Monthly Archives: February 2011

Extra! Extra! Second 130,000 plus bag day in a row on Friday!

Thanks to the hundreds of volunteers especially the Cheney Middle School students for helping make up over 132,000 sandbags for the second day in a row on Friday! We got off to a slower start this morning (Saturday) but had … Continue reading

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Thanks volunteers!!Over 136,000 bag day at Fargo, life’s a beach at Sandbag Central

Another new tool at Sandbag Central.  Our fabulous Firefighters keep our wire tying guns loaded and ready to go, today they debuted the wire gun holster! Firefighter Justin Smith above is a quick draw with a fresh wire gun to … Continue reading

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Another day another 100,000 bags at Fargo, life’s a beach at Sandbag Central

Another new tool at Sandbag Central.  Our fabulous Firefighters keep our wire tying guns loaded and ready to go, today they debuted the wire gun holster! Firefighter Justin Smith above is a quick draw with a fresh wire gun to … Continue reading

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WAHOO! We hit the 1,000,000 mark!!

Congratulations to now over 5,000 volunteers for hitting the 1,000,000th bag by 4 pm today!  Also local artists including young students have drawn up over 6,000 pieces of art to shuffle into our sandbag production. It’s fun to see the … Continue reading

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1,000,000 sandbag mark could be hit this afternoon!

Thanks to the thousands of volunteers today we could hit the 1,000,000th bag made this year at Fargo, life’s a beach at Sandbag Central! We had another good day of fun in the sand making over 115,000 bags Tuesday.  We … Continue reading

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Thanks to the thousands of volunteers today we could hit the 1,000,000th bag made this year at Fargo, life’s a beach at Sandbag Central! We had another good day of fun in the sand making over 115,000 bags Tuesday.  We … Continue reading

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179,000 bags! Thanks to hundreds of volunteers on a holiday!

179,000 bags and over 800 volunteers, now that’s a way to spend a holiday!  Thanks so much to all the volunteers, especially Noridian, Ogema Christian, NDSU sports teams and fraternities, and folks from the region helped make it happen! NDSU … Continue reading

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Celebrate Presidents Day at Fargo, life’s a beach at Sandbag Central

Congratulations and thanks to all the volunteers who helped make over 600,000 bags last week!  You’ll see people you know, and meet and make new friends while having fun in the sand, the more the merrier especially after 3 p.m. … Continue reading

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Photo review for 1st week of Fargo, life’s a beach at Sandbag Central

Norm Robinson’s keeping things ship shape during a quick break!  He’s a hoot to work with and a prodigious bagger/twister

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Saturday’s a great day to check out Fargo, life’s a beach at Sandbag Central

Looking for some fun in the sand?  Fargo, life’s a beach at Sandbag Central is where it’s at today.  Thanks to the thousands of fantastic volunteers, we’ve averaged over 100,000 bags for five days in a row.  Let’s see if … Continue reading

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