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Community Calendar   

 Visit the Art Shanties on Medicine Lake

Learn about Folk Art at the Junior Girl Scout Workshop  at the Minnesota History Center January through April

Snowshoeing Basics at Woodlake in Richfield, January and February.

Winter Bluegrass Festival in Plymoth, March 5-7

Lake Superior Family Funfest in Duluth February 27-28.

3rd Annual WolfTrack Classic Sled Dog Race  in Ely March 6th.

Eagle Spot Weekends in Red Wing through March 21st.

Mark's Volunteer Tip of the Week 

Hands on Twin Cities -- click on "sign up for our e-newsletter"

Websites

• Action Without Borders/Idealist.org: www.idealist.org
• Actors Theater of Minnesota: www.ActorsMN.org
• Afghans for Afghans: www.afghansforafghans.org
• Afghans for Tomorrow: www.afghans4tomorrow.com
• Ann Reed: www.annreed.com
• Arm in Arm in Africa: http://www.stjoan.com/erfr.htm
• Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency: www.aeoa.org
• Audubon: www.audubon.org
• Barbara Lewis: Info about Barbara Lewis
• Befriender Ministry: www.befrienderministry.org
• Beyond the Yellow Ribbon
• Blessed Sacrament Church: www.blsachibbing.org
• Bloom Ladies: www.minneapolisblooms.org
• BookPALS (Performing Artists for Literacy in Schools): Visit Web Site
• Bren Bataclan and "The Smile Boston Project": www.bataclan.com
• Canning Tips and More: www.pickyourown.org
• Carmen Pampa Fund: www.carmenpampafund.org
• Charity Navigator: www.charitynavigator.org
• Charlie Maguire: www.charliemaguire.com
• Children's Culture Connection
• Churches United in Ministry: www.chumduluth.org
• City Songs: http://citysongs.umn.edu/
• Cold Fusion: www.lenr-canr.org
• Community Action Partnership: www.communityactionpartnership.com
• COSAD: www.cosad.org
• Council of Crime and Justice: www.crimeandjustice.org
• Dan Chouinard: www.DanChouinard.com
• David Bornstein and How to Change the World: Buy the Book or visit his site: www.howtochangetheworld.org
• David Sirota: www.davidsirota.com
• DayOne Services 
• Diane Wilson and Spirit Car: www.wilsonwords.com/files/overview.html
• Dignity Center: www.haumc.org/Page.asp?I=125&T=0&K=20
• Dr. Edward Tick and Soldier’s Heart: www.soldiersheart.net
• Doing Good Together (family volunteering): www.doinggoodtogether.org
• Downtown Congregations to End Homelessness: www.dceh.org
• Earthjustice: www.earthjustice.org
• Ely: www.ely.org
• Empty Bowls
• Eshowe Community Action Group USA: http://www.eshowe.net
• Explore Minnesota: www.exploreminnesota.com
• Fallout Urban Art Center: www.falloutminneapolis.com/contact/index.htm
• Families Moving Forward: www.familiesmovingforward.org
• Father Dom's Duck's Doo Compost: www.fatherdomsducksdoo.com
• Father Dom and Holy Spirits: www.holyspiritswine.com
• Father Dom and God's Good Earth: www.godsgoodearth.com
• Father Jim’s Work with South Africa: www.arminarminafrica.org and www.openarmsmn.org
• Feed My Starving Children: www.fmsc.org
• First Nations Orphan Association: www.geocities.com/fnoac
• Franklin Street Bakery: www.franklinstreetbakery.com
• Fresh Energy: http://www.fresh-energy.org/default.htm
• FROM ME TO YOU CLOTHING MINISTRY: www.frommetoyou97.org/index.htm
• Girl Scouts Land of Lakes Council Boundary Waters Canoe Trips:
  Call 218-254-5696 or toll free 1-800-862-0875
• GiveMN.Org
• Global Citizens Network: www.globalcitizens.org
• Gretchan Pyne and LuLu: www.lulubellebooks.com
• Habitat for Humanity: www.tchabitat.org/content/view/58/29/
• Hands on Twin Cities: www.handsontwincities.org
• Heifer International: Visit this Site
• Henry and Buster Show: www.henryandbuster.com
• Homecoming Project: www.mnadopt.org/homecoming.htm
