Posts Tagged ‘AGE to Age’
Finland Farmers Market Summer 2023 Recap
by Kyle Flack, Finland Farmers Market Coordinator The Summer Farmers Market this year was a great success for everyone involved. A variety of wonderful vendors were here each week offering their delicious products for sale at a great price. But that’s just one aspect of our amazing market. Many customers are drawn to the market…
Read MoreFinland (and Silver Bay) Go to Laskiainen – February 4th, 2023!
Folks from Finland, MN have a history of traveling to Palo, MN for the Finnish sliding festival: Laskiainen! Early in 2020, before the pandemic caused so much disruption in our lives, a group of folks from Finland and Silver Bay loaded up on buses and traveled together to Laskiainen. But the festival was canceled in…
Read More2022 Summer Farmers Market Wrap-Up
It was another incredible summer season for the Finland Farmers Market. This summer it became very apparent that the market is growing and reaching more and more people in the area! We had record attendance this year. After crunching some numbers, it’s been determined that over 1600 people came and enjoyed music and food here…
Read MoreThe 2020 Finland Farmers Market Wraps Up… (or Does it??)
October 8th was the final market day for the regular market season. As everyone knows, 2020 has been a trying year for all, and made for an unusual market year filled with face masks, one-way customer flows and lots of hand-washing. Despite the challenges faced by all, the Finland Farmers Market had a stellar year.…
Read MoreSpanish Camp at the Clair Nelson Center
Due to unexpected staffing issues, we have made the hard decision to cancel Spanish Camp this year. We will plan to do it next summer. Friends of Finland is excited to announce our second ever Spanish Camp, which will be held at the Clair Nelson Center in mid-August of 2019. Spanish Camp is being planned…
Read MoreSpring Runoff Fundraiser 2019 – Dinner and Variety Show
Come one, come all to the Spring Runoff Pasta Dinner and Variety Show! The main event will take place on May 18th from 7-9pm on the Finland Community Center Stage. This is a fundraiser. It’s $5 at the door. We are not pre-selling tickets to the show. The pasta dinner will take place from 6-7pm…
Read MoreSpanish Camp at the Clair Nelson Center
Friends of Finland is excited to announce our first ever Spanish Camp, which will be held at the Clair Nelson Center at the end of July 2018. Spanish Camp is being planned as a day camp for children ages 5-13, with an emphasis on language, cultures and food in the many Spanish-speaking countries around the…
Read MoreCommunity Outing to Laskiainen 2018
Laskiainen is a mid-winter Finnish cultural festival with sliding and craft demonstrations at the Loon Lake Community Center in Palo, MN. This is the 81st annual! Our St Urho Celebration’s got nothing on these intrepid Finnish folks! This year, like last year, the Finland Community Youth Program is partnering up with North Shore Age to Age as…
Read MoreFinland Community Youth Program News
Coming Events The Finland Community Youth Program is invited to the Finland MN Historical Society’s Pikku Joulua (Finnish Christmas) on December 7th! Please send your child to Youth Night hungry as we’ll be going through the buffet line. Joulu Pukki (Finnish Santa) will be paying a visit! The musical group, “Fish Soup” will be…
Read MoreCommunity Outing to Laskiainen in Palo, MN
Laskiainen is a mid-winter Finnish cultural festival with sliding and craft demonstrations at the Loon Lake Community Center in Palo, MN. This is the 80th annual! Our St Urho Celebration‘s got nothing on these intrepid Finnish folks! This year, the Finland Community Youth Program is partnering up with Northshore Area Partners, The Golden Agers, the…
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