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Volunteers load boxes and bags of collected blankets destined for Mississippi.

Volunteers load boxes and bags of collected blankets destined for Mississippi.

Bob Sorensen, Jennifer Patnode (‘06), Rosemary Shultz(‘06), and Anne Sorensen (‘62)

Bob Sorensen, Jennifer Patnode (‘06), Rosemary Shultz(‘06), and Anne Sorensen (‘62)

Wednesday, June 7, 2006 (Around 2 years ago)

Two Gustavus seniors, Rosemary Shultz and Jennifer Patnode, organized a collect effort for blankets and quilts to aid people in southern Mississippi. The project collected an estimated 70,000 square feet of blankets and towels exceeding their goal of 48,000 square feet (Mississippi is approximately 48,000 square miles) to “Cover Mississippi.”

Originally scheduled to be delivered last winter, the collected blankets were loaded onto a rented truck on Saturday, June 3 by campus volunteers. After the original transportation for the estimated 2,000 blankets fell through, Bob and Anne (‘62) Sorensen of St. James, Minn. volunteered to make the delivery to Ocean Springs, Miss.

Gustavus Adolphus College is a private liberal arts college in St. Peter, Minn., that prepares 2,600 undergraduates for lives of leadership, service, and lifelong learning. The oldest Lutheran college in Minnesota, Gustavus was founded in 1862 by Swedish immigrants and named for Swedish King Gustav II Adolf. At Gustavus, students receive personal attention in small-sized classes and engage in collaborative research with their professors. Fully accredited and known for its strong science, writing, music, athletics, study-abroad, and service-learning programs, Gustavus hosts a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa and is internationally recognized for its annual Nobel Conference®.

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