Beyond the Yellow Ribbon Community of Hastings

Beyond the Yellow Ribbon is a comprehensive program that creates awareness for the purpose of connecting Service members and their families with community support, services and resources, while honoring their sacrifices.

Community Collaborative Event Announcements

January 25, Wednesday, 5:30 p.m., Dakota County Beyond the Yellow Meeting, Northern Service Center, West St Paul. MN

January 25^th, Wednesday, 6:15 p.m., Church of the Advent, 412 Oak Street, Farmington. Military Mother/Grandmother Luncheon. This is the 4^th year in which we honor the mothers and grandmothers of active duty service members. The first year, 40 attended and last year almost 120" It has grown to be a wonderful and moving event to paper those women who have raised our service members. This year the event will be held on Saturday, May 12^th at St Michael's Church in Farmington. In addition to a lovely meal, they have pamper stations, entertainment and valet parking .. So fun! If you were interested in volunteering on the planning committee, your representation would be appreciated.

January 27^th, Friday, 1:50 p.m. meet with Justin Hahn, HHS Military Support, in preparation for the April/May Military Events.

January 27^th, Friday, 6 – 9 p.m., Celebrate United, Annual Social Event, United Way of Hastings, Hastings Country Club. Join us for an evening of fun as we thank our volunteers, recognize our donors, and honor our incoming and outgoing board members. RSVP to Mari Mellick at mari@unitedwayofhastings.org

January 28^th, Saturday, 5 – 7:30 p.m., Liver on The River, Sons of the American Legion, Nelson Lucking American Legion Post 47, 50 Sibley St., Hastings, MN. Cost is $8.75 and hamburger steak can be substituted for liver. Support the families of our Veterans!!

January 29^th, Sunday, 3 p.m., Vietnam Veterans Golf Tournament Planning Committee, Nelson Lucking American Legion Post 57, 50 Sibley St., Hastings. Golf tournament will be held at Emerald Greens on June 23. Proceeds for this tournament will be utilized for a monument at the State Veterans Cemetery at Little Falls and further education of the Vietnam Veteran Monument in Washington, D.C.

January 31^st, Tuesday, 7:00 p.m. County Veterans Service Officer Meeting, Farmington, VFW

February 4^th, Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 pm. Business Plan in a Day. Hastings High School Room B211. Discuss and work on each section of a business plan, including Company Description, Marketing, Operations, Management Structure, Future Development, Financial, and the Executive Summary. For people who need a business plan to: Create a new business; expand an existing business; seek financing from a bank/other lender; approach investors, such as angel investors or venture capitalist; enter a business plan competition or complete a college business plan project; and plan strategy & direction of a company. Bring a flash drive and plan to give instructors $14 for materials. Break for lunch on your own. MEGAN TSUI is an entrepreneur with 12+ years experience consulting and coaching entrepreneurs. She is the Entrepreneur in Residence at St. Olaf College working with students starting businesses. Cost is $49, ca11 (651) 480-7670 to register.

February and March, Hastings Reads, http://www.unitedwayofhastings.org/hastingsreads.html, is a community-wide program that seeks to encourage reading and discussion of books and the ways in which they can help us understand the lives and experiences of others and ourselves. Everyone is invited to read the book and participate in the events. Let's start reading and talking today! Special Events include February 5 – Hastings Read Kickoff, Feb 16 – Gregg Aamot, Guest Speaker, and February 22 – Local Immigrants Panel Discussion.

February 9^th, Thursday, 7:00 p.m., Community Beyond The Yellow Ribbon Organizational Meeting, Nelson Lucking American Legion Post. Interested Military, Veterans, Citizens, Businesses, and Organizations interested in partnering are welcome. Agenda will be many of the ongoing items in this announcement.

Feb 12^th, Sunday, 2:00 pm, Change of Command Ceremony, Minnesota National Guard Armory, Hastings, Invitations have been extended to community members, specifically the Mayor, Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors, Veteran Service Organizations, and Beyond The Yellow Ribbon. Lets display our community spirit in saying "Thank You" to CPT Grupe and welcome the new commander.

