Thank You, Mill City Commons, for Your Generosity! 

Mill City Commons Members were very generous in their response to our fourth annual Turkey, Dressings & Extra Helpings food and clothing drive. Members donated a car full of clothes to People Serving People including job interview and cold weather clothing. Five bags of gifts were delivered to Exodus House and Mary's Place at Sharing and Caring Hands. We raised over $2200 in financial donations to purchase food for holiday dinners for 50 families in North Minneapolis. The food was delivered to Ascension School where the principal had identified 50 families with the most need. Principal Dorwatha Woods told me, "Your choices and generosity will help the families in many ways -- they will live off this food for a week. These children come from low income families, many of whom count on the school lunch program. Over the holidays, it's difficult for families to provide three meals a day." Ms. Wood also told me she received a note from one of the mothers who said "Woohoo!" It was the largest pork shoulder roast she'd ever seen -- it would provide her family with multiple meals.  

Thanks also to the volunteers who helped sort and deliver clothes, gifts and groceries! And a special thanks to MCC Members Delia and Tyrone Bujold, Barbara Goldner and Linda Willette for their leadership!  -- Linnea

MCC Men's Coffee and Conversation
Thursday, December 22, 7:30 - 8:30 am; Nicollet Island Inn, 95 Merriam Street

Caffeine and camaraderie for the male members of MCC! This group meets every other Thursday at Nicollet Island Inn and is hosted by various members who get the conversation going. Peter Heegaard hosts.

MCC Men, sign up here, or call Linnea at 612-455-3329. 

Last Tuesday Happy Hour
Tuesday, December 27, 5:00 - 6:00 pm; Nicollet Island Inn, 95 Merriam Street

Join host Linnea Tweed for this month's happy hour.  Catch up with friends and neighbors over drinks and small bites. Dutch treat!

MCC Members and Guests. 

Social Bridge
Wednesday, January 4, 3:00 - 5:30 pm;  Stone Arch Lofts Community Room, 600 South 2nd St

Join advanced or intermediate bridge players for a round of social bridge. You are expected to come with a partner at your level. (Advanced players play all the major conventions comfortably.) If you need help finding a partner, contact Linnea Tweed at 612-455-3329, and she will assist you. Plan to arrrive early as we will begin play immediately at 3:00.

MCC Members, sign up here, or call Linnea at 612-455-3329.  Guests, email Linnea.

Poetry Reading: Jim Moore
Thursday, January 5, 5:00 - 6:00 pm; Sabina and John Sten's Loft, 600 South Second Street #506 

MCC neighbor, Jim Moore, will read from his collection of poetry that includes
Invisible Strings, Lightningat Dinner, The Freedom of History, and The Long Experience of Love. His poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, the Nation, the New Yorker, the Paris Review, the Threepenny Review, the Pushcart Prize Anthology, and in many other magazines and anthologies.  Moore has received numerous awards and fellowships from the Bush Foundation, The Loft, the McKnight Foundation, and the Minnesota State Arts Board. He teaches at Hamline University and at The Colorado College in Colorado Springs, as well as online through the University of Minnesota Split Rock Arts Program. 

MCC Members, sign up here, or call Linnea at 612-455-329. Guests, email Linnea  

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