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<br />--,r <br />II <br />i <br /> <br />.~~~:1 <br />~arin3 <br /> <br />Various Comments Received from Volunteers, <br />Site Leaders and Charity Sites <br /> <br />"The energy and passion thaI everyone demonstrated was Iruly heart- <br />warming. I am proud to work with a group of people that sa unselfishly help <br />others in need," said Kraig McEwen, Senior Vice President <br /> <br />"At Family oneJ Children's ServIces we wer8 oole 10 pe1l11! liv8 roonl~ ond 0 hallway with only StVe" <br />volunteero. We were really obie to COfY1e together to gel tile lob done," said Nicole Aasen Senior Pre- <br />Clinical Research Engineer. <br />"My favorite port of my project. which was organizing clothing for ARC Value Village was seeing 011 <br />the shoppers come in and leave in delight. We put 0 lot of effort into what we were doing and were enjoy- <br />ing ourselves so much that we dion't wont to stop at the end of the day," said Jane Marcucci. Documen- <br />tallon Associate II. <br />"The 31 person team that I was part of attacked an overgrown hillside approximalely sixty feet long <br />and twenty feet wide at the bock of the corporate headquarters in Minnetonka. Please feel free to picture <br />the sight of forty engineers, techs, managers. maintenance and support staff covered in sweat and hock- <br />ing away at evergreen vines and root clusters with 011 manner of sharp, pointy objects you can think of. <br />As we stood at the top of the hill in the marning, it looked like a huge jab. Justlhree hours later the <br />overgrowth hod been brushed oul, raked off, and the entire space recovered with four inches of mulch. <br />One roll-off dumpster was mounded high with yard waste: that's approximately 1.5 tons! A handrail was <br />sanded, primed, and repainted. Several frogs were also rescued and moved to the side of the property. <br />What a great way to give bock to our community. What a great way 10 develop a team - with shorp ob- <br />jects", said Linda Lavine, Supply Quality Coordinator. <br /> <br />I':::: '1- -. Ifl=., '.11- .~ <br /> <br />~, <br /> <br />If' <br /> <br />'I, "It <br /> <br />, ] <br /> <br />-' t; 0:7' i . <br /> <br />1 ~ ,-,if i~'-: -/1.. <br /> <br />Mory Bachman at Catholic Charities: "our team that come to Northside Child Development Cen- <br />ter was the model volunteer group, so organized. punctual and hit fhe ground running and ready to work". <br />Braokstyn Wallace from Arc: "lhe POSSIS group accomplished a trer'lendous omo' lilt of work 011 Fri <br />day. reolly helped with every mpect Nithin Arc Irop! sorting clonotions, to 1099inO and pricing, to mer <br />chondising and the list goes on - Itlp supervisor in charge 1110t day NOS trYing to list every tiling they did ono <br />.hOd to keep adding items to the list and wos Just amazed 01 how muny lhings they were able to accom- <br />plish in the flours they were there! ' <br />Aeon: '" visited this group as they were concluding their project at The ContinentaL They were fin- <br />ishing up the Bingo Game. cleaning up after their delicious Spaghetti lunch and packing the leftovers inlo <br />packages for residents to lake bock to their apartment for another meaL I sow many happy residents re- <br />lurning 10 their apartments with the 5i=<cghet~j dinner thet \.....05 prepared for them by th.,. Possis Volunteers". <br />Brigid McSherry, at Opportunity Portners: "They were fabulous, they were well organized. self- <br />directed. skilled and worked so hard tram the minute they orrived until they completed their jobs. They <br />were absolutely wonderful"! <br /> <br />Molly Duncan. Project fOI Pride in Living, Ine. "The project went VCry '/yell! The group from Pass!> <br />wos very enlhltsiostic! We kicked up so much dust Ihot we set ott the fire alarm in the building. Possis took <br />some great pictures with Ihe firemen. The ur,derground qoroge wos ::Ieoned very Nell. Ii Po,sis wonts to <br />come bock Ihey ore more than welCOMe. Thanks for senaing such 0 great group"! <br />Margie at YMCA in a thank you note to Deb Kozak: "You and '{our team did amazing work at <br />Camp Guy RobinsonLWe ore off to 0 great start nexl season, thanks to you all"! <br /> <br />. We want your feedback 011 Day of Caring: Watch your ema [llur an upcoming SUClocy. Tell us what you liked. \\hat you <br />didn'r J'i/.ie. wha![ yell would like no see done beller next year. elL When you recei\.c tbe sun.'cy. pkase take Ihe lime 10 partici- <br />pale. Your tH[l1l1 will hel[l us make iJ'tlpro\'cmenls for Ihe next Day of Caring! 111ank You! <br /> <br />5 <br />