• Homeless Blanket Project: 612-247-5490 or mikewright@peoplepc.com
• Homeless Youth - organizations who work with them:
  • Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless: www.mnhomelesscoalition.org
  • Lutheran Social Services: www.lssmn.org
  • the Bridge: www.bridgeforyouth.org
  • Avenues for Homeless Youth: www.avenuesforyouth.org
  • YouthLink: www.youthlinkmn.org
  • Ain Dah Yung Shelter: www.aindahyung.com
  • Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery
• Homes for Our Troops: www.homesforourtroops.org
• Hometown Focus: www.hometownfocus.us
• How you can save energy go to:
  www.energystar.gov
  www.commerce.state.mn.us
• Humphrey Institute: www.hhh.umn.edu
• Idealist.org: www.Idealist.org
• In the Heart of the Beast Theatre: www.hobt.org
• Indigenous Environmental Network: www.ienearth.org
• Intermedia Arts: www.intermediaarts.org
• Isaiah: gamaliel.org/ISAIAH/default.htm
• Jewish Community Action: www.jewishcommunityaction.org
• Jewish Community Center: http://www.sabesjcc.org/ca_index.asp
• Jill Jacoby and Sweetwater Alliance: www.sweetwateralliance.org
  The outcome of the City Council's vote was: The 2 acre proposal was defeated by one vote, the 1/2 acre project was kept alive by one vote.
• Joan of Arc medals: www.patbenincasa-art.com and click on the medal
• Joe Margulies: www.law.uchicago.edu/faculty/margulies
• Joe Seliga: http://www.holry.org/joecanoe.html and http://www.inmemoryofjoeseliga.blogspot.com/
• Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation: www.jdrf.org
• Kairo Dance Theatre: www.kairosdance.org
• Katherine Scherer and Gratitude Works: www.gratitudeworks.com
• Kathleen Schuler’s Environmental Tips: www.healthylegacy.org and www.iatp.org/foodandhealth/
• Kids Against Hunger: www.feedingchildren.org
• La Nativad: www.hobt.org
• Larry Long: www.larrylong.org
• List of stores in Minnesota: www.needmagazine.com/purchase_stores.htm
• Live Green, Live Smart: www.livegreenlivesmart.org
• Living Consciously and Dying Gracefully: www.nanbec.com
• MAD DADS: www.maddads.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=73&Itemid=2
• Magnum Chorum: www.magnumchorum.org
• Mark Martell and The Minnesota Audubon Society: www.audubon.org/chapter/mn/mn/
• Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Community and Pow Wow: www.mendotadakota.org
• Mercy Housing and Human Development: www.mhhd.org
• Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless: www.mnhomelesscoalition.org
• Minneapolis Friends Meeting: www.quaker.org/minnfm
• Minneapolis National Night Out: www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/nno/
• Minnesota Army National Guard's Beyond the Yellow Ribbon Program
• Minnesota Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union: www.aclu-mn.org
• Minnesota Citizens Federation: www.citizensfed.org
• Minnesota Council of Nonprofits: http://www.mncn.org/index.htm
• Minnesota Department of Commerce State Energy office
• Minnesota Green Communities: www.greencommunitiesonline.org/minnesota
• Minnesota International Center: www.micglobe.org
• Minnesota National Guard Beyond the Yellow Ribbon: Visit Web Site
• MN State Energy Office: www.energy.mn.gov
• Minnesota Valley Action Council go to: www.mnvac.org
• Mother Bear Project: www.motherbearproject.org
• Multicultural Village: www.multiculturalvillage.org
• National Night Out: www.nationaltownwatch.org/nno/
• National Ten Thousand Villages: www.tenthousandvillages.com
• National Whistle Blowers Center: www.whistleblowers.org
• National Wildlife Federation's Campus Ecology project: www.nwf.org/campusecology
• NEED Magazine: www.needmagazine.com
