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3 Fall 2010 3M CARES Celebration ENCORE Highlighting 3M CARES – Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity Partnership John Winters, Director Jim Selchow, Thursday On-site Coordinator You and a guest are invited to this fun, uplifting event! Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010 2 p.m. Reception 2:30-3:45 p.m. Program Tartan Park Clubhouse This event is to thank ALL 3M retiree volunteers who serve on 3M CARES projects or any volunteer outreach. Denny Olander, Work Camp Scheduler, Volunteer Participation Tracker, 3M Volunteer Match Liaison Glenn Franke, Tuesday On-Site Coordinator, 3M Employee Work Group Liaison Jan Lindau, Supplier and Volunteer Support Coordinator, 3M Retired Executive Sponsor Liaison Special Encore Edition We will also honor the following 2010 3M Re- tiree Community Volunteer Awardees: Jerry Belisle, Oakdale, Minn. Curt Cameron, White Bear Lake, Minn. Phyllis Hagen, Woodbury, Minn. Beth Kasal, Hutchinson, Minn. David Kelly, Sun City Center, Fla. Chuck Newman, West Lakeland Township, Minn. Richard Ricciardi, Monmouth Beach, N.J. Jolly Richardson, Sanford, Mich. John Roche, St. Paul, Minn. David Sapp, Columbia, Mo. In addition, Robin Torgerson, new vice presi- dent, 3M Community Affairs, will offer the 3M Year in Review. Best wishes for the upcoming holidays to you and your families. With the season comes the true spirit of human kindness, hope for world peace and a focus on families and friends. May you share in these joys and may 2011 bring you good health and much happiness. Thanks so much for your gifts of volunteer- ing and caring! Carol Winch-Longmuir, administrator, 3M CARES program Thank you, 3M CARES Volunteers, led by this terrific team of Operating Committee members: PHOTO FROM SLY5800 @BIGSTOCKPHOTO.COM

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Fall 2010

3M CARES Celebration

ENCOREHighlighting 3M CARES – Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity Partnership

John Winters, Director

Jim Selchow, Thursday On-site Coordinator

You and a guest are invited to this fun, uplifting event!

Tuesday, Nov. 30, 20102 p.m. Reception2:30-3:45 p.m. ProgramTartan Park Clubhouse

This event is to thank ALL 3M retiree volunteers who serve on 3M CARES projects or any volunteer outreach.

Denny Olander, Work Camp Scheduler, Volunteer Participation Tracker, 3M Volunteer Match Liaison

Glenn Franke, Tuesday On-Site Coordinator, 3M Employee Work Group Liaison

Jan Lindau, Supplier and Volunteer Support Coordinator, 3M Retired Executive Sponsor Liaison

Special Encore Edition

We will also honor the following 2010 3M Re-tiree Community Volunteer Awardees: Jerry Belisle, Oakdale, Minn. Curt Cameron, White Bear Lake, Minn. Phyllis Hagen, Woodbury, Minn. Beth Kasal, Hutchinson, Minn. David Kelly, Sun City Center, Fla.Chuck Newman, West Lakeland Township, Minn. Richard Ricciardi, Monmouth Beach, N.J. Jolly Richardson, Sanford, Mich.John Roche, St. Paul, Minn. David Sapp, Columbia, Mo.

In addition, Robin Torgerson, new vice presi-dent, 3M Community Affairs, will offer the 3M Year in Review.

Best wishes for the upcoming holidays to you and your families. With the season comes the true spirit of human kindness, hope for world peace and a focus on families and friends. May you share in these joys and may 2011 bring you good health and much happiness.

Thanks so much for your gifts of volunteer-ing and caring!

Carol Winch-Longmuir, administrator, 3M CARES program

Thank you, 3M CARES Volunteers, led by this terrific team of Operating Committee members:

PhOTO fROM SLy5800 @

biGSTOCkPhOTO.COM

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Habitat for Humanity Special Edition

Message from the Editor

Appreciation Luncheons

Rainy day italian luncheon on June 8, 2010. from left to right, Sue haigh, President, Twin Cities habitat for humanity; Chuck and Mary kiester, Jennifer Wetzel, Dotty Jurek, Jan Lindau, Jan kuhrmeyer, Dick Lidstad, and Glenn franke.

