May Give Announcement

Our May give is to help Grandma with her yard and spring cleaning her house for spring/summer. Here is a list that she gave me as to what needs done. Grandma will supply everything needed for each job- she just needs the labor done. If you are interested in helping with any of the following jobs, please let her know what you can do and when you can do it. She would prefer that over all of us showing up at once and tripping over each other.

Outside:

The maple tree needs trimmed (if it is unsafe for us to do, she will hire it done)

The lawn needs fertilized

She needs a new pipe put in along her driveway (She said the Stapelman family has already begun this job and will most likely be the ones to finish it)

Inside:

The living room needs painted

The living room and bedroom curtains need to be taken down, washed, and rehung

The kitchen and laundry room walls need wiped down

The kitchen cupboards need to have a new coat of verathane (excuse me if that is misspelled!)

The mugs in the kitchen need taken down, washed, and put back

There may be a few other items added as grandma may notice more things along the way!

Thanks for all your help and we'll see everyone soon!

March Give Photos

Here is a picture of the pile of gifts that everyone donated for the Battered Women's Shelter. When I dropped the items off, it took me about ten trips to get it all in there! They were so grateful and I know everything will be put to good use!

The shower was held on Grandma's birthday! (on purpose!) Grandma got a phone call while we were there and whomever was on the other end of the phone asked if she was having company for her birthday. She said,"I have company, but for another reason, not my birthday!" Too funny! She just thought it was a coincidence that we were all there for a shower on the same day as her birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GRANDMA! You're the best!

This jar of safety pins was for the game that we played. As people got to the shower, they were able to guess how many pins in the jar. I can't remember the exact total but somewhere around 350, I think. The winners were:

1st: Doris Jensen

2nd: Merlynn Graf

3rd: Chelsey Jones

4th: Sean Ahern

A big thank you for all that participated and especially for those that helped with the food!