# Event Details

- **Event Name**: SPECIAL SPEAKER - Homeschool Support / Help / Encouragement February Meeting + APPLEBEE's SOCIAL
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 17 Feb, 2026 at 06:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Join us for our February meeting.  

Special Guest, Jen Alger, Blandin Foundation Scholarship Program Manager and local homeschooling mom, will join us for our February meeting to discuss navigating higher education, financial aid, and scholarship opportunities.

Whether you are thinking about how to make sure your student is prepared for higher ed or wanting to understand how to help pay for college, Jen has practical knowledge that can help you along the way.

We are also opening this to teenage homeschoolers and homeschool graduates who are in a gap year type of scenario, who are thinking about attending a college program.

DON'T MISS THIS EVENT - JEN KNOWS SO MUCH ABOUT HOW TO GET YOUR COLLEGE PAID FOR AND FUNDED - SAVE MONEY!!  EVEN IF YOU HAVE LITTLES, COME AND LEARN WITH US!  

We will plan to head to Applebee's promptly @ 8:45pm with our teens for an after-meeting social of 1/2 price appetizers (9pm-Close).  We will plan a table for teens and one for parents to visit.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/grand-rapids/special-speaker-homeschool-support-help-encouragement-february-meeting-applebees-social/200029638030022
- **Event Categories**: meetups
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 6

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029638030022?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=grand+rapids-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Grand Rapids
- **state**: MN
- **country**: United States
- **location**: St. Luke's Lutheran Church - Grand Rapids, MN
- **lat**: 47.220675713408
- **long**: -93.542774319649
- **full address**: St. Luke's Lutheran Church - Grand Rapids, MN, 1112 Golf Course Road,Grand Rapids, Minnesota, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Jenny McFadden (https://allevents.in/org/jenny-mcfadden/20415275)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tue, 17 Feb, 2026 at 06:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** St. Luke's Lutheran Church - Grand Rapids, MN, 1112 Golf Course Road,Grand Rapids, Minnesota, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Jenny McFadden
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** meetups
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about SPECIAL SPEAKER - Homeschool Support / Help / Encouragement February Meeting + APPLEBEE's SOCIAL ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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