TCHFH also has a Mortgage Foreclosure Pre-vention Program, which began in 1993 and provides counseling, advocacy, and referrals free of charge to any Minneapolis homeowner at risk of foreclosure. Since the inception of TCHFH, it has issued afford-able mortgages to more than 750 families in the Twin Cities.

By 2014, the goals of TCHFH are to build or rehab 230 homes across the metro area, finance 230 zero-percentage mortgages to qualified families, revitalize 500 homes through the ABWK program, provide counseling to 5,200 families in unstable housing, and engage more than 20,000 volunteers annually in actions to support solutions to the hous-ing crisis.

Former President Jimmy Carter and Mrs. Carter are prominent supporters of Habitat for Humanity and visited the Twin Cities Oct. 6-7, 2010, at the sites where many of the 3M volunteers worked.

3M CARES is the largest Habitat volunteer group in the Twin Cities. Thank you, 3M volunteers, for helping TCHFH achieve its mission.

Mary Miller, Encore Editor

3M and the 3M Foundation support Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity in many ways and has since the 3M CARES Habitat project began in 1996. At that time, Tom Ray, CARES Administrator, recruited indi-viduals to work at the actual building of a house and Ray Meier, one of the first to respond, has served as construction manager on site for each 3M home built since then.

In 1997, Jan Lindau joined the project and helped recruit retired 3M executives to financially spon-sor homes. And she enlisted support from refresh-ment partners to provide coffee and pastries (ARA-MARK), bottled water (Premium Waters), ice (ACE Ice) and soda (Cub Foods) for the project.

Allen Jacobson started the ball rolling by spon-soring a house in 1997 and has continued to do so ev-ery year since. The retired 3M executives who spon-sor 2010 homes are: Allen Jacobson, Ron Belschner, Derry Boyd, Bill Coyne, Mike Denoma, DeSimone Family Fund, Chuck Dietz, Tom Engels, Harry

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With this special Encore issue, we are pleased to acknowledge the involvement and dedication of our 3M volunteers, and we hope their stories will inspire more 3M retirees to volunteer with Twin Cities Habi-tat for Humanity (TCHFH).

We thought you might like to learn more about TCHFH. Since 1985, TCHFH has helped build and maintain suitable housing for 1,900 families. Vol-unteers partner with family members who build the homes by investing “sweat equity” labor, building, then buying their homes with a 30-year interest-free mortgage. Monthly mortgage payments are “re-cycled” in a Fund for Humanity and are used to fund more homes for other families. By the time a Habitat family moves into their new home they have invested 300 to 500 hours of sweat equity and completed 11 homeowner training sessions.

Building homes is not the only service that TCH-FH provides. “A Brush with Kindness” (ABWK) helps struggling low-income homeowners — many elderly or disabled — repair their homes. Volunteers fix broken windows and doors, loose siding, peeling paint, and overgrown landscapes.

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Hammerly, Chuck Kiester, Carl Kuhrmeyer, Lew Lehr, Dick Lidstad, Bob Lindgren, and Jim Mahan.

With these additional sponsors, the project has grown from one house to two in 1999 and three in 2001. Each year, 3M retiree volunteers work on three “Builds” supported by a group of site hosts led by Jan Lindau who serve the refreshments. This crew, mostly ladies, also pitches in to do building work as well.

To thank volunteers and donors, two luncheons are annually hosted:

A special feature of the “summer build” is Lindau’s home-cooked, Italian luncheon, which she serves annually. This year, it was held on a rainy day in an unfinished house without refrigeration, wa-ter or electricity. Although all the windows weren’t

installed, the perfectly built roof kept everyone dry as the 3M retiree volunteers and donors enjoyed Jan’s hot dagoes.

