stop by, meet the team, and discover the many ways Ramsey County is supporting the health and well-being of our community.

Thank you, Ramsey County, for your partnership and commitment to making a positive difference!

06/11/2026

💛 What to Expect at the Freedom Day Festival

Freedom Day Festival is a chance to celebrate culture, honor our shared history, and come together in the spirit of unity—because nobody is truly free until we all are free. It’s a reminder that freedom is fragile, and it grows stronger when communities stand together.

With the event just 9 days away, we can’t wait to celebrate with you!

✨ Here’s what we have in store this year:
🎨 Community Art Mural Project led by Cadex Herrera
👟 Step Dance Performance by Dance With Purpose
🥁 Drumming Performance by Irreducible Grace Foundation and Black Youth Healing Arts Center
💃 Dance Performance by the Juneteenth Dance Team
🪢 Performances and Community Engagement with Rondo Double Dutch
📚 History Center Highlighting the Minnesota Civil Rights Movement
🎶 Soulful Live Music from the Tyte Phitt Band
🛍️ A host of vendors, community resources, food, culture, and more!
📅 Be sure to check out the full schedule!

❤️ Plus, the Vadnais Heights Lions Club will be holding a food drive. Stop by their booth with donations of non-perishable food items, diapers, wipes, and toiletries to help support families in our community.

06/11/2026

The VHCAN team was out in full force tonight at the Vadnais Heights Ice Cream social. The kids loved the trivia, prizes and learning about Freedom Day!!

06/10/2026

The Vadnais Heights Lions Club will be doing a food drive at the Vadnais Heights Freedom Day Festival on June 20! Non-perishables, diapers, wipes, and toiletries are needed.

06/05/2026

🥮🍛Share A Recipe. Share Your Story.
Build Community🌮🥙

One of the most powerful ways we build community is around the table.

Food is more than nourishment — it is memory, identity, and connection. As we gather for the Freedom Day Festival 2026 to celebrate Juneteenth, a day that honors freedom, resilience, and the enduring strength of Black communities, we also recognize the powerful role that food plays in telling our stories. Recipes carry histories across generations: they hold the flavors of home, the ingenuity born of hardship, and the joy of sharing meals with loved ones.Whether it's a cherished family dish, a favorite holiday treat, or a meal that reminds you of home, every recipe has a story worth sharing.

That's why we're inviting you to contribute to the Freedom Day Festival Community Cookbook.

Submit a recipe using link below:

Food is more than nourishment — it is memory, identity, and connection. As we gather for the Freedom Day Festival 2026 to celebrate Juneteenth, a day that honors freedom, resilience, and the enduring strength of Black communities, we also recognize the powerful role that food plays in telling our ...

05/28/2026

The Freedom Day Festival live auction is officially running now through June 21 — so don’t wait to get your bids in!

We’ll be adding even more exciting items leading up to the festival, so be sure to check back often. Auction items may change as new donations and additions come in!

✨ Gift Baskets, gift cards, sports items and tickets and much more!
✨ Friendly competition
✨ Supporting the Freedom Day Festival

Place your bids today and help make this year’s festival a success!

📅 Live Auction Dates: Now through June 21
📢 Get your bids in before time runs out!

By Freedom Day Festival

05/26/2026

This year, there's a special addition to Freedom Day Festival in Vadnais Heights...

A community art experience led by Cadex Herrera
Join us for a powerful, hands-on community art project. Create a portable mural with fellow community members and Cadex Herrera, Twin Cities–based muralist, educator, and community artist known for the George Floyd mural and many other public works.

Originally from Belize, Cadex brings years of experience creating large-scale murals and participatory art across Minnesota. His work has been featured in collaboration with organizations like the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis Institute of Art, and White Bear Center for the Arts, and is known for uplifting the voices of immigrants, communities of color, and everyday people.

You can be part of the art
Attendees of all ages will have the opportunity to contribute to a collaborative artwork that reflects our shared stories, cultures, and hopes for the future. Whether you're an experienced artist or just curious to try something new, you can be part of this piece.

Join us at Freedom Day Festival in Vadnais Heights

Saturday, June 20, 2026
4:00–8:00 PM
Kohler Meadows Park
365 County Road F East
Vadnais Heights, MN 55127

05/22/2026

As our community grows more diverse, the Freedom Day Festival is a chance to celebrate culture, honor our shared history, and come together in the spirit of unity — because nobody is truly free until we all are free.

We created this event intentionally to bring meaningful cultural experiences to the northeastern suburbs, so people can celebrate where they live, work, and build community. Freedom Day is a reminder that freedom is fragile, and it grows stronger when communities stand together.

Join us for cultural performances, businesses, vendors and crafters, art, free food, history, and community as we celebrate freedom, resilience, and the work that continues today. We look forward to celebrating with you!
Here’s what we have in store for you at this year’s Freedom Day Festival-

🎨 Community Art Mural Project led by Cadex Herrera
💃 Step dance performance by Dance With Purpose
🥁 Drumming performance by Irreducible Grace Foundation and Black Youth Healing Arts Center
✨ Dance performance by the Juneteenth Dance Team
🪢 Performances and community engagement with Rondo Double Dutch
📚 History Center highlighting the Minnesota Civil Rights Movement
🎶 Soulful live music from the Tyte Phitt Band
🛍️ A host of vendors, community resources, food, culture, and more!
📖 Community Cookbook Project — please share your favorite recipes with us at the link below to help celebrate the diverse cultures and traditions within our community!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdlAJ_P0l5zF_kka-h9p8lWBoZLSt32SstTm4JtbzhuEnQ8rQ/viewform

This work is funded in part by MHC with money from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund that was created with the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.

Thank you 2026 Sponsors!

12/02/2025

It’s Giving Tuesday! Please consider supporting Freedom Day 2026!

https://givingtuesday.mightycause.com/organization/Freedom-Day-Festival

11/21/2025

There is still time to Give to the Max for Freedom Day 2026!

https://www.givemn.org/organization/Freedom-Day-Festival?fbclid=IwRlRTSAOMwy9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEev680-Nnu9SIFv8FuBVBTXabID1qlLrwxqnJGUNhIPQwbXkQM8gflUmdBKYg_aem_hbp2GgWm1v9SufbPs4nWdg