Here are a couple of pics from the swapping yesterday.
We had 136 people that sent in 20,989 blocks. :shock:
It took us over 13 hours to get the bulk of the work done, and I still have hours of work to do to get them finalized for mailing.
I would like to thank Janel, Denise and John for all thier help! I really don't know how I would have pulled this off with out all their help. It would have been YEARS till you received your blocks back.
Janel thanks again for finding us such a wonderful place to do the swapping. The senior center welcomed us yesterday and were more than hospitable. We had a very large room all to ourselves with several tables so that we could lay everything out at once.
The senior center closed at 4 p.m. and we were no where close to being done. Mollie, a wonderful staff member of the senior center was helping us. When she saw the huge task still in front of us she offered to stay until 5 p.m. and knowing that even that extra hour wasn't going to be long enough for us to finish up she called her supervisor and got permission for us to stay until we we done. Mollie was a life saver!
The senior center was so great. I would like to ask each of you to take a few minutes of your time to thank Mollie and Diane for thier help and hospitality. Please send a card of appreciation to:
Diane Marco, Supervisor
Frank Del Gallo Rotterdam Town Hall
1100 Sunrise Blvd
Rotterdam NY 12303
Did I say that the senior center let us use the room all day for FREE!
We had a long day, and I'm sure we weren't perfect. When you get your blocks if there has been a mix up please be understanding. PM me if there are serious problems.
I was hoping to get the blocks to the post office today, but there is still quite of bit of work to do to get them ready for mailing. I hope to get that done today and tomorrow. I'll get as many to the post office on Monday that I can.
I'll keep you posted!
The pile of block!
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