The New Office

This is the office "The Crop" built.

Well, "The Crop", and the Mother's Day Walk, and a lot of really hard work!
Julie and Alane have plenty of space to work in this place, and let me tell you, it's in a great location! Right on East Superior Street in Duluth, across the street from Pizza Luce. What could be better than that? There's plenty of storage room for any incoming crop donations, *wink*wink*...but you'll have to wait a while before we give any sneak peeks!

Now for the story of Pineapple, the little pink bear in our previous post.

Alane says Pineapple came from one of their group members who is from the south. She says pineapples traditionally mean "welcome", so Pineapple was the name given to the bear. Whenever the YSC holds a group meeting, Pineapple is passed around, and whoever has the bear has the floor.

We'll have more information on the Crop in the coming days! Stay tuned!

Take a Look At This

Many of you have already seen and heard this news, but for those of you have not, our friend and fellow crop organizer Julie Bates (pictured left in our header photo) was diagnosed with breast cancer a few months ago. This is her second battle with "b-c" so, unfortunately, Julie knows the drill.

Last month, when Julie's first round of chemo started causing her hair to fall out, she made a few phone calls and we headed to her house for a head shaving party. Julie allowed me to take pictures, and she put together this slideshow. Take a look, and please, leave some encouraging words for Julie in her "album comments" section at the bottom of the slideshow! I know she'd appreciate them!

Julie's chemo treatments should be wrapped up by Christmas time, in the meantime, she is working with the rest of us on putting together one heckuva crop!

Coming up in a future post...I'll tell you more about this photo with Julie & Alane, and the little pink bear named Pineapple! Stay tuned!

Alane's Surprise

So, many of you know Alane rode in this years' Young Survival Coalition Tour De Pink, a 226 mile bike ride from Hershey, PA, to Manhattan. But how many of you saw her on the National News this morning?

Click here to see Alane's Surprise!

Get Ready for the "Non-Stop Survivor Crop"!

Mark your calendars everyone! We have a date for our next event!

SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 2010

9:00am - 12:00am (yes, that's 15 hours of scrapping time!)

Marshall School, Duluth, MN

We'll be at Marshall School again, because we just love the natural light, the view, and the amount of room we have to spread out!

Alane, Julie and Kim are getting all the details worked out...but we thought you'd at least like to know we're ready to get our crop on! ;D

We'll post registration information as soon as we can! Thanks for checking in with the blog!

Planning for 2010 Event Underway!!!!!

It's hard to believe that a whole year has passed and we are already at work planning for this year's scrapbooking event to raise funds for the Young Survival Coalition Duluth Affiliate. Here's a spoiler for you: we cannot unfortunately call our event the "Crop for a Cure" any longer. We are going to have to change the name so we do not upset the people at Susan G. Komen for a Cure who use "the Cure" in the name of all their events. But don't worry, we're using this as an opportunity to get creative with our planning and we will be unveiling the new moniker soon.

You can help us out by completing a short (only 10 question) survey about what you liked, hated, or just can't live without from our previous events. We want your input so we can tailor the event to meet everyone's scrapbooking dreams (okay we may not be able to get that far) but we want to make you happy!!!! So, please follow the link to our survey here and fill it out. We really appreciate it and we will be updating you as the plans progress.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=nQc6EwvSpiNKFMV6y6KAUQ_3d_3d

In the meantime, happy scrapping!

-Alane

Where has the time gone? And something pretty sweet is in the works!!!

Hello everyone! Yes, it's been FOREVER since we last posted on the Crop for a Cure blog, but time got away from us, the Holidays arrived and, well, we've just been plain old busy! But, enough with the excuses already!!! I am posting today to remind you all of the fabulous, fantastic, one of a kind, most awesome sale in the history of Duluth! (Okay, that could be stretching things a bit, but trust me, it's gonna be great!!!!)

On February 7th we will be having "A Sweet Sale" of scrapbooking and crafting items of all kinds! We have loads of brand new products from dozens of scrapbooking companies! We have kids craft items! We have yarn! We have quilt fabric! We have retired new and gently used Stampin' Up stamp sets for sale! Seriously, it is going to be great! Some of these items you may have seen, used or coveted at the last two Crops, but some of it is brand spankin' new! And the best part is that we are selling it all waaaay below retail price! 50 percent below at least! AND since all of the proceeds will be going to our non-profit organization, the Young Survival Coalition Duluth, all of your purchases are considered a tax deductible donation!

So here's the scoop:

What: A Sweet Sale

When: Saturday, February 7th

Time: 9:00 AM until 1:00 PM

Where: The First United Methodist Church, Duluth (The Coppertop!)

Why: To raise money for the Young Survival coalition Duluth and to have FUN!

*BONUS*: Kathryn Stewart, Creative Memories Consultant Extraordinaire is having a 12-hour scrapping event on the same day at the Lakeside-Lester Park Community Club. Your $20 registration fee includes a pot-luck lunch, beverages and dinner and a gift for attending. So you can buy some awesome goodies at our sale and then scrap the night away! Plus, she's offering a Sweet Deal! Bring the receipts from our sale along with you to her Crop and she will give you credit on your Memory Keepers Club Card! For more information you can contact Kathy at by email at kmstewcm@msn.com or on her Creative Memories site.

So, make sure and put our "Sweet sale" on your calendar and tell al your crafty friends! (After all, you know you can't count on the men in your life to get you what you really want for Valentine's Day!

Where did the time go?

OK-Could someone please tell me where Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday went?

FINALLY --- Let's take a look at our Queens!

To the left, is Connie Adamec.  Connie is our Queen of Crafts - by proxy. Her sister-in-law in the STATE of Virginia (not the city in Minnesota) is our real Queen of Crafts.  She sent in beautiful handmade sweaters, minibooks and more.

All tolled, her items brought in more than 170 dollars for the Young Survival Coalition!

Next, is our Queen of A Lot.  Queen Stephanie Evans brought in a number of new and gently used items for this category, a category new to our event this year!

Queen Stephanie also gave us a fabulous presentation on digital scrapbooking!  Thanks, Queen Stephanie!

And finally, meet Queen Wendy King!  Wendy was our Queen of Sweets this year with her Terrific Trifle!  You might remember, Queen Wendy won in this category last year, as well!  Way to go, Wendy!

Keep checking back, we'll be posting more pictures from the event, and more news about something you won't want to miss in February!  Stay tuned!  -Kim