We performed our first ever flag recycling event March 25. Thanks to our post and auxiliary members for pitching in to disassemble around 125 flags that will be recycled through one of the Seattle Public Utilities Threadcycle partners. We’ll also deliver scraps to Seattle ReCreative.
Huge thanks to everyone who came out and participated in our Mardi Gras-themed February social! Comrade Hamilton, a New Orleans native, was our DJ and Chef Kay cooked up some tasty gumbo and King Cake. Those who received the “baby” in the cake — which symbolizes luck and prosperity — went home with a prize. Let the good times roll!
We’re hosting our first ever flag recycling event on the 25th at 2 p.m. at the post. We’ve collected more than 300 discarded flags. We used to dispose of the flags by burning them but neighbors complained and we agreed: this is not an environmentally friendly solution. We did our research and discovered that discarded flags can be properly disposed of by shredding and recycling the fabric, which is a win-win! If you have a pair of fabric shears and would like to help shred, please join us! Also feel free to drop off your unserviceable flags.
For our January social the post hosted its first ever trivia night, which featured MREs and Metamucil (thanks Comrade Hamilton!). Some opted not to eat the MREs and instead save one for their disaster kit, while others sampled the many tastes and textures of a modern MRE. Comrade Commander Teeter was the trivia master and she had some hiccups, like accidently showing the answer on the slide. But overall folks had a good time and there were two tie breaker rounds between Team Four Horseman+1 (Basher, Brock, English, Gopher, Fitzgerald) and Team OGs (Lawrence, Stoltz’s, Seelig). The OGs, because they’re OGs, eventually won the top prize of Sloop gift certificates. Thanks to everyone who came out and participated; we will be sure to schedule a trivia night later this year.
