[Peace-discuss] Re: [Peace] Let's join together to remember and celebrate Grandpa

[Jan & Durl Kruse]

Randall,
I would be more than happy to help anyway needed, setup, takedown,  
whatever.  Just schedule me in.
Appreciate your work on this event.
Durl

On May 28, 2008, at 3:34 PM, Randall Cotton wrote:

> As many of you know, on Sunday June 15 from 2-4PM at the  
> Independent Media
> Center (202 S. Broadway, Urbana), the community will come together to
> honor, celebrate and memorialize Robert J. "Grandpa" Wahlfeldt, who  
> left
> us all earlier this year on March 26.
>
> For those of us who knew him, we'll have time and space to  
> reminisce and
> tell stories of how he affected us. And for those of us who didn't  
> have
> the opportunity to really get to know him, this is also a chance to  
> learn
> more about his special importance as a friend and social justice  
> activist.
> All are encouraged to come and speak about Bob in whatever way they  
> are
> moved or just be a part of the celebration as a witness
>
> And there will be a ceremony to permanently dedicate the downstairs
> meeting room in his name as "The Grandpa Wahlfeldt Family Room". There
> will be a display case permanently mounted in Bob's new room with  
> items
> and photos from his life.
>
> We are also putting out a call for folks to contribute photos,  
> articles,
> mementos and memorabilia of Bob that they would like to have on  
> display in
> his new room. A group of us are committed to installing whatever is
> necessary in terms of display cases to make this happen.
>
> And in particular, if you want to write a letter to Bob to show  
> what he
> meant to you, we'll make sure it gets securely displayed in Bob's new
> room.
>
> There will be videotaping to record this event for posterity.
>
> But we need folks to help out. If you'd like to help us organize,  
> please
> let us know - the more folks we have, the better - we're pretty small
> right now - Danielle, Barbara, Jan/Durl and myself. We also need  
> folks to
> take on specific things, like:
>
> 1. Bring one or more snacks (munchies like chips, cheese, crackers,  
> fruit,
>     veggies and desserts)
> 2. Bring drinks (like coffee, lemonade, iced tea, punch).
> 3. Arrange for cups/plates/utensils
> 4. Arrange for garbage & recycling
> 5. Help with setup one full hour before (starting 1PM)
> 6. Help with teardown a half hour after (until 4:30PM)
>
> There will likely be more specialized tasks as well.
>
> I've volunteered to coordinate - please reply to me (not this mailing
> list, unless you really want to 8-), let me know how you'd like to
> contribute and I'll help however I can to make it easy.
>
> R
>
> PS:  If phone contact is more convenient, reach me at 351-8644  
> (home) or
> 722-8470 (cell).
>
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