Events

Meet Dom Tapplin, community manager at Longship at Viking Lakes, and tour the collaborative working spaces.  

Stephanie Eliston, owner of The Steady Elevation, is a Certified Professional Coach with over eleven years dedicated to engaging individuals and increasing self-awareness. The Steady Elevation program is strategically designed to up-level your consciousness, and get you to an empowered and confident energy when realigning with goals and potenial.

Storm Creek makes Better Product for the Greater Good. From recycled fabrics, to mindful tailoring to fine details, they weave sustainability and innovation into everything they do. They're note your ordinary clothing brand, they're building something better.

The Hope Chest for Breast Cancer Foundation has been a source of hope for local breast cancer patients and their families since 2001.
Every other minute in this country, a person hears the devastating words: “You have breast cancer.”  The time and costs associated with medical care are just the beginning – Hope Chest is here to help with everything else. They believe that no one should be left homeless or financially devastated by this terrible disease. 

Anna Williams is an ISD 196 School Board Member and a Principal Consultant at TB Williams Consulting.
TB Williams Consulting is a full service Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) firm focused on helping organizations and leaders identify and build diversity, equity, and inclusion capacity for themselves, within their teams and in the organization's marketplace.

Hear from Interact students, Misa and Lilly, about their experience at Rotary's Camp Enterprise. 

Paper Products Donation Day! Collecting size 5 diapers, toilet paper, tampons, and pads.

Kids 'n Kinship provides friendships and positive role models to children and youth ages 5 to 16 who are in need of an additional supportive relationship with an adult. Silas Means, Jr is a Recruitment Coordinator for Kids 'n Kindship.

Kick-Start will not meet on Thursday, Mar 21 and instead encourages members to attend the Eagan State of the City event hosted by the Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce at The Landing - Thomson Reuters new Eagan headquarters - located at 2900 Ames Crossing.
Doors open (light refreshments): 7:30am 
Program begins: 8am
Program concludes: 9am 
No-cost registration is required. Register HERE.
 

With over 17 years of experience in nonprofit management, Anne Elliott-Thul is a strategic leader with expertise in fundraising, volunteer engagement, events, and project management. She is currently the Senior Manager of Volunteer Operations at Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity, a renowned organization that provides affordable homeownership opportunities to low-income families and communities.

Founder of Chip's Pickleball Club, a 12-court indoor club in Eagan. He seeks to bring people together to build community and promote active lifestyles and is focused on helping others become the best versions of themselves.

As an all volunteer nonprofit chapter of an international organization, the Twin Cities South chapter of Sleep In Heavenly Peace (SHP) joyfully builds and delivers beds to kids 3-17 that are sleeping on the floor and in other uncomfortable situations. They are locally funded by organizations and individuals, receive support from local volunteers to build and deliver beds, and serve kids in portions of Dakota and Scott counties. Beds are assembled in the child's sleeping area and come with mattress, pillow and bedding so they are sleep ready the same day.

We will be collecting new twin sized bedding sets for this organization (in partnership with the Eagan Interact Club) so please conder bringing a donation to this meeting.

Wallie Kuchinski has been on board all 15 seasons of the Glenn Caruso era, guided a defense that earned a reputation among Division III's best and quickly placed it as one of the best in Division I FCS. His defensive athletes received 15 All-America honors in the last 11 seasons.

Trainer, speaker, conference facilitator… Jody Janati has an Ed.D. degree in Organizational Leadership, and a M.A. degree in Speech Communication. She currently teaches in the Communication Studies Department at the University of Minnesota. She offers a variety of public and professional workshops on conflict reduction tactics and effective communication skills throughout the year. During her academic career she has held a number of administrative positions in higher education, taught for various colleges in the Twin Cities metro area and authored four books.

Mobile Lunch Box Snack Pack Packing.