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Nature Nights Will Continue Through the Summer for Youth in the Duluth Area
May 11, 2021
GARY NEW DULUTH, Minn. – Getting kids off cell phones, and into the forest. It’s a goal of one teacher in the Gary New Duluth neighborhood as the community’s rec center continues to host Nature Nights.
“In spring, kids should smell like dirt,” said Leslie Bucar, youth director at the Gary New Duluth Rec Center.
You can practically smell the excitement at the Gary New Duluth Rec Center.
“I tell parents I will return your children to you tired, happy, and dirty,” said Bucar.
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American Red Cross blood drives: To make an appointment or for more information, download the Red Cross blood donor app, visit redcrossblood.org, call 800-733-2767 or enable the Blood Donor Skill on any Alexa Echo device.
2-6 p.m. today, March 10, Zoar Lutheran Church, Highway 61, Tofte.
9:30 a.m. to 4 :30 p.m. Thursday, March 11, North Shore Health, 515 W. Fifth Ave., Grand Marais.
Noon to 6 p.m. Thursday, March 11, LaQuinta Inn & Suites, 1805 Maple Grove Road.
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, March 12, Carlton High School, 405 School Ave., Carlton.
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, March 12, LaQuinta Inn & Suites, 1805 Grove Road.
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Food Boxes Distributed to Northland People in Need
Apples, onions, potatoes, and chicken. Cars lined up to receive boxes filled to the brim with different foods.
March 4, 2021
HERMANTOWN, Minn. – The Duluth YMCA with the Boys and Girls Club of the Northland to help those struggling their families during the pandemic.
Apples, onions, potatoes, and chicken. Cars lined up to receive boxes filled to the brim with different foods.
About 1,300 boxes with over 30,000 pounds of food were at the Essentia Wellness Center in Hermantown or at the Essentia Heritage Center in Lincoln Park ready to be distributed to Northlanders in need of free food.
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American Red Cross blood drives: To make an appointment or for more information, download the Red Cross blood donor app, visit redcrossblood.org, call 800-733-2767 or enable the Blood Donor Skill on any Alexa Echo device.
Noon to 6 p.m. March 11, LaQuinta Inn & Suites, 1805 Maple Grove Road.
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 12, LaQuinta Inn & Suites, 1805 Grove Road.
Learn how to address the needs of children and adolescents with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and other difficulties related to traumatic life events, 6-7:30 p.m. March 16. Presented by Marcy Dodge, licensed clinical social worker and clinical substance abuse counselor . Marcy Dodge is a Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavior Therapy (TF-CBT) psychotherapist at St. Croix Medical Center and Adjunct Instructor in the Human Services Associate Degree program at Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College. She has extensive experience working with treatment foster children and caregivers. Go to eventbrite.com/e/trauma-