At the end of the main building project, 3M hosts a luncheon at Tartan Park to rec-ognize the generous retirees who build the homes, and those who financially sponsor them. Twin Cities Habitat for Human-ity and the families for whom the homes are built are most grateful, and for those who contribute their time, talent and treasure there is a welcome sense of accomplishment.

Mary Miller

Sue haigh, president, Twin Cit-ies habitat for humanity, honors 3M CARES’ volunteers.

Keeping Volunteers on Schedule3M CARES Habitat for Humanity Operating Committee members each have assigned volunteer roles. The fol-lowing offers insights on the role of project scheduler/recordkeeper.

When Dennis “Den-ny” Olander retired with 35 years of service from the 3M Specialty Mate-rials Division in 2001, the Habitat for Human-ity volunteer initiative was already familiar to him. Participating in work groups through his local church going back to 1990, Denny had ex-perienced firsthand the value Habitat brings to families, communities, and volunteers alike. In the spring of 2002, op-portunity for greater in-volvement emerged and Denny was soon able to put his 3M-developed project management skills to use as a regu-lar volunteer and then as crew chief. In 2008,

Denny joined the operat-ing committee as sched-uler and recordkeeper.

In his role as a project scheduler, Denny has been responsible for coordinating the activi-ties of up to 120 3M vol-unteers who, on average, provide 2,300 to 2,900 volunteer days of ser-vice to Habitat projects on an annual basis. He is thankful for the many volunteers who show up on Tuesdays and Thurs-days to do what it takes to keep construction projects on time and on target.

The rewards of participation, Denny stated, are many, but three in particular stand out for special men-

tion. First and foremost is the appreciation new homeowners share when they move into their new home. That appreciation, along with the friend-ships found and cama-raderie shared on the job, are complemented by the pride in doing a quality job. As Denny said, “This is just the way we learned how to do things at 3M. Close

is not good enough; it has to be right.”

Looking down the road, Denny is hopeful that he will be able to continue in his current role with 3M Habitat for the foreseeable future. He is grateful for the support shown by 3M CARES and by the 3M Volunteer Match pro-gram that help make many things possible. Finally, Denny stated that new volunteers are always needed and wel-come, and he especially encourages new retirees to “just give it a try” — learn something new, meet new people and have fun doing it.

Gary Forsberg

Appreciation Luncheons (continued)

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Volunteers from the 3M CARES Habitat Project not only build houses year round in the east metro part of the Twin Cities, they go out of the state and out of the country. Some went with Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity to Puerta Angel in Oaxaca, Mexico, in 2009 where they built a 30-foot by 30-foot five-room concrete block house alongside Mexican volunteers. They went with a similar group in 2010 to Panajachel in Guatemala and built two houses.

More volunteers have built Katrina houses in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. In 2007, vol-unteers went with a Twin Cities Habitat-sponsored group to build four houses in four weeks. Some of those volunteers were Jim Ramberg, Don Fornell, Dave Engh, Bill Lund, John Regan, Barb Winters and John Winters.

Every year since Hurricane Katrina there are volunteers who head to the Katrina area for a week or two. Jerry Swanson, Jerry Laska and Jim Selchow are some of the new volunteers who went in 2010 along with our Oakdale site supervisor, Jake Kirchgessner (Twin Cities Habitat for Human-ity employee). Volunteers fly or drive and have a good time building houses and doing a little sight-seeing while they are in the area. They meet volun-teers from other parts of the Twin Cities, as well as the local Habitat staff and local volunteers.

Don Fornell tells the following story. “There must have been six or seven church ladies that

each day took very good care of us providing lunch and snacks. One day this very small in stature, but outspoken or I should say a woman that spoke her mind, asked me, ‘Why would a bunch of damned Yankees drive south to help us southerners?’ I had to stop and think for a moment; this little 80-year-old woman is still fighting the [Civil] War. So I answered her by saying, ‘We thought we could help some by coming down here and who knows, maybe some day we might need help and you might come to the north to help.’ Her reply was very quick, ‘I don’t think so; not that we don’t appreciate what you are doing, but I don’t think so, but thank you.’ So I knew after that conversation and viewing the Confederate flag flying across the street at the town library that we Yankees still have a lot to build down south. Maybe that’s why I have been going south every year since, to help rebuild homes and rebuild that bridge across the Mason-Dixon Line.”

