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Minot's Spring Clean Up week is set for May 6-10, 2024. This service is for City of Minot Sanitation customers and is an opportunity to unload bulk waste onto the city curbs for collection. There are four zones across the city, residents should confirm the collection date for their address and set out household quantities of bulky and household items - items at the end of their useful life, such as appliances, furniture, junk, etc.
Find your collection date here:
https://minotnd.maps.arcgis.com/.../webappv.../index.html...
Saturday, May 18th from 9:00 AM-11:00 AM at Ryan Honda of Minot as we celebrate local first responders. Free donuts, coffee, and orange juice while you get up close to local fire trucks, ambulances, bomb & SWAT trucks. See live police K9 demonstrations and watch Minot Rural Fire Department race Honda employees to put their gear on! This year we will also be adding Operation Mugs & Hugs! Operation Mugs & Hugs is a process done by professionals to help promote the safety of children in the Minot community.
Watch Ryan Honda take on First Responders in a Donut eating contest!
Operation Mugs & Hugs from 9:00 AM-11:00 AM
K9 demonstrations at 10:00 AM
Fire Drill Gear Race at 9:30 AM and 10:30 AM
Donut eating contest at 10:45 AM
This event is free & open to the public. Free will donations benefit the Minot Rural Fire Department.
The GROW Day Garden Sale will be held Saturday, May 11th from 10:00am to 1:00pm at the Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch. organized and implemented entirely by Ranch kids, features plants grown and potted in our on-campus greenhouses. Plants for sale include potted plants, hanging baskets, bush cucumbers, tomatoes, geraniums, aloe, and jade plants. Handmade bike planters, benches, small and large toolboxes, mancala games, and chicken nesting boxes made by the kids in Ranch shop classes will also be available to purchase.
KC Council 9906 will be hosting a Sunday breakfast May 19th at St. Leos Catholic Church in Minot. Serving fresh baked Carmel rolls, pancakes, sausage, and scrambled eggs. Free will offering accepted. Serving from 8;30am to 12:30pm - proceeds to benefit vocations in trainign.
When it comes to our military families, the Minot Public School Foundation and iHeart Media Minot wants to help our local school age children ease the transition of their military mom or dad who may be gone on assignment, and with your help we can make that happen with a pillow like doll of their parent to hug, hold and to be there when their mom or dad can't be. To help with our "Hug A Hero" campaign visit the Minot public School Foundation at Two Fifteen Second Street to make a donation and to find out how you can help.
The Minot Lions Club annual "Dining In The Dark" is Friday, May 17th @5:30 at Minot State University. Tickets are $60 with proceeds benefitting the North Dakota Association of the Blind and the Minot Lions Club Vision assistance program. - enjoy a 4 course meal blind folded.. to purchase tickets head to www.minotlions.com
Dakota Pro Musica presents a special Mother's Day weekend concert to celebrate some of the "Favorite Things" mothers love. The concert will feature the funny and enjoyable "Coffee Cantata" of J.S. Bach, songs about children, flowers, beautiful things, loving ourselves and others! The concert will be varied, enjoyable, and beautiful! this concert will be Saturday, May 11th at 5pm First Lutheran Church in Minot.
The Friends of the Minot Public Library spring book sale is here! This is a free-will offering sale. Take what you want, give what you can. All proceeds will go to the Friends of the Library, whose aim it is to help the Minot Public Library. The sale will take place Thursday, May 9th 9:00am-7:30pm and Friday, May 10th 10:00am-4:30pm.
Beginning May 13th, Minot Central Dispatch will begin running regularly scheduled audible tests for the Minot Area Outdoor Warning System as well as the Sirens within Ward County. These tests will be run on the second and last Monday of each month at 9:30 AM. The audible tests will continue through the summer months and are scheduled to conclude in October.
Join Minot parks and their park guide as they take you on a stroll on one of Minot's Trails. On each walk, we will highlight the different flora, fauna, and natural landscapes unique to each trail.
May 21 - Bison Plant Trail @ 6:00 pm
June 11 – Woodland Trail @ 6:00 pm
July 23 – Outdoor Family Recreation Area @ 6:00 pm