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Park Avenue Youth & Family Services

3400 Park Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55407

Rev. Paula Sanders, Executive Director

Phone: 612.825.6864
Fax: 612.825.2194

Spend one day experiencing the University of Minnesota and all it has to offer, with a second day visiting other Twin Cities post-secondary options including MCTC, Dunwoody and Macalester. Get your questions answered on academic programs, admission requirements, financial aid and housing options.

Movie, rollerskating, MOA, or other social activity tbd in advance by youth. Cost to be determined, but not more than $10/youth to be brought to the event. Meet in church parking lot. Please register so that we know how many to expect. Questions can be directed to Steven Belton at stevenbelton@parkavechurch.org or 612.810.8010.

Join us as we partner with local churches, service agencies, and homeowners to help bolster ongoing work in these communities, including assisting people with projects in their home, assisting
the elderly, tutor struggling kids, conduct a backyard Bible club, serve at a food bank, staff an activities camp for disabled children, spruce up the grounds of a financially strapped social service agency, engage children at a day camp and improve the community in other important ways. Cost is approximately $350 per youth; scholarships and fundraising activities are available. Open to all youth who will be entering 8th grade in the Fall 2011 through high school, and including students or past students whose high school class graduated in 2009 and 2010.

For questions and to register, contact Debbie Okerlund at debbie.okerlund@bitstream.net, or Steven Belton at stevenbelton@parkavechurch.org. Steven can be reached by phone at 612.810.8010.

Day trip to Excelsior approximately 20 miles from the church, along the beautiful scenic Luce Line Bike Trail. Swimming at the lake. Loaner bikes are available. Please register so that we have a count for lunches. For questions or to register, contact Steven Belton at stevenbelton@parkavechurch.org. Steven's phone number is 612.810.8010.

Movie, rollerskating, MOA, or other social activity to be determined in advance by youth. Cost to be determined, but not more than $10/youth to be brought to the event. Meet in church parking lot. Please register so that we know how many to expect. Questions can be directed to Steven Belton at stevenbelton@parkavechurch.org or 612.810.8010.

Day trip to Fort Snelling along Minnehaha Parkway, approximately 15 miles from the church. Swimming along the way. Loaner bikes are available. Please register so that we have a count for lunches. For questions or to register, contact Steven Belton at stevenbelton@parkavechurch.org. Steven's phone number is 612.810.8010.

Cost $20/youth toward admission,plus spending money for food and drink. Meet in church parking
lot. Please register so that we know how many to expect. For questions and to register, contact Steven Belton at stevenbelton@parkavechurch.org. Steven's phone number is 612.810.8010.

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