This is where you'll find the 2005 news about Bundles Of Love. Newest items are at the top.

December 21, 2005

Read the article in the Star Tribune about Ruth Volk, the South Metro workgroup coordinator.

The meeting times for the Rochester work group were updated.

December 19, 2005

Added meeting times for Andover/Ham Lake work group.

December 16, 2005

The North Metro, South Metro, Andover/Ham Lake, and Stillwater work group details have been updated with new dates.

December 8, 2005

The Minnetonka work group details have been updated with new dates and a location change for 2006.

November 26, 2005

The details on the 2006 calendar are now online.
The volunteer pages have been updated.

October 8, 2005

Click on the address for a MapQuest map in the press release below.

October 4, 2005

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE.

Bundles of Love is looking for volunteers to join our efforts on Make a Difference Day, Saturday, October 22nd. In memory of Brady Judith Lindstrom who died at age 3 months, we will be sewing sleepers for newborns of families in need, sharing Brady's loving spirit with other families in our communities.

Volunteers are needed to sew, iron, attach snaps, and cut fabric from 9:00am until 1:00pm. Please bring your sewing machine or serger, scissors, and basic sewing supplies to our meeting location at Mount Olivet Lutheran Church, 5025 Knox Ave South, Minneapolis. To help us plan, please register by calling Teresa at 763-783-7876 or sending an e-mail to TWilts@bundlesoflove.org by Wednesday, October 19th. Beverages and light snacks will be provided.

Millions of Americans across the country are expected to spend Saturday, Oct. 22 - the 15th Make A Difference Day - doing volunteer projects to improve their communities and help neighbors in need. The day is the largest community service effort in the nation, rallying corporations, government leaders, charitable organizations and everyday Americans into action on one day.

Bundles of Love is an all-volunteer Minnesota non-profit organization. Our mission is to assist infants in our communities and their families. We provide:

• much-needed supplies to the low-income parents of newborns,
• clothing for "preemies",
• comfort items for hospitalized infants, and
• burial garments for babies who dont survive.

For more information on our organization, or organizations role in the community please contact Mary Jo Prinsen at 952-431-2867 or Teresa Wilts at 763-783-7876.

October 1, 2005

Read about Marilyn Rukavina's volunteering award in the St. Paul Pioneer Press!

September 6-7, 2005

VizaWeb, our web hosting company, is giving us lots of problems. Frequently, we'll see that we can't make a database connection which renders the content management system unusable. I'm agressively working on ways to provide us the uptime we need. After running on a backup server for a day, we're back in production again on the primary server. Hopefully this will last until I can move the entire site to a more robust facility.

September 6, 2005

FM 107 and Triple Espresso are raising funds for Bundles of Love! Join Colleen Lindstrom, producer of the Kevyn Burger Show, on Wed, September 14th at 7:30pm for a special showing of Triple Espresso at the Music Box Theater. $10.71 of EVERY ticket sold goes to support Bundles of Love. Then, join Colleen after at the Triple Espresso Etc, a highly caffeinated Bistro and Bar where 25% of EVERY bill also goes to support the cause. 1407 Nicollet Ave or go to http://www.tripleespresso.com for more info.

August 25, 2005

We're pleased to announce that Colleen Lindstrom has joined the Board of Directors. Colleen is the producer of the Kevyn Burger morning show at FM107 and has already made contributions both personally and through FM107. Visit the FM107 Morning Show page at http://www.fm107.fm/kevyn.htm. Welcome, Colleen!

May 3, 2005

The new web site is now online! We've moved to a commercial ISP with better reliability and performance. It's a lot easier to add and modify content now too, a big bonus for the volunteer webmaster.