Lyndale Blooms with Youth
May 2007
(This story makes Camden News! Way to go Camden Youth Engagement Project!)
Positive youth are everywhere in North Minneapolis, and on May 5th they were out on Lyndale at the Lyndale Blooms with Youth event. The Lind-Bohanon Neighborhood Association asked the youth of the Camden Youth Engagement Project how they would want to respond to the recent shootings of Michael Trinity and Richard Christianson in the Lind-Bohanon neighborhood. Their response-- do something positive in the community to let residents know all youth aren’t bad.
Many thanks to Council President Barb Johnson, CCP/Safe Shannon McDonough, Senator Linda Higgins, Jenny Lind Community Ed. Linnea Hackett, the Camden Youth Engagement Project crew and the many LBNA neighborhood volunteers and board members who also attended and lent a green thumb and their support for the youth who were enthusiastic about making a difference in their community. The event started with a brief welcome and words of celebration about our community and the youth by LBNA Chair Ann Moe. Once planting duties were finished, the kids took the planters to the different businesses along Lyndale and picked litter along the commercial corridor. Council Member Johnson and Rep. Higgins put gloves on and pitched in and everyone helped clean up and down Lyndale Ave N.
Many thanks to our champion neighborhood volunteer Shirley Gish who kept thebooth in front of our office occupied and made sure everyone signed inand had a cookie at the end of the day. Manythanks also to our local Lyndale Ave N business owners who weregenerous in their support as well. Kevin Aldwick, Lyn-Stop gas station,Jacki Smith, Minneapolis Recycling Inc., Dean Younkin, Younkin TruckingInc, Kim Carlson, Allied Waste; and Patrick Huey, Gardner CamdenHardware graciously donated money, supplies, a garbage truck and theirtime to help the youth have a positive community event.