Hello One Straw members, my name is Yanira (Yani) Cuellar and I am the coordinator for this year’s March 6th Seedy Saturday being held at the Roberts Creek Hall. As a new member of the Coast, I am looking forward to meeting you and working with you to create this wonderful event.

As most of you know, Seedy Saturday is an annual Canadian wide event. For One Straw, it is an important fundraiser but especially important is the opportunity to come together share information, swap seeds and buy plants to help us get started on our gardens.

To continue to make it the successful event that it has been, we need to come together as a community to attend, volunteer, and let people know about it.

For 2010, I am specifically looking for help with:
Volunteers needed before March 6th
Seed & Plant Collection—Please, gather your open-pollinated seeds and make sure to clearly mark the bag or container. If possible, also let us know when the seeds where collected (to determine age) and how/where they grow best. Please bring them to Seedy Saturday.
Plant Collection –We would also appreciate plants to include in the sale. Plants should be in pots, clearly labeled and if possible how/where they grow best. Please bring them to Seedy Saturday.
Silent Auction Items—Items and/or services are greatly appreciated for the silent auction. Please look around to see if you have anything that can be auctioned and if you can offer any advice, or services that can be added to the auction. This can be a very successful fundraiser for Seedy Saturday and with your help we can exceed last year’s modest amount.
Silent Auction volunteers—We need 3 people to solicit items from community businesses, collect the items from members, organize the bidding sheets and keep things organized during Seedy Saturday.
Posters—the poster will be sent to members in the next week. Please put it up in as many places as you can.
Call to farmers-If you have not done so, please call me 885-9096 or email yanira@telus.net to book your table.

Volunteers needed for March 6th—Shifts will be approximately 2 hours long
To set up—Starting at 8:00a.m we will need to set up tables, chairs, sandwich board, posters, etc. This will require individuals with good backs.
Take down—Starting at 3:00 we’ll do the reverse of the set up. Also will need some help with clean-up.
Greeters—Starting at 9:45a.m. These individuals will greet people as they come in, let them know a little about the program, layout of the booths, and encourage donations. We plan to put up a large poster with the placement of the booths and we will have a donation jar near the door.
Seed Exchange Table—Shifts will start at 9:30a.m., then 11:30a.m. with the final one from 1:30p.m.-3:30p.m. We need at least 3-5 people (at a time) at this table to answer questions, and keep the seeds organized. Understandably this area was very busy and hectic last year but with more people committed to the table it should go smoother.
Plant Sale Table--Shifts will start at 9:30a.m., then 11:30a.m. with the final one from 1:30p.m.-3:30p.m.

My contact information is through this email address and you can also call me at 604-885-9096...Yani