North news briefs: Family Night Fun Float is coming in Brooklyn Park

Family Night Fun Float is coming on FridayThe Brooklyn Center Community Center will hold another TGIF Family Night Fun Float from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday.

All are invited to bring their favorite floats to the pool: inner tubes, air mattresses, noodles, beach balls, floating animals. General admission rates apply.

The center is located at 6301 Shingle Creek Pkwy. in Brooklyn Center. For further information, call 763-569-3400.

Saturday event will mark city's diversityThe "many faces of Brooklyn Park" will be celebrated from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Community Activity Center.

The event, featuring food, music, dancing and other activities, is intended to educate people, provide resources and otherwise mark the city's diverse cultures.

The center is located at 5600 85th Av. N.

Kids' car seat program for low-income familiesThe Coon Rapids police and fire departments will be distributing child passenger seats to low-income residents of Coon Rapids during two programs, one on Thursday and the other on Feb. 16.

The second will deal with infant/toddler seats for children under age 4 and under 40 pounds. That will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Feb. 16.

The program is for low-income residents, and participation is by appointment only. No walk-ins will be accepted.

For an appointment or further information, contact officer Desiree Toninato at 763-767-6488 or Toninato@coon rapidsmn.gov.

The programs are made possible by a grant from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety and will be offered at the Coon Rapids Police Department on Robinson Drive.

Free tax service will be offeredFree help with taxes will be available on Tuesdays and Wednesdays through April 11 for senior citizens, disabled adults and families with low to moderate incomes.

Cancer support group will meet todayA free prostate cancer support group will meet at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at North Memorial Outpatient Center, 3435 W. Broadway, Robbinsdale.

Jeremy Bell will discuss an advanced biopsy procedure for the prostate gland.

Refreshments will be served, and wives and friends are welcome. For more information, call 612-388-3588.

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'Polar Bear Plunge' scheduled for Feb. 11Anoka County will take part in the "Special Olympics Minnesota Polar Bear Plunge" on Saturday, Feb. 11, holding a plunge at Crooked Lake in Coon Rapids.

The Crooked Lake plunge will begin at 1 p.m. Participants and spectators will be able to take free shuttle buses to the site from Andover Lanes in Andover and Broadway Pizza in Coon Rapids, starting at 11 a.m. The shuttles will return to those sites after the plunge.