Volunteering at Presbyterian Homes in Bloomington

Team Lucky Duck spent an afternoon this month, playing Bingo with a few of the residents at the Presbyterian Homes and Services of Bloomington. Team Lucky Duck was especially lucky and 3 of 4 folks that we were helping, got a Bingo and won! The seniors’ prize for winning was either a dime or a hershey’s kiss. The facility is a full service senior living community … Continue reading Volunteering at Presbyterian Homes in Bloomington

Volunteering

This month Team Lucky Duck volunteered with Neighbors, Inc. at the Summer Meal Program at Kaposia Elementary School in South Saint Paul. The program is a federally funded program that provides lunches for school aged children under 18. At Kaposia we served children in pre-school through 5th grade. With the program, a staff member from the school does the food prep and clean up. The … Continue reading Volunteering

Top Ten Things to Consider When Buying a Lake Home

Minnesotans are known for hitting the road on Friday evenings in the summer to spend the weekend at ‘the lake’. If you’ve been thinking that you’d like to own a lake property in the future, this post is for you. We’ve compiled the top ten things to consider when buying a lake home. How far away is the cabin from your year-round home? Is there … Continue reading Top Ten Things to Consider When Buying a Lake Home

Books for Africa

We volunteered this month at Books for Africa. This organization collects donated books and ships them to countries in Africa. The only thing that the countries pay for are the shipping costs. Books for Africa has been operating for 29 years and they have shipped to nearly all the African countries. There are a few that they haven’t been able to reach because of political … Continue reading Books for Africa