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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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First 50 degree day of 2013 on the way!

YAY sunshine! 50 degrees has been a long time coming in 2013. We have a lot of sunshine and warm to make up. My poor tulips started popping up March 18th and now are starting to come in earnest. Soon, … 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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1,004,200 thank yous!

The 126,200 bags produced by another fantastic volunteer effort Thursday surpassed the million mark in just 8 days! Hearty congratulations to all the volunteers, staff, and drivers Thursday and over the past week! Sandbag Central will be open today from … 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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West Fargo Packers show their community spirit

122,000 bags today for a total of 740,000 in 6 days! West Fargo Packers showed their stuff along with tons of volunteers like Jodee Bock and her Roers crew, Sanford, and my new friends Keon Hee (Just do it) and Ponni! … Continue reading

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Another stellar day at Sandbag Central. Thank you volunteers!! 618,000 in 5 days!

142,000 bags Monday sets the tone for the week. Thank you volunteers! That makes 618,000 bags in 5 days. You can get in on the fun by checking where we need the most volunteers here http://volunteerstatus.cityoffargo.com/ and call 476,4000 to join in … Continue reading

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