August 6, 2015 eNews – Summer Festival

Monday, August 10
6:00-8:30pm
at Armatage Park

  • NEW “MPLS Tap” for FREE water, so bring your water bottles (or buy one of ours for $2)
  • Magic show and balloon animals
  • Learn more about
    • Experience SW (representing our neighborhood businesses)
    • Fair Skies (working on the issue of airport traffic and noise)
    • City of Mpls (organics program, recycling info, graffiti abatement and more)
    • FixIt Fun (Armatage Neighborhood home improvement and emergency loan program)
    • The neighborhood survey (see sidebar)
  • Prizes
    • 50+ great items available in our NEW raffle (raffle tickets $5/each or five for $20)
      • Dine local options from Cafe Maude, Prima, Freestyle Yogurt, Lake Harriety Pizza, Broder’s and more!
      • Massage and spa treatments from Unwind Within and Nokomis Massage & Wellness
      • Lots of caffeine from Starbucks, Morning Star Coffee and Peace Coffee
      • Shop local at Kowalski’s, Lake Harriet Florist, Tangletown Gardens, Paperback Exchange, Settergren’s and Wagner’s
      • Fun gift baskets from MN Honey Company
      • Get out and about to Wild Mountain, the Old Log Theater, MN Lynx and St. Paul Saints
      • and more!
    • Special silent auction items
      • $100 to Hidden Health Chiropractic
      • 12 Beginner sessions at Tangletown Crossfit ($100 value)
      • Children’s book series from Bellwether
      • $250 gift card to R.F. Moeller Jeweler
      • Over $500 value from the Mathnasium including 1-month of tutoring and a bag of games and activities
      • Bowling party at Park Tavern ($520 value)
  • NEW all-inclusive wristbands ($7/each): bounce house, giant slide, face painting, carnival games and special preschool options
  • NEW carnival games including Plinko (sponsored by Experience SW), football toss, putting green and Feed the Elephant.

  • Live music by the Melvilles

  • Food TRUCKS: including Red Wagon Pizza, Tommy Veez Fish & Chicken, Kona Ice and Sweet Dreams Candy (cash only)
  • Skate park activities with


Please sign up to help at the Armatage Summer Festival 2015!

We only need a few more people to help out!
Please consider helping for 1/2 hr – 1 hr selling tickets or helping run a game.

Here’s how it works in 3 easy steps:

  1. Click this link to go to our invitation page on VolunteerSpot: http://vols.pt/7vMtPM
  2. Enter your email address: (You will NOT need to register an account on VolunteerSpot)
  3. Sign up! Choose your spots – VolunteerSpot will send you an automated confirmation and reminders. Easy!
    (Consider signing up for an hour-long shift instead of just 30 minutes. Each volunteer will receive a free raffle ticket for each shift they work!)

Note: VolunteerSpot does not share your email address with anyone. If you prefer not to use your email address, please contact me and I can sign you up manually.