Fwd: Sun 7/29 Lois Swenson Memorial Celebration - July 29, 3pm at Calvary Lutheran, Golden Valley - please join us and spread the word! | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: patty (pattypaxearthlink.net) | |
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 09:28:08 -0700 (PDT) |
I am passing this along in case any of Pax Salon people would like to attend this. patty Begin forwarded message: > From: "Sean Gosiewski" <sustainability [at] visi.com> > Date: July 10, 2012 12:31:32 AM CDT > To: "Sean Gosiewski" <sustainability [at] visi.com> > Subject: Sun 7/29 Lois Swenson Memorial Celebration - July 29, 3pm at Calvary > Lutheran, Golden Valley - please join us and spread the word! > > Dear Friends of Lois, > > Please join us and spread the word: > > A Celebration of Life for Lois Swenson will be held on Sunday, July 29th at > 3pm, with a reception (Lois-style) to follow, at Calvary Lutheran Church, > 7520 Golden Valley Road, Golden Valley, MN 55427. Please visit our new web > site for details on the celebration www.loisswenson.com and then select the > tab “Memorial Service”. > > There will also be a memorial service in her hometown, Arena, Wisconsin (at > the VFW), on Sun. August 12th. at 3 pm. > > More information will be posted as it becomes available. More than a dozen of > Lois’ friends are helping to plan the celebration and we welcome your help. > Here are some ways to pitch in (we are expecting a large turnout). > > Spread the word about the Celebration for Lois Swenson by forwarding our > announcement to people and organizations that know Lois. > Send us your photos and stories of Lois by July 18– You are encouraged to > submit your photos, sentiments, stories, written memories, poems, lyrics or > thoughts about her life that we might be able to share at the celebration to > the contacts noted on the “Contact Us” page at www.loisswenson.comboth Bill > billjswing [at] frontiernet.net and Nicki nhiedeman [at] yahoo.com > We will use many of the stories and photos during our slide show, in our Lois > Life Walk displays, during the story telling time and on the web site. We are > looking for photos and stories from these times in her life – early years, > college, teaching, international travels, roommates and friends, peace & > justice work, organic farming & gardening and mentoring. If you send a photo, > please include names, place and date it was taken. For example: Cuernavaca, > 1985. We assume if you send it, we have permission to use it only for > compiling a slideshow/scrapbook for the memorial service & web site in her > honor. > > Volunteer – sewing cloth napkins, greeters/ushers, set up, serving food, > clean up, bringing flowers from your garden (in a canning jar for the table > center pieces for our July 29 celebration event) and helping with the 6pm > picnic on July 29 in the park behind Calvary Lutheran. Volunteers will soon > be able sign up at www.loisswenson.com. > Memorials – Please check back at www.loisswenson.com for where to send > memorial gifts. > Celebrate Lois – We will have “What Would Lois Do” bracelets at the > celebration. We had a wonderful pot luck with close to 200 friends on June 16 > 2012 with plenty of stories of Lois. Here’s a song we shared – the Lois > Swenson Dumpster Diving Anthem www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-l9vlq91sE > In Memory of Lois, > > On behalf of our Celebration Planning Team > Sean Gosiewski 612-331-1099 sustainability [at] visi.com and Bill Swing > billjswing [at] frontiernet.net
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