Of course, there are the 3M CARES Minnesota snowbirds in Arizona (Bob Bleckinger, Al Pearson, etc.) and Florida (Jeff Johnson, etc.) who volunteer with the local Habitat affiliate in their area. And through 3M Volunteer Match, we know of retirees building Habitat homes in Tucson, Ariz.; Brookings, S.D.; Hutchinson and New Ulm, Minn.; Austin and Georgetown, Texas; Naples, Fla.; Nevada, Mo.; and River Falls, Wis.

And they all leave the job sites knowing they re-ally had an impact on the lives of families.

3M Retiree Volunteers Build Habitat Homes and Relationships in U.S. and Central America

Building Beyond our Neighborhoods

Don fornell

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Camaraderie at the Work CampThe 3M CARES Habitat for

Humanity Project annually sched-ules volunteers for a five-days-per-week, 10-week-long work camp during spring and summer in the East Metro. This year, the volunteers started the work camp on April 5 and ended on June 18. They put up a five-unit townhome building in north Oakdale that is 125 feet long by 40 feet front to back and three stories tall. It’s the fourth building that they have built on that site in the last three years.

There were 103 3M retiree volunteers during the work camp. That works out to about 9,300 volunteer hours. They started about 7:30 a.m. each day with coffee and pastries. Crew assign-ments were made at 8 a.m. and then the fun began. The volun-teers have a great time telling jokes, telling lies about their days at 3M, learning from recent retir-ees about what’s going on at “The Mining” since they retired — and building houses. The day flies by. They wrap it up and put all the tools away at about 3:30 p.m. The project director since 2000, John Winters, said "Every day on the

job site, you learn something new — maybe about house building or maybe about yourself."

On the first day there was a concrete foundation with a few basement walls standing. By the end of the first week the first floor was installed. Week two and all the first-floor walls were up. The building went up fast with 25 to 35 volunteers every day.

Twin Cities Habitat for Hu-manity has a site supervisor who is in charge of the construction. The site supervisor knows how to build, knows the building codes

and knows how to lead volun-teers. 3M CARES Habitat Project supplies leadership with an On-Site-Coordinator (OSC) and crew leaders. The OSC knows which crew leaders will be present each day and how many volunteers are scheduled. Therefore, tasks can be assigned to a crew leader and crew sizes can be set up ahead of time.

The volunteers switched back to their regular Tuesday/Thursday schedule in the middle of June and will continue until the building is done in December. Good job.

Betty Holdorf

A little fun on the job site ...Ole and Sven were putting siding on the Habitat building in north Oakdale in September. Ole noticed Sven throwing half the nails away.

Ole said, “Sven, why are you throwing so many nails away?”

Sven said, “They’ve got the heads on the wrong end.”

“Sven, you dummy, they’re for the other side of the building.”

Any tools you buy now won’t wear out.

“If you want to get in on the FUN, call the 3M CARES Habitat desk at 651-736-5451 and leave a message.”

Ole walks into the

lumberyard and

asks for 50 2x4s.

The clerk asks him

how long does he

want them. Ole

says, “a pretty long

time. We’re building

a house.”

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John Winters, director, 3M CARES Habitat for Humanity Operating Committee, documents each week’s progress. In the fol-lowing, he highlights 3M volun-teers during the week of Oct. 3-8.

Well, it was an excellent week for the 24 3M retirees who par-ticipated in the Jimmy & Rosa-lynn Carter Work Project 2010 in the Hawthorne neighborhood of Minneapolis and the Payne Phalen neighborhood of St. Paul. Minne-apolis had 12 houses. St. Paul had 14 houses — three were new con-struction, four were foreclosure rehabs and seven were A Brush With Kindness homes.

