Somalia”'s Drought

BY ARDO MOHAMED

• Over 6 million people are facing starvation and are dying from hunger and thirst.
• We”'re asking our neighbors to contribute to our cause.
• Over two days we have raised $11,500.00 by doing a bake sale and asking people to donate at our Islamic Center, Abubakar As-Sadique, 2824 13th Ave. So.
• We”'re doing a car wash and pampering for the women on Sunday .
• Your gift today will provide clean, safe water to a thirsty family.
• You will give a desperate family urgently needed assistance to survive this drought ”“ water, food, help and hope.
• Wherever it”'s needed most, your gift will save lives.

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Help build the puppets for the 43rd MayDay Parade!

During the month of April, In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre is transformed into a giant studio where staff artists and volunteers create the MayDay Parade.

From Saturday, April 8 ”“ Thursday, May 4, 2017, MayDay Build Workshops are held at1500 E Lake St, Mpls, MN 55407:

Every Tuesday from 7-9pm

Every Thursday from 7-9pm

Every Saturday from 9-11am and 1-3pm

Workshops are free and open to the public. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Workshops are funded by free will donations.

Bring recycled items to the build if you can! We especially love paper bags and newspaper donations.

How it Works

An artist will introduce you to the parade theme by showing you the giant storyboard (a visual script).

You select a section of the parade to work on, find the artist in charge of that section, and set to work!

Artists will guide you.

You can either make your own creation which you can keep after the parade, or help with the larger parade floats.

Typically, you”'ll need 3 or 4 sessions to complete a project, but you can come to as many or as few as your schedule allows.

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Workshops are free, although donations are graciously accepted, always welcome, and much needed.… Read the rest “Help build the puppets for the 43rd MayDay Parade!”

500 MayDay Plates Washed by “Heart of the Beast”

BY LUCINDA ANDERSON

In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre”'s MayDay Green Team and YOU can divert 80% of the 2017 MayDay Festival waste from landfills, and this year”'s 500 Plate Experiment will help make it happen. Inspired by the Winnipeg Folk Festival where food vendors serve 100,000 festival goers on washable plates, a sub-committee of the HOBT”'s MayDay Green Team is collaborating with Kabomelette food truck owners, Greg and Chelsea Miller, and Restaurant Supplier Joe Palen to serve 500 MayDay customers on washable plates.

Washing dishes consumes much less energy and produces less waste than recycling or even composting. The big vision is to someday have all MayDay vendors serving on washable/reusable plates. This year we need at least 500 people to buy their delicious food from Kabomelette and the same 500 people to return their plates to the collection bins adjacent to the MayDay Green Team waste stations. Easy, peasy, right?

Last year 2400 pounds of compost and recycling was collected at MayDay. Diverting 2400 pounds from a landfill or incinerator was a huge success, and this year the MayDay Green Team is hoping to break that record! Help the MayDay Green Team reach their 80% goal by volunteering to host one of the eleven waste stations around the park on MayDay, Sunday, May 7, 2017. … Read the rest “500 MayDay Plates Washed by “Heart of the Beast””