February 15^th, Wednesday, 8:30 a.m., Hastings Community Partners, City Hall. This months subject is Allina's CRCS WISDM project (ColoRectal Cancer Screening With Improved Shared Decision Making) aims to improve rates of colorectal cancer screening in Hastings by integrating tools and resources in primary care clinics - and engaging in a broader community health campaign. Allina is in the planning stages of this project – and hope to implement sometime in July/August later this year

March 3^rd, Saturday, 7:45 to 9:15 pm., Salute to Our Military & Veteran Families – Open Public Skating, Hastings Civic Arena, 2801 Red Wing Blvd, Hastings, MN 55033. Honor our military and veteran families by bring a nonperishable food item for our supporting partner, Hastings Family Services in its mission to provide assistance and support to our neighbors, often those who fall between the cracks in our society, those facing unexpected financial crisis, isolation, or loneliness. March is Minnesota FoodShare Month. Hosted by the City of Hastings, Department of Parks and Recreation, Hasting Civic Arena in collaboration with the Community Beyond The Yellow Ribbon initiative,

March 31^st, Noon to 3 p.m., Honoring all Servicewomen – Past and Present. Servicewomen's Luncheon, Gallagher Hansen VFW Post #295, 111 South Concord Exchange, South St Paul, MN 55075. Women have a long, proud tradition of military service that must be recognized. "Duty, Honor, Pride. These words reflect the spirit of generations of American women who have sought to defend the rights and freedom of others. The history of women in the armed forces began more than 220 years ago with women who served during the American Revolution and continues through the present day. The communities of South St Paul and Hastings are honored to serve these women who contributed so much to our Nation. Women Veterans are one of the fastest growing segments of the Veteran population. Women make up 1 percent of the country's veteran population, 15 percent of active duty service members and nearly 18 percent of guard and reserve forces. Let's remember the special contributions of the ever-increasing number of women serving in the armed forces. Registrations can be made by returning the bottom portion of the flyer, and registration cost of $10.00 to Marilyn Rothecker, 356 13th Avenue North, South St Paul, MN 55076 by March 15th. For additional information about this event, please contact Marilyn, South St. Paul Coordinator, (651) 451-6007, or email marilyn839@msn.com.

Local Organizations That Help

Quilts for Valor. Last year, 2011, the local ladies thru Fabric Town, Apple Valley, group sewed and made 160 quilts. For Southern MN, over 390 were distributed. The So. MN number will change when all areas finish reporting to Page Johnson. Additionally, they are distributing over 168 quilts to the returning soldiers of the 1-34th Inf Bde, in addition to the VAMC. Contributions should be payable to Quilts for Valor (QOV) and sent to Helen Lucken, 17120 200^th St E., Hastings, MN 55033

Defending The Blue Line. http://defendingtheblueline.spydertrapdev.com/ is a local 501c(3) non-profit organization. They ensure that children of military members are afforded every opportunity to participate in the game of hockey. They accomplish this by providing free equipment for military kids, hockey camps, special events and financial assistance for registration fees and other costs associated with hockey. Donations can be made on-line or sent to 1206 N Frontage Road, Suite B, Hastings, MN 55033.

Minnesota Veteran Family Support, http://mvfs-mn.org/, is also a local 501c(3) non-profit organization that was started in 2007 to provide support, programming, and resources to Minnesota Families before, during and after deployment. MVFS helps the families of deployed and deploying military with school supplies (Project Backpack), social events (CHOMP) and acknowledgement of the sacrifices that children make. Donations can be made one line or sent to Post Office Box 4, Hastings, MN 55033.

Military Family Care Initiative

Recently, a call was received from a military spouse, who reported that she has not had heat for two days. Thanks goes to, Dakota Comfort Systems, Inc for caring for our military family and responding on a Saturday.

Lend your muscles; Open your heart. Whether you are an individual or a community business/organization make a difference in our community, right where you live, for our citizens and military families. Check out, the United Way of Hastings, website, https://volunteer.truist.com/uwoh/volunteer/, it represents a concern. Turn it into action to find volunteer opportunities, it's the right place to find community service opportunities, for caring and help lighten burdens. It demonstrates the tradition of the good people of Hastings, who are caring and generous with their time and talents in a tangible way It means a lot to our community, which stands ready to help, especially military families

Dean W. Markuson
Beyond the Yellow Ribbon - Community of Hastings
436 Tiffany Drive
Hastings, MN 55033(651) 438-2208
Email: deanrvnvet@aol.com

Phone (651) 438-2208

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