Join us! 2025 Mental Health and Wellness Art Gala hosted by the Youth For Change Coalition
When? Wednesday, January 29, 2025 6pm-8pm
Where? Westwood Hills Nature Center – Interpretive Center 8300 W Franklin Ave St. Louis Park, MN 55426
Free and open to the public. Please RSVP here.
About the art competition portion of the gala: 6th – 12th grade youth that live or go to school in St. Louis Park are welcome to compete in the art competition. Additional details and to register to compete here. Registration is due January 22, 2025.
Children First brings the community together to create better outcomes so that every young person in St. Louis Park can thrive. We convene cross-sector initiatives working to change the odds for our children and families.
Dedicated to our mission-driven values.
COMMUNITY
The future of the place we all call home is in good hands when we lift up our kids and help them thrive. And partnerships are at the center of all that we do.
EQUITY
When we say all kids, we mean it. In our community, there should be no gaps in opportunity from one child to the next.
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Children First is proud to lead Park Partnership for Success, a data-informed, cross-sector cradle to career partnership closing the race, ethnicity and poverty opportunity gaps so that all children in St. Louis Park, MN can realize their brilliance.