Tuesday, July 30, 2019

The Dweebs Concert is 5 days away!

We have witnessed many slow boaters this past week, driving past the banner at the concert location. Thanks to those of you who have given a shout "We'll be there!" when you see the homeowner outside (with me, maybe drinking wine?) HA! Please remember this is a community building event that really showcases the generosity of our neighborhood. If you haven't donated yet, here's a reminder on how you can do so. 1. If you want to use a credit card, please use our PayPal Money Pool at the following: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8gL1EXNFpq 2 Write a check directly to: Valley Outreach and mail it to or drop it off at: Julie Andrich at 12325 Otchipwe Ave, Stillwater, MN 55082 *Please write Carnelian Cares in the memo line* 3. Donate online directly to Valley Outreach. PLEASE make sure you include "Carnelian Cares" in the notes section of your donation so we can track the donation total of our event. http://valleyoutreachmn.org/monetary_donations.aspx 4. Donate in cash by dropping a well marked envelope at Julie’s home at 12325 Otchipwe Ave. Or send her a text to arrange end-of-dock pickup most evenings prior to the event. (612) 325-7902. 5. Bring cash/checks on the day of the concert. We don't have a roaming kayaker this year yet. But we will figure something out. Let this encourage you to donate in any of the ways above. I can't mention enough how grateful we are to the sponsors of this event: Lynskey & Clark (The Clarks) Morrow Partners (The Nelsons) John K and Margaret A Ogren Foundation (The Ogrens) MFC Properties (The Millers) Cornerstone Surveying (The Thurmes') Performance Pool (The Pearsons) OSI Physical Therapy (The Ripleys) The forecast is looking good so far. Keep your fingers crossed and your prayers said. I'll send one more reminder / update on Friday.

Thursday, July 25, 2019

Concert update - ways to donate

Our Lake Concert banner is up at the location where the concert will be held again this year. 

Please remember, this is an "ANCHOR UP" event - there is no public access to the property - only the band and the home owners family allowed on shore. 

Reminder - the upfront cost for the Dweebs has been donated generously by Big Carnelian business owners. Please thank these folks for giving us the opportunity to maximize our fund raising by sponsoring this event.

Our huge thanks to:

Lynskey & Clark (The Clarks)
Morrow Partners (The Nelsons)
John K and Margaret A Ogren Foundation (The Ogrens)
MFC Properties (The Millers)
Cornerstone Surveying (The Thurmes')
Performance Pool (The Pearsons)
OSI Physical Therapy (The Ripleys)

Because of the generous corporate sponsorship, 100% of your donations will go DIRECTLY to Valley Outreach. Please give generously in one of the following ways. We have listed them in order of ease:

1. If you want to use a credit card, please use our PayPal Money Pool at the following: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8gL1EXNFpq

2 Write a check directly to: Valley Outreach and mail it to or drop it off at: Julie Andrich at 12325 Otchipwe Ave, Stillwater, MN 55082 *Please write Carnelian Cares in the memo line*

3. Donate online directly to Valley Outreach. PLEASE make sure you include "Carnelian Cares" in the notes section of your donation so we can track the donation total of our event. http://valleyoutreachmn.org/monetary_donations.aspx

4. Donate in cash by dropping a well marked envelope at Julie’s home at 12325 Otchipwe Ave. Or send her a text to arrange end-of-dock pickup most evenings prior to the event. (612) 325-7902.

5. Bring cash/checks on the day of the concert. We don't have a roaming kayaker this year yet. But we will figure something out. Let this encourage you to donate in any of the ways above.

Reminder: The Concert is Sunday 8/4 RAIN OR SHINE from 2:00-5:00pm. 

Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Full Corporate Sponsorship Achieved

We have some exciting news for our upcoming concert!

We have reached FULL Corporate sponsorship of our event.  The following local residents and business owners have joined forces to cover the full cost of the band so that ALL of our donations will go straight to Valley Outreach.  Please consider these local businesses when you are in need of their services (and thank them when you see them out on the lake):

*Lynskey & Clark Real Estate
*Cornerstone Land Surveying
*OSI Physical Therapy
*Performance Pool & Spa
*MFC Properties (commercial real estate)
*John K and Margaret A Ogren Foundation
*Anonymous

There will be another announcement next week on HOW you can give.  We will have multiple ways of giving to Valley Outreach.  While they are most notably known for their food shelf efforts in the Valley, they provide other services as well.  If you want to know more about their organization, please visit:  www.valleyoutreachmn.org

The weather is HOT!  The water is WARM!  Let's continue to turn up the heat and make this our best year ever and give generously to Valley Outreach who has served our community for 35 years.