[MN-at-Large] Metro chapter grocery bagging fundraiser, and how you can help make it a success.

[David Andrews]

>
>Hello fellow Federationists, I hope this message 
>finds you all well and enjoying this beautiful 
>weather.  This Saturday, the Metro Chapter is 
>holding a grocery bagging fundraiser at Cubb in 
>Plymouth.  Not only is this an opportunity to 
>raise funds for our chapter, but it’s a great 
>opportunity for us to get out in the community, 
>to meet people, and to show that blindness 
>doesn’t mean a lack of independence.  Now I 
>already know what you’re thinking: How can I 
>help?  We have a table, we have chairs, we will 
>have some activities and information to educate 
>people about blindness, the only last thing we 
>need to make this grocery bagging fundraiser a 
>smashing success is, well, people to do the 
>actual grocery bagging.  If you are available 
>this Saturday, for any two hour block between 
>10:00 AM and 3:00 PM and would like to help out, 
>I’d love to hear from you: you can Email me at 
>steve at sawczyn.com or you can call/text (207) 
>458-8270.  But wait! If you’re reading this 
>and thinking, gosh, I’d love to help, but 
>I’m not the most confident grocery bagger the 
>TwinCities has ever seen, don’t let that stop 
>you because our own awesome Debbie Hobson has 
>offered to provide some Zoom training on the 
>do’s and don’ts of proper, efficient, and 
>effective grocery bagging, this Friday, at 3:00 PM.
>So, just to recap:
>    * The Metro Chapter is conducting a grocery 
> bagging fundraiser, this Saturday, at Cubb, 
> located at 3550 Vicksburg LN Plymouth MN 55447.
>    * We’re looking for people who are willing 
> to help with the actual grocery bagging, and 
> also for people who might be interested in 
> helping with education and other activities at our table.
>    * Anyone interested and willing to help out 
> should please contact me either by Email: 
> Steve at Sawczyn.com or call/text: (207) 458-8270.
>    * Whether you’re able to help out with 
> this fundraiser or not, you also have an 
> opportunity to learn more about the right and 
> most efficient way to bag groceries as well as 
> things to avoid, this Friday, at 3:00 PM, Zoom 
> info to follow in a separate Email.
>
>As always, if you have any questions, thoughts, 
>or if you just want to say hello, please feel 
>free to reach out as I’d be glad to hear from you.
>
>Thanks, I look forward to reporting on our 
>grocery bagging fundraiser to the chapter at our up-coming May meeting.
>
>Steve S.
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