Kim Melin

Edina Public Schools have been recognized by publications around the nation as outstanding. One of the most recent was Family Circle magazine, which ranked Edina as one of its top 10 towns, due in large part to the quality of Edina Public Schools.

Concord Elementary is a five-star school within the Edina Public School district. Serving Kindergarten through 5^th grade students, Concord strives to create an exciting environment committed to meeting the mission statement goals and beliefs.

Concord has an active Parent Teacher Organization. They hold several fund raisers throughout the year, host fun educational events for the school’s families, volunteer in classrooms and at school activities, and help ensure the costs of “extra items” are met.

Concord Elementary is located at 5900 Concord Avenue South in Edina.

There are 5 other elementary schools, 2 middle schools, and 1 high school located within the Edina Public School District. http://www.edina.k12.mn.us/

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Looking for a unique activity this weekend? Head over to the Mall of America in Bloomington. There is a unique competition going on.

Called “Canstruction”, architect students are competing to see who can build the best structure. But these aren’t just any structures. They are made out of cans. Regular cans of corn, fruit cocktail, SpaghettiO’s, and everything else you can think of!

Beginning today, the competitors have 12 hours to create the most creative and intricate designs they can. Judging of the competition will be Sunday afternoon.

Here is a quick video I found on YouTube showing an entry in a similar Canstruction competition in Canada. Enjoy!

The designs will be deconstructed on Monday and the food donated to the Second Harvest Heartland food bank in St. Paul. Last year the competition raised nearly 20,000 pounds of food!

Want to contribute to the competition and the food drive? Be sure to bring along some canned goods with you when come. These can be delivered to the Sears Court stage throughout the event.

For more information on this competition, visit the Canstruction website.

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Looking for a home in Edina, Minnesota? Contact me, Kim Melin, today.

Check out my website for help in buying a home in the Minneapolis area.

There is a long list of fun things to do this Halloween in our area. Here are a few of my favorites.

ZooBoo at Como Park Zoo. Oct. 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 4:30-7:30 pm. $7 at the gate.

Apple Jack Orchard Corn Maze. Saturdays & Sundays through Halloween. Saturday nights are flashlight night until 10 pm. $6 adults, $5 ages 6-11, free ages 0-5.

Minnetonka Orchards. Lots to do! Open daily 9 am-7 pm. October theme days:

• CiderFest, Oct 17 & 18
• Bonfires and Hayrides, Oct. 24 & 25
• Dog Days of Fall, Oct. 31-Nov. 1

Autumn Unplugged at the Arboretum. All month! 3675 Arboretum Drive, Chaska. Admission is $9 for adults, free for members and children 15 and under. Activities include:

• Weekend Family Fun every Saturday and Sunday, noon-4 pm.
• Pumpkin Palooza, ongoing through Nov. 1.
• Pumpkin Palooza Weekend, Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 24 & 25, noon-4 pm.
• Ar-Boo-return Halloween, Saturday, Oct. 31.

Halloween Happenings. Three Rivers Park District Halloween events. Find one near you!

Special events at the Minnesota Children’s Museum. 10 West Seventh Street, St. Paul.

• Spooky Woods, Oct. 20-Nov. 1
• Halloween Spooktacular Parties, Saturday, Oct. 24, Sunday, Oct. 25, 6-8:30 pm; Monday, Oct. 26, 10 am-12:30 pm; Saturday, Oct. 31, 6-8:30 pm.

Pumpkin Patches and More. A comprehensive list of pumpkin patches, corn mazes, safe trick-or-treating, hayrides, etc throughout the state of Minnesota.

Hope to see you out and about!

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Looking for a home in Edina, Minnesota? Contact me, Kim Melin, today.

Check out my website for help in buying a home in the Minneapolis area.

There’s an Extreme Home Makeover going on in the Twin Cities this weekend. The TV show’s crew and an army of local volunteers has demolished the crumbling home of St. Paul’s Sandy Morris and is building a new home that could house her family for another 100 years.

The old house had a crumbling foundation, sinking roof, buckling walls, and a mold problem. It is a much needed rebuild, but since Sandy grew up in the house it is a bittersweet blessing. In an interview with the Star Tribune, Sandy said “It’s going to be quite emotional.”

Sandy runs a successful and very popular day care center in her home, and the new house will accommodate an expansion of her day care as well.

As in many of the Extreme Makeover Home Edition shows, the mission is to improve the neighborhood as well as the family’s home. In this case, there is a food drive, a blood bank, and a neighborhood cleanup going on which will provide benefits to everyone in the vicinity.

The crew can use all the volunteers they can get to complete all the projects in their designated 96 hour time frame. They need qualified carpenters of course, but also anyone who can help with painting, cleanup, minor repairs, etc. According to their website, they “need 100-200 volunteers a day that will be used in traffic control, clean-up, catering, shipping, and other misc. duties.”

Volunteer shifts are running every 4 hours, beginning at midnight. They request check-in to be 20 minutes prior to the start of a shift. Volunteers are especially needed in the overnight hours.

While they might end up turning people away, if you want a chance to help improve the lives of a deserving area family and improve an entire neighborhood in the process, put on your steel toed boots, grab your hammer and head on over to the site! Well, first you need to head over to their website and read all the rules and find out just how to volunteer.

Oh, and don’t forget to donate blood at the associated blood drive. You can find more information on the Red Cross website.

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Looking for a home in Edina, Minnesota? Contact me, Kim Melin, today.

Check out my website for help in buying a home in the Minneapolis area.