PFA Internal Calendar for Staff and Board
Round up at Hampden Park Co-op
Our friends at Hampden Park Co-op chose PFA as their cause to round up at the register in June. Thanks to Margot!
PFA Board & Staff Meeting/Picnic
Tim is hosting our summer board & staff meeting and picnic in Bayport. All board and staff are encouraged to attend.
PFA Meeting: Finance Committee
PFA Meeting: Finance Committee with Craig, Sandy, Dustin, Claudia, Lisa, Laurie and Christina. Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85832460380
PFA Event, Education Meeting
PFA Event, Education & Volunteers Action Group: Carson, Matt, Margot, Laurie, Dustin, Tim. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86884500968
Public Event: White Bear Lake Environment Street at Marketfest
Public Event: Annual street fest Downtown White Bear Lake, music, food, vendors. Large audience and lots of visitors. Need one tabler. Tent, table and chairs provided. John Harkness and Bob Dahm tabling.
Public Event: Bridge the Valley
Stillwater sunrise rotary hosts this bike rally and environmental corridor of booths along the St. Croix River downtown Stillwater. John Harkness brings electric car and Tim Hanson tabling.
Public Event: Brown’s Creek
Sustainable stillwater and bird city hosts outdoor tabling event at Brown’s Creek trailhead. PFA tables, bring tent and table. Carson.
Public Event: Art & Ecology at The Acreage
Annual event at The Acreage in Osceola, PFA tables and brings an activity, selfie backdrop. Laurie plus one.
Public Event: Turtle strawberry planting at Big Marine
Date to be confirmed. Partner project with Washington County Parks. All are invited to participate. Laurie coordinating.
Public Event: Native plant hand seeding at Lake Elmo Park Reserve
Public event, St. Paul Garden Club funded seed, at Lake Elmo Park Reserve. All are invited to participate. Laurie coordinating.
Field day at Acreage
Registration required. PFA, Acreage and Climate Land Leaders partner to present this field day. Lunch provided. Field tour at The Acreage in Osceola and Diane Wilson’s bog in Minnesota. Laurie coordinating.
PFA Meeting: Wildlife & Habitat
PFA Wildlife & Habitat Action Group Meeting: Laurie, Tim, Margot, John Harkness, Pam Albin, Dawn Georgieff, Anne Bailey. Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86884500968
Pollinator Planting Downtown Saint Paul
Dustin arranged a collaborative pollinator planting of a corridor in the heart of downtown St. Paul. Partners include Enel Energy (funder), Saint Paul Rotary (volunteers), and MNL Corp (plant supplier and designer). Join in the planting if you can, bring a trowel and garden gloves.
PFA Meeting: Fundraising & Cultivation
PFA Committee Meeting: Fundraising & Cultivation. Dustin, Laurie, Matt, Lisa, Pam.
Tabling at Patagonia in St. Paul
PFA Tables at Patagonia in St. Paul during Grand Ole Days with bee bomb rolling activity. Sandy Law
Table & Rivermarket Round-Up at the Register
Customers at Rivermarket can round up at the register the entire month of June. Margot will table outdoors on June 6th.
Table: Landscape Revival
Tabling at Landscape Revival plant sale hosted by Wild Ones at Rockpoint Church in Lake Elmo, Laurie Schneider, Bob Dahm.
PFA Meeting: Events
PFA Meeting: Education, Events, Volunteering Committee: Carson, Laurie, Matt, Margot, Dustin, Tim.
PFA Meeting: Wildlife & Habitat
PFA Wildlife & Habitat Action Group with Laurie, Tim, Margot, Pam Albin, John Harkness, Dawn Georgieff and guest Carrol Henderson. Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86884500968
Table: EcoFair on Summit
Tabling at EcoFair on Summit Avenue in St. Paul, House of Hope Church, Avon and Portland with Dustin Vanasse, John Harkness
PFA Meeting: Fundraising & Cultivation
PFA Meeting: Fundraising & Cultivation Committee. Matt, Sandy, Dustin, Pam, Lisa. Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86884500968
PFA Meeting: Finance
PFA Finance Committee Meeting: Dustin, Claudia, Laurie, Sandy, Craig, Lisa, Christina, zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85832460380
Talk: Andover Garden Club
Presentation “good bugs” for Andover Garden Club, YWCS with Margot Monson
Public Event: Volunteer gardening day at the Pollinator Park in Stillwater.
Public event at Pollinator Park in Stillwater. Volunteers garden and clean up prairie. Laurie coordinates. All PFA staff & board are invited to participate. Bee bomb throw, seeding black-eyed susans, give-aways, PFA education booth, and volunteer gardening.
PFA Event Committee
PFA Event Committee Meeting: Dustin, Laurie, Tim, Carson, Margot, Matt. Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82140615128
Table: Earth Ministry at Unitarian Church
Tabling at Unitarian White Bear Lake, with Sandy Law and Laurie Schneider (proceeds from service collection to PFA)
Table: Lakewinds Co-Op Richfield
Tabling at Lakewinds Co-Op in Richfield with Tim Hanson.
Table: Rites of Spring, Mahtomedi
Tabling at Wildwood Elementary School, 8698 7th Street No, Mahtomedi with Margot Monson.
Install Turtle Nesting Area
Installation of turtle nesting site with fence and ground protections at Big Marine Park, north of 170th with Laurie Schneider, John Harkness, Tim Hanson, Washington County Parks, Wild Mountain. Lunch provided to volunteers.
Talk: Pollinator Conservation at Creekside UCC Church
Talk to congregation for Earthwise at Creekside UCC, South Minneapolis by Laurie Schneider. 40 minute talk plus questions.
PFA Meeting: Wildlife
PFA Meeting: Wildlife and Habitat Team with Laurie Schneider, Pam Albin, Dawn Georgieff., John Harkness, Tim Hanson, Margot Monson with guest Carrol Henderson. Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86884500968
Oversight Hearing: People Not Polluters
PFA is part of this coalition to urge state agencies to do their job and protect us from corporate polluters. State agencies like the Dept. of Agriculture, DNR, MPCA and Health are allowing corporates to pollute instead of upholding environmental laws. This includes neonic use. Attend the oversight hearing in support of this action. More details here: sc.org/mn-hearing
PFA Meeting: Fundraising
PFA Committee Meeting: Fundraising, Events, Cultivation with Lisa, Matt, Laurie, Dustin, Pam. Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82140615128
PFA Meeting: Events
PFA Committee Meeting: Volunteer, Education & Events with Carson, Matt, Margot, Laurie, Dustin, Tim. Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86884500968