Page 16 - FINAL fall 2014 magazine

By Mary E. Labie

By tradition, Friends of Red Rock Canyon has shown appreciation for our volunteers and presented recognition of their achieve-
ments on an annual basis. These events were held at various venues and celebrated with an annual evening banquet. In February
2014, our 2013 Volunteer Recognition and Achievement Awards were presented in conjunction with the celebration of Friends of
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Red Rock Canyon’s 30 Anniversary.
Save the date—Saturday, Novembe r 22

The Annual Volunteer Appreciation and Recogni- Additionally, volunteers who donated more than
tion Event will be held at Bonnie Springs Ranch on 100 hours in the last fiscal year will also receive
November 22, 2014, celebrating our members’ Presidential Call to Service recognition.
achievements and accomplishments during the past
fiscal year. Organizational Volunteer Awards for The Bureau of Land Management will present Red
special achievement and accomplishments will be also Rock Canyon Annual Passes to volunteers with 40 or
presented at this event. more hours of service with the America the Beautiful
Volunteer Pass awarded to volunteers who have
Volunteers with 40 or more donated hours will re- donated 250 or more hours on an accumulated basis.
ceive their Appreciation Rewards during the event.

Plan to join us at Bonnie Springs Ranch for a wonderful hot breakfast buffet.
We hope to see you on November 22. Look for your mailed invitation in early October.

How it is made (continued from page 7) nonprofit mailing rate does not go up. The magazines
are sorted by zip codes and placed in the appropriate
lists: some members get renewal notices, some get a
carton. It saves us about $400 annually to presort the
“second chance” notice, some get meeting notices
magazines for the Post Office. The bulk of the maga-
and so on.
zines are taken to the Blue Diamond Post Office and
We have a mailing assem- the next day are in your mail-
bly line that would make box. About 500 of the maga-
Henry Ford jealous. In fact, zines are hand delivered to our

we turn out magazines quick- partners: REI, Albertsons,
er than his Model T’s. We Bonnie Springs Ranch and
have certain jobs for certain Red Rock Canyon Interpreta-
people. There are the mailing tive Association.
label people; there are the This magazine is put
colored label people; there together by volunteers and the
are the inserters who put in only costs are printing and

the notices that fall out when The assembly team working in The Secret Place. mailing. We hope you enjoy
you open the magazine. There each issue as much as we en-
are three sealers who place one seal in the middle joy making it possible. We’ve now started to work on
and one on each end of the magazine. Care has to be the winter issue.
taken to insure the weight is just right so our
“We never rest to bring you the best.”
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