Work started Monday morn-ing with the temperature in the 40s and ended Friday afternoon at 87 degrees. It was beautiful weather all week. Each day we gathered in the 4-H Building at the State Fairgrounds for break-fast and pep talks at 7 a.m., took buses and vans to the various job

sites at 7:45 a.m., and worked until 4:30 p.m. Lunch was served in a large tent at Burr Street and York Avenue with more pep talks. There were also Elf crews that came late in the afternoon to do prep work for the next day.

Wednesday evening there was “A World of Hope Gala” at the Saint Paul RiverCentre featur-ing President Jimmy Carter and a very nice program with Julie Nelson of Channel 11 as MC.

On Thursday, President Jim-my Carter and his Vice President Walter Mondale; St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman; and Habitat International President Jonathan Reckford toured our houses and had a photo taken with the volun-teers. President Carter presented Bibles to the homeowners and spent a few minutes talking with them in a personal way.

It was a great week working directly with the homeowners, meeting volunteers from other parts of the Twin Cities and be-

ing inspired by the hard work and dedication of the Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity staff as well as the 2000 volunteers.

We also had volunteers at the Oakdale job site on Tuesday and Thursday, laying sod on one of those days. Hooray for them. We will continue on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Oakdale site until the building is finished in December.

See you on the jobsite,John Winters

“Thank you for making the Carter Work Project a stunning success for our partner families and communities — this was a transformative event for this East Side neighborhood, and we couldn’t have done this without the talented 3M CARES volunteers.”

Sue haigh, President, Twin Cities habitat for humanity

3M Volunteers Work “Overtime” at Special Habitat Event

President Jimmy Carter Jerry Laska John benkufsky Paul Richtman

New construction at 940 Desoto Ave. with 3M CARES and other volunteers

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Homeowners’ Dream Comes TrueMuhiden Tussa left

Ethiopia for Kenya in 1996 and finally arrived in the United States in 2000. His wife and son were still in Ethiopia, but with help from rela-tives already in the U.S., he was able to bring them here. The journey has not been easy for this family. They lived in an area of St. Paul where the crime rate is high and, having been victims of several break-ins at their apartment, they did not feel safe. He learned of the Habitat for Hu-manity program from friends and relatives.

The Tussa family applied to Habitat and was accepted into the program and moved into their home in June of 2010. They were able to move out of their one-bedroom apartment and into a newly built (by 3M CARES retiree volunteers) townhome in Oakdale. Muhiden said the home was

already completed, but he and his wife, Rabiya, and son, Hamza, have worked on other Habitat homes for more than 400 hours, a require-

ment for receiving the no-interest loan for their home.

Muhiden works at the University of Minne-sota in the maintenance

department, Rabiya is still looking for work, and Hamza attends John Glenn Middle School and enjoys soccer and math. Hamza wants to become a doctor so he can help people.

The family is so grateful to Habitat for their home and the safety they now feel. Muhiden said he now can sleep without fear and wants to help others find their dream.

He would love to bring all the recipients who received homes this year through the Habitat organization together to thank everyone for their part in his dream coming true. The fam-ily would love to get a bumper sticker for their vehicle that reads, “Thank You, Habitat for Humanity, for changing our lives.”

Linda Bell

The Tussa family, Muhiden, Rabiya and hamza, dream came true when they moved into their new habitat for humanity home this summer.

“3M CARES’ work was one of the

reasons the Twin Cities were selected

for the Carter Work Project.”

Sue haigh, President, Twin Cities habitat for humanity

“3M CARES retiree volunteers have

brains, brawn and heart. We’re

grateful for what you do.”

Robin Torgerson, Vice President, 3M Community Affairs and 3M foundation

“Thank you,Habitat for Humanity,for changing our lives.”

