3rd Annual Bag Toss for the Red Cross

For local readers of this blog I have some news for you.
The South Central Minnesota Chapter of the American Red Cross will be holding it's Third Annual Bag Toss event on Saturday, August 20th.
We are limiting the event to 128 teams and registrations are now being accepted.
You can register several ways. You may call the Red Cross office at 507-387-6664...or you can follow this link to find a registration form.
Besides great fun, food, hundreds and hundreds of dollars in prizes. we will be having a silent auction.
The event will be held at Ray Erlandson Park near Victory and Main in Mankato.
Here is a link to the Facebook page that gets updated on a regular basis...in fact, almost daily.

Bag Toss for the Red Cross

Last Saturday was a great day for the South Central MN Chapter of the American Red Cross.
We held our 2nd annual event had had 55 teams registered.
Winners, and those who won door prizes, walked away with $2,000.00 in parting gifts.
As promised earlier, I have a few pictures for you.








This fundraising event was possible because of our great volunteers, corporate sponsors and the players!

Busy and more Busy

Last weekend we hooked up the camper and traveled to Walnut Grove, Minnesota. You may recognize that name from the TV show, Little House On The Prairie. Soon I will have some pictures.
I have spent the majority of this week getting ready for the Second Annual Bag Toss for the Red Cross event scheduled for this Saturday.
We should have 64 teams competing for more than $2,000.00 in prizes.
The weather is looking good so everyone should enjoy great music, food and games.....all for the support of our local American Red Cross.

Bag Toss For The Red Cross Update

Saturday, May 2nd we held our inaugural Bag Toss For The Red Cross and it was a huge success.
In a very short amount of time we sold sponsorships, signed up 50 teams, built bean bag game boards, secured a location, advertised, developed a food menu and a hundred other things.

We arrived shortly after 6AM to begin the set up so the games could begin at nine. Here are a few pics and we prepared for the days games.



I wish I had taken more pictures, but we were BUSY! I did get a few of the throwers in action.



I just had to post this picture of Lee. He is one of our three college interns this semester. He just got his butt kicked by a 12 year old.


A great time was had by all....especially those that walked away with cash and other nice parting gifts.

Tune in again soon for another edition of "Now What Are They Doing?"

Bag Toss For The Red Cross

The headline may have you scratching your head or other body parts wondering what the heck I am talking about now.

Here is the scoop.

The South Central MN Chapter of the American Red Cross is holding a bean bag toss competition with proceeds going to help fund local Red Cross programs.

Here is a link to the site with all the information. Red Cross Bag Toss

As I understand it, this is a very competitive game that is very popular for the 20-40 year old age group.

Of course all "throwers" are welcome to attend the event. Food will be available so get a team together and make a day of it.


Tune in again real soon for another edition of "Now What Are They Doing?"