Social Events
MNRPCV Upcoming Events:
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: 2012
MNRPCV 2012 Service Passport
January 1, 2012 to MNRPCV 2012 Annual Meeting (September)
The MNRPCV Service Passport is back! Celebrate 51 years of Peace Corps by completing 51 hours of community service. Log your service hours on your MNRPCV Service Passport (beginning January 2012) and you will be eligible for a drawing at the MNRPCV Annual meeting this September. There will be three winners of the drawing and MNRPCV will donate $100 to a humanitarian organization specified by each winner. For more information and to download a passport, go to: http://www.mnrpcv.org/events/community-events/
Or contact: Laura Hoffman at: laura.r.hoffman@gmail.com
Peace Corps Connect – Minneapolis 2012 – Registration is open now!
Friday, June 29 – Sunday, July 1
Register for NPCA’s first Annual Gathering and Expo: Three days of presentations, conferences, meetings and more at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Meet RPCVs from the Midwest and beyond as well as NPCA staff and volunteers.
For more information go to: http://www.peacecorpsconnect.org/annual-gathering/
To register go to: https://secure.peacecorpsconnect.org/npcassa/ssaauthmain.login_page
2012 Minneapolis – St. Paul International Film Festival April 12 to May 3, 2012
This is a once-a- year opportunity to see films from around the world (over 250 this year). All films will be shown at the St. Anthony Main Theatre – 115 Southeast Main Street, Minneapolis. Check the Film Festival Catalog Index for the MNRPCV Logo to find films from Peace Corps countries. Your host country could be there!
2012 Minneapolis – St. Paul International Film Festival http://www.mspfilmfest.org/2012/
EVENTS: MAY 2012
Fundraiser Dinner: Native American
Sunday, May 6 at 6:00-9:00pm
We’ve shared Asian, African, North African, Mediterranean, Central Asian, Latin American and Indian food at recent MNRPCV Fundraiser Dinners. Now, we are looking in our own backyard for inspiration. This is your chance to eat (and even cook) the type of foods grown, gathered and hunted by Native Americans. If you want to be on the cooking team, contact Christi Williams at quiltzilla@gmail.com – she will have hints on Native American recipes and food sources. The suggested donation is only $10.00 per person. Cooks and kids eat free. At the remarkable home of Elsa Frettem and Bernard Gonzalez: 669 Summit Avenue, Saint Paul.
Bowling for MNRPCV: Park Tavern
Sunday, May 13 at 4:00-6:00pm
Pack your bowling ball and join us on May 13th. Park Tavern is letting MNRPCV keep all of the entrance fees to use towards grants and other expenses! (Make sure to support and thank them later!) Prices: $5 – Students, Kids 7+, College, Grad; $10 – Adult; $25 – Family
For questions, please e-mail andrea.e.kruse@gmail.com or check out the event on Facebook.
Park Tavern: 3401 Louisiana Avenue, St. Louis Park, MN (952) 929-6810 http://www.parktavern.net/
Happy Hour: Brit’s Pub
Wednesday, May 23 at 4:30-6:30pm
The May Happy Hour will be at Brit’s Pub in Minneapolis. Hopefully it will be nice and we can enjoy the patio in the sun. Contact: andrea.e.kruse@gmail.com
Brit’s Pub – 1110 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis, MN 55403 (612) 332-3908
http://www.britspub.com/menu/index.php?strWebAction=menu_detail&intMenuID=8
Minnesota Aids Walk
Sunday, May 20 at 7:30am check-in
Come run or walk with the MNRPCV Team at the MN AIDS Walk and 5K Run for the Ribbon. Join us at Minnehaha Park for the 25th Year of the Minnesota AIDS Walk. Donations to the AIDS Walk help the Minnesota AIDS Project prevent new HIV infections and keep people living with HIV healthy.
To get the schedule and other details, go to:
www.mnaidswalk.org -or- http://community.mnaidsproject.org/aidswalk
EVENTS: JUNE 2012
Peace Corps Connect – Minneapolis 2012
Friday, June 29 – Sunday, July 1
NPCA’s first Annual Gathering and Expo: Three days of presentations, conferences, meetings and more at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Meet RPCVs from the Midwest and beyond as well as NPCA staff and volunteers
For more information go to: http://www.peacecorpsconnect.org/annual-gathering/
To register go to: https://secure.peacecorpsconnect.org/npcassa/ssaauthmain.login_page