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What a fantastic turnout at our first ever Welcome Party for

Victoria's graduates!

 

Generally, 12-30 people show up for our " LAST Saturday of the

month " potluck. Last night, however, we stopped counting

people at 40!

 

You outdid yourselves RawSeattle! One new person (raw for only

a week) hugged me soooo tightly while jumping up and down

with pure joy and excitement. She was so glad to have had the

experience of our raw hospitality. At least 12 new people

attended.

 

One person learned about Victoria's class from the Seattle

Times story, and thus the potluck. More people find the potlucks

through their internet searches...and word of mouth.

 

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Thank you's:

 

Thank you Richard for beginning the conversation about support

groups and the importance of support during this

transition....and after! Thanks to Richard for loaning us the two

food tables in the sun room.

 

Thank you Virginia (rawlicious) for sharing with us

how Raw Oly holds support meetings and study groups (a book

at a time) in Olympia.

 

Thank you Terry (tjm729) for sharing the incredible

computerized biofeedback technology of HeartMath. Many

people enjoyed that experience.

 

Thank you Socorro (smaia) for the

applesauce-making demo and young coconut-opening demo.

Also, thank you for bringing the case of Valentia oranges to sell

for .35 each!

 

Thank you Jeff (jeff) for the young and mature

coconut-opening demos. Also, thanks for bringing a case of

Romaine lettuce to sell for $1 each--- AND a case of humongous

Nappa cabbage for $3.25 each. What a deal, when we share the

savings with each other.

 

Thank you, thank you, for the " refuse angel " , Atilla, for hauling

away 2 of the 3 bags of garbage we generated. (I found one bag

outside next to the already full can.) My garbage man comes on

Monday, so unfortunately, my single can is already full BEFORE

the potluck.

 

Thank you Ron for playing the piano for us and feeling

comfortable with all of us; being your first exposure to us (and

raw?).

 

Thank you for the clean-up offers! As you can imagine, cleaning

up after such a party can be a daunting task.

 

Thank you for the food leftovers. :-) I just tasted a teaspoon of

this and that throughout the night and it was nice to have lunch

the next day already prepared. (NOT expected, please

understand!)

 

Thank you all for coming to the party and helping Raw Seattle to

break a record for attendance. We have never had THREE tables

of food before. Awesome!

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We did good this time! Only one Pyrex lid and two water bottles

were left behind!

 

I believe the new folks were duly impressed about how delicious

raw food can be...and about how loving, supportive and

accepting we all are.... a great place to be when feeling unsure.

 

Phone number lists were exchanged, 5 durians, a case of young

coconuts, and even a warm raw lasagna was made-- just for the

newbies. Old timers had a hard time holding themselves back

from this long-time favorite-- until the newbies had gone through

the line first. Perhaps next time, several lasagna's will show up,

to feed 40 people! :-)

 

While all this connecting and eating was going on, people were

experiencing HeartMath on the top floor, while others were

watching Victoria's video on food prep-- in the basement. It was a

full house. We may be looking for a new venue when we hit 50!

Wouldn't that be wonderful?

 

So far, we have not needed to rent a space and charge

admission to pay for the space. I truly believe that we will get

more people if we do not have to charge. There are a few

considerations however, now that the group has grown to such a

wonderful size.

 

Since this is not a commercial kitchen with oodles of plates and

eating utensils (and a dumpster), I remind you about a few small

things-- to keep this going so beautifully.

 

1) Please, please bring your own plates and eating utensils and

cloth napkins. If we don't use paper products, there will be no

need for garbage, since most of the food scraps go into my

compost. However, " angels " who can haul away the garbage we

do accumulate-- are immensely appreciated.

 

2) If anybody is able to donate plastic plates, bowls, or small

re-washable plastic glasses, for me to store from potluck to

potluck, this would save me the expense. There's always

somebody who forgets, or didn't know to bring these things. I

have 10 plates to help out and about 2 doz. bowls. I also have

cloth napkins.

 

 

This is YOUR group/family and I'm so happy to provide the venue

for you to meet- honestly! I mean that from the bottom of my

heart. " This house is your house, " many people have heard me

say. Come and go as you please. Treat it with the same respect

you would your own. That philosophy has worked and I expect it

to continue that way.

 

I love you all!

 

 

Linda (Heartsong)

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