Starting our 9th year! Justice for Jonathan O’Shaughnessy: Adopt a Highway Freeway CLEAN —

This will be Justice for Jonathan O'Shaughnessy's 9th Year of Adopt a Highway cleanups.

This program requests Spring and Fall cleanups with the possibility of a mini Summer checkover. We appreciate everyone who comes to help and remember with us: Jonathan O'Shaughnessy. We honor Remember Jonathan with our many "Pay it Forward" Events.

Saturday April 18, 2026 - meet at 9AM parking lot off Cedar Ave/Hwy 77 & Diagonal Boulevard.

Wear sturdy shoes and long sleeves/pants - we provide the bags and safety vests. We will be cleaning the area from Hwy494/Cedar Ave/Hwy77 to Crosstown Hwy 62..

Bags are left on the side for the Freeway Department to pick up. This event will be posted on FB also - please RSVP there, if you can. Thank you!!

April 2026
Adopt-A-Highway Cleanup

The cleanup will take place on a Saturday in April. The exact date and additional details will be announced.

Tuesday, March 17, 2026
St. Patrick’s Day

Plans for this event are underway. Final details will be confirmed closer to the date and will be dependent on weather conditions.

Monday, February 9, 2026, Time TBD
Jonathan O’Shaughnessy Day & Jonathan’s 33rd Birthday

We will gather at the Memorial Bench located at 64th Street & 4th Avenue. The time of the gathering will be announced.

Attendees are invited to bring non-perishable food donations or contribute to the Jonathan O’Shaughnessy Memorial GoFundMe. All monetary donations directly support the purchase of food items for the Jonathan O’Shaughnessy Food Pantry.

7pm Sunday, December 14, 2025— Please join Justice for Jonathan O’Shaughnessy and families across the globe in a Worldwide Candle Lighting.

Join Justice for Jonathan O’Shaughnessy on Saturday October 11, 2025 from 9am-approximately 11 AM for our annual Highway Cleanup to bring awareness to Jonathan’s case and memory.

Please meet and park at lot off of Diagonal Blvd and Cedar Ave.

EARTH DAY is Saturday April 26; Earth day is a annual event where across the World people demonstrate to support for environmental protection.

Events are coordinated globally in more than 1 billion in 193 countries.

Justice for Jonathan O'Shaughnessy is starting their 8th year with Adopt a Highway; we are now in Richfield; we have Cedar Ave/Hwy 77

from Hwy 494 to Crosstown 62; we walk both sides of the highway picking up the trash that get left behind and wind blown garbage in the fences. 

We provide the safety vests and bags. You - dress warmly and study shoes as we are on the side of the road.

We will start at 9:30am - we meet at Diagonal Blvd & Cedar Ave. there is a parking lot off Cedar Ave - park there.

Come be part of Earth Day by participating with Justice for Jonathan O'Shaughnessy group. Thankyou for your support.

Spring Adopt a Highway Cleanup: Date To Be Determined (STAY TUNED!)

We expect the 2025 parade route to be the same as last year —starting at Rice Park (5th St & Market St) and ending near Mears Park (5th St & Sibley St), traveling along 5th Street.

Where is the best place to park?

We recommend parking in lots & ramps along Kellogg and north of 6th St E. The staging area usually closes each year at 10 am. Then, 5th St E and intersecting roads between 6th St E & 4th St E close at 11 am.

We have participated in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade for many years - we do it in honor of Justice for Jonathan O'Shaughnessy.

This event is weather dependent.

If you'd like to attend with us - please let us know if you'll be participating because if weather is horrible and we just can’t attend we'd love to let you know that we have to cancel ..we'd love to have you though! Thank you!

Sunday Feb. 9, 2025 - Jonathan's 32nd Birthday - Today has been Declared Jonathan O'Shaughnessy Day by The State of Minnesota and the City of Richfield.

We still planning a celebration: cake & gathering - place to be determined. Keep an eye out for UPDATES closer to Jonathan’s Birthday. 

UPDATE: We are sooo close in donations for the tile that remains on the wall - tiles are $600.00 - tiles purchased will be on the wall for the 2025 Minnesota State Fair..  we are very excited to do this to remember Jonathan.  To donate please go to the GoFundMe Jonathan O'Shaughnessy Memorial Page.  Monies currently in the GoFundMe account are for the "reward, helping requests for Christmas, birthdays, school supplies, Jonathan O'Shaughnessy Community Pantry, gift cards, and will be for the MN State Fair Tile."

Thank you to those who have donated!! 

We are still collecting donations for a State Fair Memorial Welcome tile - cost is $600.00 - we are 1/3 of the way ... This tile will be "In Memory of Jonathan O'Shaughnessy;" donations can be done at GoFundMe Jonathan O'Shaughnessy Memorial page thank you 💙🍀

Order your wreath! The order cutoff date is Monday Dec. 2, 2024 - 11:59pm

Saturday Dec. 14th - 11AM is Wreaths Across America Volunteering at Fort Snelling National Cemetery , there is a wonderful program beforehand at 11am—arrive early to find parking!

Sunday Dec. 8th , 2024 - 7pm EVERYWHERE - The Compassionate Friends Worldwide Candle Lighting  

Now believed to be the largest mass candle lighting on the globe, our annual Worldwide Candle Lighting unites bereaved families in remembrance of the children, grandchildren, and siblings who have died and will never be forgotten.

On December 8th at 7 pm local time, families gather to light candles and participate in a special memorial ceremony honoring their beloved child, grandchild, or sibling.

You’re invited to attend one of the hundred formal candle lighting events or participate in quiet remembrance alongside your family at home. Whether with others or in private, you’ll join thousands of families in creating a wave of light to remember the children forever loved and forever missed.

DATE TO BE DETERMINED

Justice for Jonathan O'Shaughnessy Memorial Bench Re-Install

64th and 4th, Richfield, MN

Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024 - 7th Year Adopt a Highway Fall Cleanup - 9:00am -

Justice for Jonathan O'Shaughnessy has the Highway located on Cedar Avenue in Richfield - Hwy 494 to Crosstown 62. We walk along both sides of Highway picking up the garbage that is on the sides of the highway. We provide safety vests and bags - you wear sturdy shoes, pants and long sleeves (sorry yes, even if hot).

This can take 2 hours up to 3 hours depending on the number of people who volunteer. We need at least 10..thankyou!

Meet-Parking is off Cedar Ave. and Diagonal Blvd. - there is a parking lot here... Start time is 9AM.. Great exercise and find interesting items 🙂 thankyou!

Please join us for the 7-year memorial celebration of the life of Jonathan O’Shaughnessy. We will be gathering at the bench in Richfield at 10:30 AM.