Posts Tagged ‘Friends of Finland’
Announcing the 2023 Clair Nelson Vocational Scholarship Recipients!
We are excited to announce the 2023 Clair Nelson Vocational Scholarship Recipients! Chase Hipple of Silver Bay Residential Electrician Certificate at Lake Superior College Samuel Peterson of Silver Bay Marine and Power Sports Technician at Alexandria Technical College Grayson Peterson of Two Harbors Electrical Lineworker Diploma at MN State Community and Technical College Ethan Swartout of…
Read MoreNew Faces at the Clair Nelson Center!
We want to welcome two new staff members to the Friends of Finland Core Staff: Kyle Flack as the new Operations Lead, and Jenni Yandrasits as the new Finance Lead. In Kyle’s own words: My love of the North Shore goes back as far as I can remember. My father would bring us to the…
Read MoreSt Urho ’23 and Me Thank Yous and Wrap Up
A giant KIITOS (THANK YOU) to all of the people who helped to make the 48th Annual St Urho’s Celebration happen. From the guys who put the sign up over the highway, to the folks in the parade, to all the raffle ticket sellers, to the businesses that helped out by donating or selling raffle…
Read MoreNancy’s Retiring!
Nancy Anselment-Olson has been with Friends of Finland for a long time. She started as one of the original board members when the organization was formed back in 2007, and was hired as the Building Manager (which became the Operations Lead position) a few years later, after the Clair Nelson Center was built. She has…
Read More’23 and Me: St Urho’s Community Float Workshop
Help us build and decorate the St Urho Family Tree at the St Urho Float Workshop on March 10th, 11th & 12th, 11am-3pm at the Clair Nelson Center in Finland. Join us as we build our own floats in preparation for St Urho’s parade at noon on March 18th! Our plan for the group project…
Read MoreJob Posting: Operations Lead
Join the Leadership Team of the Friends of the Finland Community! Operations Lead Position Friends of Finland is a vibrant nonprofit organization supporting a wide variety of community programs, and we have grown to where we are looking for a person with organizational expertise to strengthen and expand the work we do. Deadline to apply…
Read MoreJohn Beargrease Finland Checkpoint 2023
This year the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon will be starting at Billy’s Bar in Duluth the morning of Sunday January 29th, so we are expecting the first Marathoners around 6pm and Mid-Distance mushers after that. Be sure to tell your friends to come out and visit the Finland Checkpoint and experience the excitement of…
Read MoreCamp Finland is looking for Coordinators for 2023
Teen Camp Finland is a week-long overnight camp in Mid June for local teens based out of the Community Center in Finland, MN. We focus on love of nature, discovery, friendship, self worth and leadership. We’re looking for 2 self motivated people to help coordinate Teen Camp in 2023 and moving forward into the future.…
Read MoreFeatured Volunteer and St Urho Updates
Our featured volunteer for 2022 is Cheri Bischoff for her many years of good work organizing the St Urho’s Day parade! Cheri took over organizing the parade from Carol Youngberg and has done a great job with it for over 10 years. After putting in her time herding all of those cats…err, parade floats, she…
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…
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