Annual Meeting / Neighborhood Day

Join Seward Neighborhood Group for a family-friendly neighborhood celebration in Matthews Park!

1-3 PM

We will plan to be outside of Matthews Rec Center with meet & greet opportunities to learn about local organizations, and SNG’s own committees. Always thought about joining a committee, but didn’t know how to participate? Come meet our Community Engagement, Community Development, Environment, and History Committees! Leave with an SNG shirt or tote bag for the price of a sliding scale donation to SNG. We will also be selling copies of the “People’s History of Seward” for $25, via cash, check, or Venmo inside the Rec Center.

On the four-square court we will be hosting a Garden Tool Swap. Plants, trimmings, seeds, leftover soil are all welcome! All remaining items will be donated to local groups with gardening programs.

Over by the wading pool, we will have live performances by local music groups, and a dance workshop from the Somali Museum. Bring a lawn chair and hangout with an ice cream sandwich!

We have prepared a scavenger hunt for Matthews Park, with prizes being temporary tattoos! The Rec Center will provide sports equipment for neighbors to organize their own pick-up activities.

Inside the Rec Center we will have a silent auction, featuring prizes from local artists and businesses, with bidding closing at 3pm. Use this link to view our silent auction.

Starting at 3 PM

We will move inside for SNG’s Annual Meeting. Committees will briefly share the successes of Seward Neighborhood Group over the past year and announce winners of Seward’s Small Grants Program. The annual meeting will conclude with electing new members to the Board of Directors. Winners of the Silent Auction will be announced and prizes will be available when the Annual Meeting concludes.

Please send any questions to admin@sng.org. See our home page for details about how to apply to our Board of Directors, there’s still time to apply!

Featured Items at the Silent Auction include:

• Gift Certificates to Seward Co-op, Pizza Luce, Indigenous Food Labs
• Photography from Lisa Boehlke
• Pottery from Peter D’Ascoli, Eric Riese, Sara Rothholz-Weiner
• Homemade hot sauce, jam, and granola

If you have interest in donating to our Silent Auction, please visit this link. For questions, email admin@sng.org.

The following organizations will have tables set-up where you can meet their leaders and learn more about their work:

• Twin Cities Makers
• Greater Longfellow Rent Relief
• We Feed Us
• Longfellow/Seward Healthy Seniors
• Full Circle Indigenous Planning and Design
• Metro Transit
• Articulture
• Seward Garden Tour
• Soup for You!
• Seward Civic & Commerce Association (SCCA)
• Tierra Encantada
• Seward Child Care Center (SCCC)
• Kids Count On Us
• Nienow Cultural Consultants