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NBC news on Fargo Flood fight “Mother Nature knows how to throw a party”

Thanks to all the student volunteers and all the others that helped make and now deploy these sandbags to protect for a major flood. THANK YOU! Here’s a clip on NBC Nightly news yesterday and on Today. This was at … Continue reading

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Bruins show up strong at Sandbag Central with 90,000 bags!

Thanks to the Fargo South Bruins and all the other volunteers Monday that produced 98,000 bags. The Bruins kicked out the vast majority of those, 90,000 by the end of their shift at 2 p.m. THANK YOU! If you’re interested … Continue reading

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Eagles soar with 112,000 bags!

Friday at the beach kicked out 112,000 sandbags thanks to the Davies Eagles, our friends at Cass County and enough volunteers coming in after 3 pm – 7 to keep a spider running full bore. So far in two days … Continue reading

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300 Spartans help whip out 110,000!

Sandbagging resumed Thursday with gusto, with 300 North High Spartans leading the charge to 110,000 bags! Thanks to all the great student volunteers, our friends from Cass County, and another strong showing from Sanford along with our amazing daily volunteers. … Continue reading

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Mother Nature is showing winter an awful lot of love this year

Sandbag Central is starting up again on Thursday at 8 a.m. to make sandbags while the snow flies. They will be open 8 a.m. –  7 p.m. Thursday, through Saturday this week, then start up again on Monday the 22nd … Continue reading

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Truck drivers donate $800 for pizza for Sandbag Central volunteers. Thank you!!

The volunteers at Sandbag Central enjoyed wonderful pizzas by Happy Joe’s and Chucky Cheese thanks to the generous contribution from the semi drivers hauling the 876,000 bags made so far. Thanks to all the volunteers for another fantastic day making … Continue reading

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Fun Fargo art project in the news around the country

I received a call from a woman in Rochester NY asking how Mara Morken got this fun project off the ground in Downtown Fargo,   I found out news stations from around the country are covering this neat Fargo art story where art … Continue reading

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Portland and other cities around the nation watching Fargo’s cool yarn sleeve art project

I received a call from a woman in Rochester NY asking how Mara Morken got this fun project off the ground in Downtown Fargo,   I found out news stations from around the country are covering this neat Fargo art story where art … Continue reading

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Fargo go Braugh!

What happens in Fargo when it’s 76 degrees and sunny on St. Patrick’s Day?  Thousands of happy people enjoying a parade in beautiful downtown Fargo.  Thanks to all the organizers and all the fun folks that ventured downtown for this … Continue reading

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Our future’s bright with more solar energy

Thanks to the great presenters Jason Edens, Dennis Eisenbraun, and Dr. John Bagu and all who attended Fargo’s first State of the Sun Solar Symposium yesterday.  Did you know Germany is the country with the most solar energy generated and … Continue reading

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