Happenings

Happenings

Second Annual

Taste of Itasca

Another success Taste of Itasca fundraiser!

This year's event was held at Wendigo Lodge and Conference Center. We had 16 restaurants and 10 wine and beer vendors who graciously donated their time and fares for 255 people. There was a Liquor Barrow raffle and a meat raffle, too. Our live auction pieces were really a hit!

TWINS Outing on August 16th!!!

Twenty-two Bridges participants left early Sunday morning to attend the Minnesota Twins game! The Cleveland Indians wacked homerun after homerun in the bottom of the 2nd inning and the Twins couldn't catch up! Though the Twins lost, it seemed as though everyone had a wonderful time! Some of the Bridges folks even rode the train back to their car~~~

THANK YOU TWINSCARE FOR DONATING THE TICKETS AND THANK YOU GRAND RAPIDS AREA LIONS CLUB FOR DONATING CASH TO HELP DEFRAY MEAL COSTS!

Mentor, Jeff Nylund, actually celebrated his birthday with us, his mentee Michael and Michael's sister Kayla.

(Yes, Michael took this pix upside down!)

Student Mentoring

Spring Community Project

Lumber was supplied by Latvala Lumber, design and labor was provided by the great students in the after-school program-- STUDENT MENTORING!!!!

Boys on the ready with

their power drills!

Artists busy painting the exterior walls!

Spring 2009 Community Project--A doghouse donated to the Star of the North Humane Society.

First Annual

Taste of Itasca

Our 1st Annual Taste of Itasca was a very exciting, relaxing and successful event. Wine tasting and dinner sampling by seventeen local restaurants and caterers along with 4 liquor stores and distributors contributed to this wonderful event.

(To see the slide show presentation for Bridges Kinship Mentoring

go to Taste of Itasca Power Point .)