Walk For Wishes

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Powered by wish families, volunteers, donors, and friends, Walk For Wishes® is a spirited event that gives you the choice to participate in either the 5K walk or 5K run! This Make-A-Wish® fundraising event celebrates the thousands of wishes that have already been granted, while raising funds for future wishes. By participating in Walk For Wishes, you can help bring the life-changing impact of a wish to children in our community battling critical illnesses.

Minnehaha Regional Park

The Dwelling Place Race - Run Strong! 5K and 1 Mile

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

The Dwelling Place Race registration is open for Run Strong! 5K and 1 Mile Sunday morning, June 9 at Central Park in Roseville, MN Along with the 1 mile and 5K race there will be Praise in the Park at the Central Park Ampitheatre, Food, and Fun with Family and Friends. This fundraiser will support The Dwelling Place mission to provide support services and a safe place to call home for women and children who are victims of domestic abuse. With the transforming love of Christ we believe healing and hope enables women and children to Run Strong into a future with Him. Join us! Register to run, volunteer, and raise funds for The Dwelling Place today: http://www.thedwellingplaceshelter.org/2019-5k-race

Central Park, Roseville, MN

ROAR! VBS - Southwest Minneapolis (No Charge)

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Give your favorite children the great gift of a week of ROAR! Vacation Bible School at Knox Church Minneapolis. Fun, Bible stories, crafts, fun, videos, great music, fun, food, play, and even more Fun! ALL children welcome, ages 4 to going into 6th grade. Also, youth helpers needed for those 6th grade and above. No charge. The community of Knox Church has provided this program at no charge to our neighborhood for well over 50 years. and we consider it an honor to be able to share these five mornings with your precious children. Also a traditional Thursday evening "Ice Cream Social", where the kids share what they've done during the week, enjoy a "bouncy castle", and everyone relaxes with ice cream and interacting! Sign up at the link

Knox Church

Categories: Community Events, Family

Discover Bethany Adoption and Foster Care Info Meeting

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Have you ever wanted to find out more about Adoption and Foster Care? Bethany Christian Services is hosting an informational evening to outline the process of adoption and foster care. If you are interested in attending please RSVP to sley@bethany.org or 763-553-0344

Bethany Christian Services

Joyful Noise 2019

All Day Event

Save the date! Tell your friends! Joyful Noise, 98.5 KTIS' biggest party of the year is back for the 11th year!       Experience two days of fun where your family can play together, worship together, and make lasting memories together. It’s so much more than two days of concerts (but we’ve booked the best artists just for you).  Your kids will be super excited to explore an entire soccer field full of dozens of inflatable toys, all for free with your ticket purchase!

Visit joyfulnoisefest.com for all things Joyful Noise. This could be you! Avoid the long line and get in an hour before everyone else with our Early Entry Pass! https://vimeo.com/302092134

Get your Early Entry Pass

National Sports Center

Joel Hanson & Band Concert

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Joel Hanson, former member of the national CCM band PFR and current worship leader at Church of the Open Door, will be performing with his three piece band at the Heart of the City Music Factory in Anoka on Friday, June 14th from 8 PM to 10 PM. Tickets are $20.00 in advance and $25.00 at the door. There will be coffee, tea, snacks and soft drinks available to purchase throughout the event. The Music Factory is on the 2nd floor of a non-handicapped facility and there are some stairs to climb.

Heart of the City Music Factory

ROAR VBS

All Day Event

ROAR! Life is sometimes wild, but God is always good. This epic African adventure engages the whole herd. At ROAR! kids explore God’s goodness and celebrate a ferocious faith that empowers them through this wild life. There will be Wild Bible adventures, Imagination Station, Stampede Sports, Hungry Herd Café snacks and much more. For ages pre-K-grade 5. Cost $25. Time: 9am-12pm. Tell your friends and register at northheights.church/kids.

North Heights Lutheran Church

Wishes & More Golf Classic

10:30 AM - 7:30 PM

We invite you to participate in the 2019 Wishes & More Charity Golf Classic! This event sold out last year so we encourage you to register early and enjoy a day on the links at the legendary Town & Country Club while supporting the kids and families of Wishes & More! There will be plenty of opportunities to win - team & individual golf prizes, a live & silent auction and fun drawings with great prizes. Join us for a great day of golf for a great cause!

The Town and Country Club

Fundraiser to Support Individuals with Disabilities

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Reach for Resources (Reach) will focus on the theme of “rest and relaxation” for their summer fundraiser this year, holding a unique, resort respite contest as part of the event’s silent auction. Reach’s annual Reach “On Tap” event will be held Monday, June 17, from 6-9 p.m. at Wooden Hill Brewing Company in Edina. The general public is invited to bid either in person at the event or online at https://reachontap.givesmart.com, May 1-June 17, to stay at various resorts. BOB FM will award the resort with the highest bid for their donated week a $5,000 advertising package. All proceeds will benefit the Reach for Resources Weekend Ventures program, allowing more R & R opportunities to participants and their caregivers. In addition to the resort respite contest, food and beverages, live music, an inspiring presentation, and fun games will fill the evening. The presentation will highlight Reach’s Weekend Ventures, a respite program offered six times per year. Respite is a caregiving service that provides a short-term break for caregivers. Early-bird tickets for Reach “On Tap” are available for $35 until June 1. After that date, advance tickets will be $40, and tickets at the door may be purchased for $50. The ticket price includes one free beer or other beverage, a $5 food coupon, and a Reach for Resources t-shirt. Guests may purchase tickets at https://reachontap.givesmart.com. There is no cost to bid online for the one-week vacations or other silent auction items, and attendance at the June 17 event is not necessary to bid on items. Online bidding can be done from a computer or mobile device anytime now until 8:30 p.m., June 17.

Wooden Hill Brewing Company

FREE Kids & Caregivers Theater Workshop

6:45 PM - 7:30 PM

SPARK theater + dance offers a FREE workshop of games and creative movement designed as an ideal introduction to the theater for young children. The 45-minute workshop is for kids ages 5-8 and their caregivers, and all that is needed is a playful spirit and a big imagination! The workshop is taught by SPARK theater + dance's artistic directors, Corey and Betsy Mills. SPARK's mission is to create and perform theater and dance, to notice and nurture gifts within individuals, and to be a community. TO REGISTER: Call 763/493-8333 and request Activity #812029-01. Or you may register at the front desk, or online. The workshop takes place in Grand Room 3. PLEASE NOTE: This is not a drop-off class. Parents/caregivers are required to register and attend. This venue is ADA Accessible. Metro Transit Routes to the venue include: 723, 722, 760 Express. P.S. Join SPARK theater + dance on Saturday, June 22, 10:30-11:15am for a FREE performance of "The Supercilious Ways of Walter Wading" at the North Hennepin Community College Theater! *This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

Brooklyn Park Community Activity Center