A co-worker and I took a long lunch today so that we could pass out some flyers for the upcoming race we're organizing (shameless plug--read more about it and register here: runwithjulie.blogspot.com). Anyway, in our short time out, there were a few notable highlights:
* As we arrived at Potbellys to eat lunch, we walked past everyone eating outside (a crowd we would join as soon as we got our food). There was a couple with two dogs, and the dogs were eating ice cream. They each had their own little dish with a scoop of vanilla. So cute! The dogs were adorable and obviously in their glory.
* We stopped at Panera to post a flyer on their Community Events board and asked to speak to a manager about possibly donating bagels for post-race food. Without batting an eye, he agreed to give us 100 free bagels the morning of the race. Rock on!
* At Noodles, we asked the manager if we could have some "free meal" coupons for our raffle. He went in the back for a second, and then came out and said he'd be right back because the coupons were in his car. So in case anyone wants to know, the manager at the Maple Grove Noodles keeps the coupons in his car. :)
* At Schuler Shoes, we handed a flyer to an employee and asked about possible donations for our raffle. He explained that we'd have to talk to the "guys upstairs" about that. Alissa and I assumed that meant that we'd have to go through corporate for donation requests (direction we'd already gotten from The Finish Line), so we thanked him and started to leave. Another employee who had heard our exchange said, "No, upstairs is this way." Oh, there's an ACTUAL "guy upstairs." So we went upstairs, laughing the whole way, and got the name and fax number of the person we'd have to send our request to.
Overall a successful outing, with many more stops to be made this weekend and next week. The race is (gulp) a month away!
3 comments:
Ha! I read you post a little too quickly and thought he meant Jesus "the guy upstairs" Christ. I thought it was kind of rude that they would tell you you would need to pray if you wanted a donation. My mistake. :) I'm excited to hear more about your even & will be checking your friends blog soon!
I'm totally with Jenny on "the guy upstairs" reference. I thought it was so odd that he told you to basically pray in your donations. So I was happy to find out that you can actually contact the guy upstairs. You're doing a great job with preparing for this race. Julie would be tickled.
Super cool!! I am so excited about all the stuff~ It's working, it's working!!!
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