Contact
Les Berenson MD
Seattle Basket Brigade
lesberenson@yahoo.com
206-290-0409
Where
When you RSVP - you will be notified of our location.
(Scroll down in email
to volunteer section)
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Join Us
9th Annual Seattle Basket Brigade - 2014 |
Our 9th annual Seattle Basket Brigade - 1 week away !
Saturday - Nov. 22 (11 AM - 3 PM)
Our great volunteer Party that evening - 7 PM on.
Are you in to help feed needy people at Thanksgiving?
(Please register below for both events)
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If you have not seen our amazing 2013 Basket Brigade Video
created by Brenda Astorino and Luke Papineau,
check it out and email to your friends, and post on Facebook.
www.SeattleBasketBrigade.com
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Announcements -
We will have 2 live Seattle Cajun Bands playing and
food troughout the event.
We have designed a new smoother flow !
If we have $2500 more - we can comfortablly afford to feed
the last 50 familes at Thansakgiving.
Please help us with a donation no matter big or small.
Can you hep push over the top?
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Sat. Nov 22, 2014 :
1) Follow directions CLOSELY on this page
Here is the link to this page to give another volunteer
www.TinyURL.com/2014SeattleBasketBrigade
www.TinyURL.com/SeattleMailList
The website to THIS page with all the details to give to your friends : www.TinyURL.com/2014SeattleBasketBrigade
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RSVP for Basket Brigade - follow these directions CLOSELY:
There are 2 (TWO) different events.
Basket Brigade and the vol. party
(need to RSVP for EACH event. - 2 Registrations)
Once you RSVP go to previous page to continue.
(Details will be on your RSVP form after registering
Volunteers who RSVP early get choice of activity)
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2) Volunteer Party (Sat. Nov 22, 7-11 PM on)
We will have great music, & meet new wonderful friends!
Incredible food from some of the best Seattle restaurants -
Thai, Indian, Greek food and great Pizza. I'll smoke an organic turkey.
Hot tub will be available - bring towels
TO BE ELIGIBLE to come to the party one has to volunteer 3 hours either:
BEFORE Basket Brigade (ask what needs to be done now),
DURING Basket Brigade, Friday or Sat Nov 21-22 at the center ORBe willing to help clean up the community center Sat. (roughly 2-4 PM)
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NO LONGER AVAILABLE - Filled
Friday Pre - Event - Set up ( Nov. 21, 2-5 PM)
We need 15 people to unload food from the trucks and set up the tables.There is a lot of HEAVY lifting for this part of the brigade.We meet approximately 2-5 PM at the location.Make sure you RSVP and will know the details and location .
(also go back and RSVP for the Sat. Basket Brigade)
PLEASE help make a donation no matter how small so these families can eat.
Many people are struggling now, and ANY donations you make will brighten
and make YOUR Thanksgiving even more rewarding by giving to others.
Money (100%) will be used to help buy all the turkeys and canned foods etc.
Consider giving up your coffee (outside the house), etc. for a week -
almost feeding a family for 2-3 days!
Dear Les We can provide a tax deductible receipt if needed).
A basket to feed a family for 2-3 days cost ~$45.
If use Paypal -->
http://tinyurl.com/Seattlebasketbrigade
Do you have contacts (friends or companies) that may be willing to donate,
or can ask their employees to get involved donating & volunteering.
Pictures and Videos of past Seattle Basket Brigades
If you would like to see all the pictures taken at the 2013 Seattle Basket Brigade,
join our Facebook group "Seattle Thanksgiving Basket Brigade"
click on photos albums http://www.facebook.com/groups/260171334031794/
Pictures were taken mainly by our wonderful photographer
these last 2 years - Paul Gulick
Video (above) - Les Berenson MD (coordinator) i
ntroducing the concept and explaining the Seattle Basket Brigade
Video showing the flow and
assembly of baskets and turkey
Our Facebook page
Please RSVP on that page to get others excited
(can search on FB for " Seattle Thanksgiving Basket Brigade "!
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Sincerely,
Les Berenson MD - coordinator Seattle Basket Brigade
LesBerenson@yahoo.com 206 290-0409 |