Posts Tagged ‘Finland Community Youth Program’
Teen Camp Finland is Almost Here!
June 11, 2019 Dear TEEN Camp Finland Parents/Guardians and TEENS, Teen Camp Finland is almost here! We’re so glad your teen(s) can attend! The following is important information regarding Teen Camp: THINGS YOU MUST BRING WITH YOU TO CAMP: 1 Large Backpack 1 Smaller Daypack All Items must fit into these two bags: 1 Sleeping…
Read MoreCamp Finland is Almost Here!
June 4, 2019 Dear Camp Finland Parents/Guardians, Camp Finland will be here before we know it! We’re so glad your child(ren) can attend! Following is important information regarding camp: Light breakfast and hearty lunch provided every day, as well as dinner and snacks for the overnight. What to Bring every day: backpack with a…
Read MoreInformation about Camp Finland 2019
Here at the Clair Nelson Community Center, we’re starting to get excited about Camp Finland 2019! Many thanks to the Northland Foundation and DSCAF Silver Bay Charitable Fund for their ongoing support, as well as to the many community members who share their time and talents. Camp Finland is a day camp for children,…
Read MoreAnnouncing Teen Camp Finland 2019!
Finland Community Youth Program is pleased to announce our first-ever TEEN Camp Finland! This camp will be a 5 day, 4 night overnight summer camp geared just for teens, ages 12 to 18 (Twelve year olds can chose if they’d like to go to “kids” or “Teen” Camp), running the same week as our regular…
Read MoreHow Healthy is Your Community?
Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. This one is. If you are looking for an update on how the fruit trees and berries we planted at the Clair Nelson Center last year are doing now, here it is: If you are looking for an update on how the Finland Community Youth Program is…
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 MoreGet Your Troll On! An Evening of Storytelling and Troll Making
The Finland Community Youth Program enjoyed an evening of storytelling and troll making with North Shore artists, Kari Vick and Lauri Olson-Hohman this past Thursday, January 25th. At Least…Seven Ways to Trick a Troll The evening began with a slideshow and then a reading by Kari Vick from her and Lise Lunge-Larsen’s newly published book, Seven Ways to…
Read MoreHow Do We Make Change? We Are. One Step At a Time.
By Honor Schauland Right now it is easy for me to get stuck in negative thoughts and conflict. These are hard times, and more difficulty lies on the horizon. Seeing the fights and incivility online and at state, national and global levels, it feels as if our entire civilization is on the brink of sweeping…
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…
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