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A History of Saving LivesIn this special Encore edition, we also celebrate 20 years of 3M CARES American Red Cross Blood Drive Partnership

It all started with a shoebox full of names. Phyllis Hagen was recently retired from the 3M Accounting Department in 1990 when she was approached by a fellow 3M retiree with a shoe-box. The box contained names of roughly 70 volunteers who had been participating in 3M blood drives. Phyllis soon brought the blood drive program up to speed and into the 3M CARES office – and so began the 3M CARES/Red Cross Blood Drive Volunteer partnership.

Twenty years later, Phyllis still spearheads the Blood Drive volunteer recruitment, and the partnership with the Red Cross is stronger than ever. Last year, 3M employees donated over 2,212 units of blood to the Red Cross with over 100 retired 3M employees signing up to help at the drives. Red Cross retiree volunteers make donors feel com-fortable by working as greeters, traffic directors and servers.

Although not affiliated with the CARES office, 3M’s involve-ment with the Red Cross can be traced back as early as 1943. The annual Red Cross drives have provided vital support to fellow 3Mers and the community dur-ing wartime, disaster relief and to meet everyday needs. Red Cross historical records, dating back to 1987, show that 3M has donated over 50,600 units of blood. That translates into potentially saving over 150,000 lives! That’s more than half the population of St. Paul!

The longstanding tradition of giving has not gone unnoticed

by the Red Cross. In 2010, 3M received the Circle of Humani-tarians Award and Blood Spon-sor Star Award for its generous contributions and unwavering commitment. These awards stem from 3M’s longstanding commit-ment to the organization and high participation numbers during company blood drives.

Jim Forman, a retired 3M ma-terials control manager, has been volunteering at blood drives for nine years. He enjoys volunteer-ing so much that he plans his va-cations around the blood drives. “It’s a fun way to have something to do and get out of the house. I’m always amazed with how many contacts you still have with people from different buildings,” said Jim.

Ed Hondlik, a 3M retiree and military veteran, first started donating blood back in 1951 to get out of KP duty as a soldier. He continued donating after his service and has now earned a 15 Gallon pin signifying his total blood donations over the years. He is no longer able to donate, but that hasn’t stopped him from staying active with the Red Cross. “If I’m not going to give blood, I might as well volunteer,” said Ed, a new blood drive volunteer.

If you can lend a hand as a greeter, traffic director or server at any upcoming blood drives, contact the 3M CARES office at 651-736-4247.

Rachel Hart3M Community Affairs

2010 Summer Intern

Jim forman greets 3M donor.

Phyllis hagen recruits volunteers.

Lorraine Schwietz and Marlys Lundell learn about volunteer opportunities.

Jerry Johnson, 3M CARES office volun-teer, visits with 3M retiree Don hagen.

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Opportunity

3M Volunteer Match Reminder

To recognize the contributions of 3M volunteers, the 3M foundation will match a minimum of 25 hours, in a cal-endar year, of retiree volunteer service with a $250 grant to the eligible school or nonprofit organization they serve. The cutoff for all 2010 hours to be reg-istered and verified online by the non-profit is feb. 28, 2011. 3M volunteers are eligible for one match per year.

Visit www.3Mgiving.com to register your time.

2011 Driving Safety Program Schedule Initial Courses (8 hours) Mondays/TuesdaysFeb. 7-8 — Ernest SergentApril 11-12 — Don LeeJune 6-7 — Don Lee

Four-Hour Refresher — (first half year)Wednesday, Jan. 12 — George ArthurMonday, Feb. 7 — Don LeeWednesday, Feb. 23 — Ernest SergentMonday, March 7 — Ernest SergentWednesday, March 23 — George ArthurMonday, April 4 — Tom NelsonMonday, May 9 — David CrossWednesday, May 25 — Tom NelsonWednesday, June 15 — Ernest Sergent

Save 10 percent on your car insurance by taking the AARP Driver Safety Program. Retirees or employees must take the initial 8-hour, two-day class before being eligible for the 4-hour refresher. The classes refine existing skills and cover defensive driving techniques.

