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Know when, what, and where to have fun

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Wednesday, May 19th, 7 PM.
Music Guild
Host: Michelle King

1219 E Jefferson St.

Theme: Outsiders: Song From or About People that Don't Fit In.

Weather permitting, we'll be in the back yard. Otherwise, we'll be in the basement. In either case, come to the backyard/backdoor.

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Thursday, May 20th, 7 PM.
Mystery Book Club
Book: “Mexican Gothic” by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.
Host: Jen Johnson \ jensincjohnson@gmail.com
Meets every 3rd Thursday of the month.

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Saturday, May 22nd, 10 AM
Outdoor Story Time
Location: Oakland Elementary School Playground.

Weather permitting

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Tuesday, May 25th, 7 PM.
Washington Street Book Club
Book: "The Woman Who Smashed Codes" by Jason Fagone
Host: Rochelle Gridley \ rochellegridley@gmail.com

Location: Outdoors, on the patio.
Usually meets every 4th Tuesday of the month.

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Sunday, May 30th, 5:30 PM

Euchre Night

Host: Leisa Barbour
108 Fairview

Baseball Theme. Wear your favorite team’s gear and bring food and drink you would get in the stands. Leisa will provide a box of cracker jacks for each of us.

This event uses SignUp Genius. To be included: Contact .

Limited to 16 people.

Due to COVID

- We will be playing outside.

- Bring snacks only for yourself.

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Thursday, June 3rd, 7 PM

Quarterly Meeting & Garage Sale Sign Pickup.

Location: Centennial Christian Church.

1219 E Grove St.
The charge is $4 for use of yard sign, place on map, listing of up to 5 items/categories, stack of maps and electronic copy to share.
If you have questions about the garage sale, contact Matt Lollar at: lollarmatt@hotmail.com

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Friday, June 4th, Recommended times: 8 AM to 2 PM.
FGNA Garage Sale.

Times are at the sellers’ discretion.

Saturday, June 5th, Recommended Times: 8 AM to 2 PM
FGNA Garage Sale.

Times are at the sellers’ discretion.

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Friday, June 11th, 7 PM
Monthly Happy Hour (FriYaY)

Host: To be decided.

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Thursday, June 17th, 7 PM.
Mystery Book Club
Book: “Iron Lake” by William Kent Krueger.
Host: Jen Johnson \ jensincjohnson@gmail.com
Meets every 3rd Thursday of the month.

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Saturday, June 19th, 2 to dark

FGNA Summer Solstice

Host: Matt Lollar, 1304 E Grove. St

More information to come.

Tuesday, June 22nd, 7 PM.
Washington Street Book Club
Book: "The Vanishing Half" by Brit Bennett
Host: Rochelle Gridley \ rochellegridley@gmail.com

Location: Outdoors, on the patio.
Usually meets every 4th Tuesday of the month.

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Saturday, June 26th, 10 AM
Outdoor Story Time
Location: Oakland Elementary School Playground.

Weather permitting

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Sunday, June 27th, 5:30 PM

Euchre Night

Host: Sue Anderson
1922 E Jackson St.

This event uses SignUp Genius. To be included: Contact .

Limited to 16 people.

Due to COVID

- Some of the tables will be on the back porch.

- Bring snacks only for yourself.

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Sunday, July 4th, 9 AM

Fourth of July Parade!!! 
Location: Meet at the corner of Grove and Woodland
Decorate your bikes, wagons, strollers, and pets!
Please feel free to wear costumes

This year we will not be gathering afterwards.​

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Friday, July 9th, 7 PM

Monthly Happy Hour (FriYaY)

Host: To be decided.

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Thursday, July 15th, 7 PM.
Mystery Book Club
Book: “Deal Breaker” by Harlan Coben.
Host: Jen Johnson \ jensincjohnson@gmail.com
Meets every 3rd Thursday of the month.

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Saturday, July 24th, 10 AM
Outdoor Story Time
Location: Oakland Elementary School Playground.

Weather permitting

Tuesday, July 27th, 7 PM.
Washington Street Book Club
Book: "The Color of Law -- Forgotten History of how our Government Segregated America" by Richard Rothstein.
Host: Rochelle Gridley \ rochellegridley@gmail.com

Location: Outdoors, on the patio.
Usually meets every 4th Tuesday of the month.

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Friday, August 13th, 7 PM

Monthly Happy Hour (FriYaY)

Host: To be decided.​

Prez on the Edge

FGNA Quarterly Meeting

Come make a pinch pot outdoors!!

The FGNA Quarterly meeting will be held in the Centennial Christian Church parking lot on Thursday, June 3rd at 7 PM. Bring a chair if you wish to sit.

Erin Furimsky will be the guest speaker. Erin leads a weekly ceramic class at the McLean County Arts Center. Erin will be talking about her Craft Takeout Package. Following the presentation, attendees can make a pinch pot which Erin will fire. Erin will provide all the supplies and tools needed for the project. Attendees can pick up their pot after 7 days.

The cost is $12 per person and is limited to 20 people. Children are welcome. An RSVP is necessary. Email FGNABloomington@gmail.com to reserve a spot.

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FGNA Swag Available
FGNA Bandanas --- $8
Recyclable Shopping Bags --- $3 each or 2 for $5
Koozies --- $2
FGNA 2021 Calendar --- 2 for $5 
Hoodies --- $20 (limited supply)
Contact Todd at tnt98@comcast.net if you want to purchase FGNA swag.

Rules of Facebook Group Engagement

The FGNA Facebook page is intended to be a family-friendly community where the FGNA Board and neighbors can interact about the Founders’ Grove neighborhood & the Bloomington-Normal community.

It’s important to note that postings to the FGNA page are not representative of the opinions of the FGNA Board, nor do we confirm their accuracy.

As part of our commitment to you, we’ll do our best to ensure the postings on our page are in line with FGNA’s family-friendly intentions. The FGNA board requests that Facebook group members treat each other with mutual respect. FGNA expects that users will not post content that falls into the following categories and reserves the right to remove postings and/or ban users who are:

- Abusive, attacking, defamatory, or obscene
- Fraudulent, deceptive, or misleading
- In violation of any law or regulation
- Excessively repetitive
- Otherwise offensive
- Posting overtly partisan political endorsement and/or opposition content (FGNA is a non-partisan organization)

If you are banned from commenting on this page, you may appeal the decision or inquire about the status of your account to the FGNA Board by emailing fgnabloomington@gmail.com. The Board will review appeals quarterly. To this same address, you may also request to check content for acceptability prior to posting.

NOTES:
- While residents are welcome to advertise services they provide (pet sitting, lawn care, wood refinishing, etc.), we ask that these posts be limited to one post per month. Repetitive posts will be removed. This page is not intended to be used for commercial advertising.

- By request, FGNA will post homes that are for sale within the FGNA boundaries; we limit these posts to one per sale. If a home’s price changes by $2,500+, we will post the home a second time, also by request.

DISCLAIMER: 
In addition to the rights that you grant to Facebook, you grant FGNA a royalty-free license to use your content in any manner without any obligation to you.

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