Finger Lakes Finns - About Finger Lakes Finns, Organization, and Activities

2025 Events - Meetings are held on the third Sunday of most months, 1pm, Newfield Fire Hall, 77 Main Street, New York, unless another location is listed.

January 19, Learning and playing one of Finland's most popular card games - Ristiseiska (Club Seven)
February 16, Building a Boat Sauna by Rob Licht of Rob Licht Custom Saunas
March 16, The Annual Finnish Trivia event, created by Master of Ceremonies Rod Sunderlin.
April 27, Bobbin Lace - Presentation on the history of bobbin lace in Europe and how the art took hold in her hometown of Rauma, Finland. By Maija DeRoche with a hands-on demonstration.
May 18, Eero Kilpi on "Sauna Lost in Translation: Restoring Finnishness to a Global Tradition" Funded in part by Tompkins County Toursim and the National Finlandia Foundation.
June 21 – 5pm Juhannus at Keturi’s Green Acres. Saturday (not a 3rd Sunday) dish-to-share meal, awards to 2024 scholarship winners, outdoor games, music
July 20 – Picnic at North Van Etten Church 1pm dish-to-share lunch, music
August – No meeting
September 21, Public dance with popular Trumansburg band TOIVO with traditional Finnish dance music and swing, country, and blues.

October 19, 1pm dish-to-share lunch, brief business meeting,followed by 2pm discussion and slide show of travels in Finland.

There will be a map of Finland and pins so you can mark where your Finnish ancestors are from. Finland is saunas, birch forests, and traditional dancers and also reindeer farms, rising land due to melting glaciers, technology innovations, with over 800 miles of border with Russia.

Newfield Fire Hall

77 Main Street

Newfield, New York 14867

Everyone welcome

We all love to meet new people. Bring friends or family members. Everyone is welcome!
Interested in Finnish and Nordic cultures? Members of the community at large are always welcome at our events. Just show up!

Please Bring

A generous dish to share and a serving utensil if appropriate. It is helpful if you label your dish and include a list of ingredients
Coffee provided
Also, help us reduce waste by bringing your own place setting and coffee mug
Some cash for the donation gourds donation and for raffle tickets would be appreciated

November 16, Annual Meeting and Election of Officers. Turkey provided - bring a side dish or dessert
December 21, Holiday Meeting Details may include optional gift exchange, music, make small centerpieces with greens supplied. Ham provided - bring a side dish or dessert

About Finger Lakes Finns, Organization, and Activities.

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The Finger Lakes Finns is a New York State 501(c)3, not-for-profit, charitable organization or club, dedicated to the heritage of Finnish-Americans in the southern Finger Lakes region including the rural areas around Spencer, Van Etten, Newfield, Ithaca, Danby, Trumansburg, and Interlaken.

More information about the Finger Lakes Finns
Finger Lakes Finns History 1968-2018 by Richard Koski, revised September 2020
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Membership dues: Annual dues are ten dollars ($10) per year/individual, payable to "Finger Lakes Finns" and sent to the FLF Membership Registrar. Payment may be made at any time during the year, but covers membership only for the remainder of that calendar year. Membership year begins in January. Members joining during November or December extend membership for the next full year.

Send address changes, or membership checks or money orders payable to Finger Lakes Finns, to:

Finger Lakes Finns
c/o Katrina Mackey PO Box 54 Jacksonville NY 14854-005

Other correspondence should be directed to:

Finger Lakes Finns
P.O. Box 72
Newfield, NY 14867

Finger Lakes Finns President:

Susan Rautine [srautine@htva.net]