All initial classes are held at 3M, in Building 224-1N-NEO Room and begin at 5:15 p.m. All refresher classes are held at the Tartan Park Clubhouse in the Willow Room and begin at 8 a.m.

Please call the 3M CARES office on (651) 736-4247 to register for a class.

Clip and Save3M CARES Office — 651-736-4247

3M Habitat for Humanity — 651-736-5451

AARP Diving Classes — 651-736-4247

3M Connections Network (benefits, address changes, pension, etc.) — 1-888-611-5500

Tartan Park Dining Reservations — 651-733-3476

Tartan Park Golf Shop — 651-733-3480

3M Club (tickets, events, etc.) — 651-733-3466

3M Club Picnic Reservations — 651-737-8902

3M Club Ticket Windows Listed Below — Retirees present gold card Building 225-2 Skyway, Novation Credit Union area – Mon. – Fri. 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Building 275 (located in Company Store) – Wed. & Fri, 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Company Store Hours — Building 224 & 275 – 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

CVS in Building 224 — 651-739-9028

Joyce baloga, 3M CARES habitat Project volunteer, is a 3M Volunteer Match participant. in 2010, 3M foundation grants totaling $21,750 went to Twin Cit-ies habitat for humanity, matching 87 3M volun-teers’ time.

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3M CARES is a program of 3M Community Affairs

Vice President, Community Affairs and 3M Foundation ....................Robin Torgerson

Administrator ...................................................................... Carol Winch-Longmuir

Volunteer Encore Staff:

Editor ..................................................................................................Mary Miller

Writers ....................................Linda Bell, Gary Forsberg, Neil Franey, Bette Holdorf,

Mary Miller, Judith Pfankuch

Photographers ....... Rudy Aguilar, Robert Cuerden, Neil Franey, Stan Miller, Kay Root

Remember, if you have an e-mail address change, please notify [email protected] or call 651-736-4247. Thank you.

To receive the Encore and 3M foundation match, volunteer or other 3M Community Giving information in a more timely fashion, please consider signing up for e-mail. U.S. bulk mail sometimes takes two weeks to reach you. Send an e-mail, with your e-mail address, to [email protected]

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Charles AckermanJohn AndersonNicholas ArgentoBruce ArnoldJohn BaldwinRonald BarberJohn BenkufskyGeorge BentzRobert BleckingerDavid BoeKen BognerCharles BresnahanCharlie BrunoHarold BussJoseph CarrollRobert CookLarry CraigheadLou CristanDarrell DipponDavid EnghHerbert FishJean FordJames FormanDon FornellNeil FraneyGlenn FrankeSteve FullertonRichard GeisThomas GinzlDewain GoffKathy HamerRobert HamerLoren HammondRon HatlerRalph HogancampBruce HolcombLes JacksonRichard KaselLowell KisrowDick LarkinCurtis LarsonJerry LaskaDonald LeeJohn LeePierre Le PereJanice LindauRich LindholmDick LongletJim LoveBil LundJoe LundersThomas MaloneWilliam McDowellKelly McGurran

Raymond MeierJohn NapiwoskiBill NelsonOwen NelsonJames NeuharthChuck NewmanBruce NicholsonAnne NorbergRick NorenDennis OlanderJerry OstendorfTerry PattonAllen PearsonPete PedersenRodger PereyraArlyn PoppenJohn PottsJames RambergDick RathsJohn ReganGeorge RehbeinTom ReimanPaul RichtmanDuane RoettgerPeter RothJohn RutherfordJoseph SchmittJames SelchowJim ShankDan ShapiroKen SimpsonDavid SonsallaDick SpaenZenon StepchukDavid StevensBob StorlieRoger StumoStan SuchtaJerry SwansonVictor ThalackerJoseph TheissenPat ThiegsClyde ThietsDan TrauschtRobert WagemanJim WarnerMark WeaversLouis WinslowBarb WintersJohn WintersDean WohlhuterLorraine WohlhuterAllan Worm

Thank you to these 2010 3M CARES Habitat Volunteers!