How-To Festival
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,340
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient Type
Libraries
Status
Completed
Start Date
April 2015
End Date
April 2015
Activity Type
Education/Outreach/Engagement
Counties Affected
Watonwan
Project Overview
This community-based interactive learning festival offered presentations held in various areas of the library. This festival allowed people to quickly develop skills they would normally not seek out, sample new ideas, and enhance community spirit. This was our third year hosting this event.
Actual Schedule:
10:30 am
Chainsaw Carving Dwight Wiens
Tie-Dying T-Shirts Jon Gilfillan
Felted Knitting Carole Friesen
Microwave Lava Cake Teri Malakowsky
11:10 am
Chainsaw Carving Dwight Wiens
Decorate for 2015 Jean Solheid
Make Beer Tim Knutson
Disguise Vegetables Melissa Haseman
11:50 am
Make a Straw Bale Garden Tim Nelson
Make Beer Tim Knutson
Make a Shawl with Triangle Weaving Sandi Benge
Make Puerco Con Calabaza/Pork with Zucchini Cristina Campos
12:30
Invest Tim Nelson
Peg Loom Sandi Benge
Decorate with Mason Jars Susan Duchene
Dessert from Encore Café (Puff Pastry) Heather Wentzel
Project Details
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Competitive Grant Making Body
Project Details: 2015 Fiscal Year
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota for 2013 Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 4
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,340
Other Funds Leveraged
$702
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
Participants will learn at least one new skill.
Participants will feel an increase in community spirit.
Participants will have a positive library memory.
Measurable Outcome(s)
64 evaluations were completed and returned.
Did you learn a new skill? 62 Yes 1 No 1No Answer
Did you enjoy today’s Festival? 63 Yes 0 No 1 No Answer
Do you feel a sense of community pride after learning skills from people around the St. James area?
63 Yes 0 No 1 No Answer
Have you ever attended a library program before? 49 Yes 15 No
Source of Additional Funds
Watonwan County Library, Area businesses and newspapers, Friends of the Library, Presenters
Project Manager
First Name
Dayle
Last Name
Zelenka
Organization Name
Traverse des Sioux Library Cooperative
Street Address
1400 Madison Avenue, Suite 622
City
Mankato
State
MN
Zip Code
56002-5488
Phone
507-625-6169
Email
dzelen@tds.lib.mn.us
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