• Never Give Up by Kevin Winge: www.nevergiveupbook.com  (Purchase book)
• Nichole Smaglick and Another Land: www.anotherland.com
• Nonviolent Peaceforce: www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org
• North American Water Office: www.nawo.org
• North House Folk School: www.northhousefolkschool.com
• Open Arms and Kevin Winge: www.openarmsmn.org
• Operation Helmet: www.operation-helmet.org
• Operation Minnesota Nice 
• Operation REACH: www.operationreach.org
• OutFront Minnesota: www.outfront.org
• Papa Gio
• Paul Loeb: www.paulloeb.org
• Peace Foundation and Peace Ball: www.citypeace.org/home.html
• People Escaping Poverty Project: www.pepp.org
• PLAY it Forward Adventures: www.pifadventures.com
• Playing for Change: www.playingforchange.com
• Powdernorn365
• Queen Brown and "What's Going On?": www.queenbrown.com
• Qui Commission: www.keepmnjusticeimpartial.org
• Re Gifts: www.GreenGiftsOnline.com
  To get your 10% discount put in "village ten" as the code
• Rebuilding Together Twin Cities: www.rebuildingtogether-twincities.org
• Reverend Barry Lynn and Americans United for the Separation of Church and State: http://www.au.org/site/PageServer
• Revolution Youth Theatre: Visit Web Site
• Ricky McKinnie: www.rickymckinnie.com
• Rita Golden Gelman: www.ritagoldengelman.com
• Robert Robinson - Buy featured CD or more info: www.robertrobinsonmusic.com
• Sally Rogers: http://www.sallyrogers.com
• Sami Rasouli & Muslim Peacemakers Team: www.mpt-iraq.org
• Sami Rasouli: www.worldwidewamm.org/home.html
• Sami Rasouli's Letters for Peace: lettersforpeace.pbwiki.com
• Schools First: www.schoolsfirst.org
• Simpson Housing: www.simpsonhousing.org
• Smile Boston Project: www.bataclan.com
• Soldier's Angels: www.soldiersangels.org
• Spiritwood Music: www.spiritwoodmusic.com
• Spread the Bread
• St. Joan of Arc: www.stjoan.com
• St. Olaf's environmental website: www.stolaf.edu/green
• Sweetwater Alliance: www.sweetwateralliance.org
• Take Back Your Time: www.timeday.org
• Ten Thousand Village store: 867 Grand Avenue St. Paul, MN 55105
• The Center for a New American Dream: www.newdream.org
• The Green Belt Movement: http://www.shaklee.com/main/aboutNewsRelease_031806
  http://www.greenbeltmovement.org/
  http://www.shakleemilliontrees.org/
  Bob Grobe, call 952-361-3317 or 1-800-736-3298
• The Marjorie McNeely Conservatory: www.comozooconservatory.org/cons/index.shtml
• The Sacred Voice: www.sacredvoice.org
• Thinking Beyond Borders: www.thinkingbeyondborders.org
• Third Way Network: http://www.thirdwaynetwork.org/forms/contact.php
• 363 Days
• Tibet: www.tibet.org and www.tibet.net
• Tony Signorelli: www.calltoliberty.org
• Touch the Divine Jewelry: http://touchthedivine.etsy.com
• Transit for Livable Communities: www.tlcminnesota.org
• Twin Cities Green: www.GreenGiftsOnline.com
  To get your 10% discount put in "village ten" as the code
• United Congress of Community and Religious Organizations:
  www.unitedcongress.org • www.movementmakers.org
• Veterans and Friends: www.vetsandfriends.org
•  Veterans on the Lake
• Vincent Wycoff: Beware of Cat: And Other Encounters of a Letter Carrier
• Voices United: www.haumc.org/Worship.asp
• War Kids Relief
• Western Community Action: www.wcainc.org
• Wilder Foundation: www.wilder.org
• Will Steger's presentations on global warming
• Wintergreen Northern Wear: www.wintergreendesigns.com
• Wolf Ridge: www.wolf-ridge.org
• World Changing: www.worldchanging.com
• World Relief: www.worldreliefmn.org
• World Vision: www.worldvision.org
• Yako Tahnahga's workshops and/or for more information, contact Mary Mueller at 952-472-1678
• Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice: www.ympj.org