Pax-salon Mailing List: Fwd: Sun 7/29 Lois Swenson Memorial Celebration - July 29, 3pm at Calvary Lutheran, Golden Valley - please join us and spread the word!

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I am passing this along in case any of Pax Salon people would like to attend 
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> 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