10a. Cinnamon Bun Day Funding Request Staff Report
Date of Meeting: September 17, 2024
For: Honorable Mayor and Council
From: Kyle Morell, City Administrator
Subject: Scandia’s Cinnamon Bun Day
Background:
Gammelgarden and the Lions Club are asking the City to contribute $350 towards the seventh
annual Cinnamon Bun Day, scheduled for Friday, October 4, from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. Volunteer
labor will distribute cinnamon buns to passenger vehicles at the intersection of Olinda Trail and
Oakhill Road to local businesses, teachers and staff at the elementary school, and seniors living at
The Cottages.
Fiscal Impact:
The City has contributed to this event in previous years and made payments from the EDA Fund.
Options:
1) Approve the request for $350 to support Cinnamon Bun Day
2) Deny a request for funding for Cinnamon Bun Day
Recommendation:
Option 1
Attachments:
Lions Funding Request
Scandia’s Cinnamon Bun Day
Friday, October 4, 2024
To celebrate the Swedish traditfon of Cinnamon Bun Day, we respectiully request
funding of $350 from Scandia’s City Council. This will be the seventh year of this
much-loved event started by Lynne Moratzka, Christfne Maefsky and Lynnette
Welsch. Funding is also being requested from the Scandia-Marine Lions and
Gammlegården Museum. The funding will purchase 600 frozen, raw cinnamon
buns, bags, and labels acknowledging all contributors. All labor will be volunteer.
The cinnamon buns will be handed out to passengers in vehicles at the
intersectfon of Oakhill Road and Olinda Trail on October 4 from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m.
They will also be taken to local businesses, the teachers and staff at Scandia
Elementary School, and seniors living at The Cottages.
Respectiully yours,
Lynne Moratzka, Ann Rinkenberger, Patti Ray