Saturday, April 10, 2010   -   Annual MS Walk for Multiple Sclerosis

Barkley Village, Bellingham  8:30 a.m. program / 9:30 a.m. walk

Please join our Local Union Team, "Teamsters Care" to walk and raise money for MS by clicking                                                            National MS Society.org; > register > join a team > Teamsters Care.

If you choose to donate by check, please make your check out to National MS Society and write c/o Teamsters Care on the memo line at the bottom of your check.  You can turn it in to: Teamsters Union Local 231 - 1700 N State St, Bellingham or mail to either our address PO Box H, Bellingham  WA  98227, or to the MS Society address located online.

We hope to see you there!

Wednesday, April 28, 2010   -   Worker Memorial Day 

12:00 p.m. at the Bellingham Library front lawn

This a 1/2 hour remembrance ceremony for our fallen workers who died on the job and to our Brothers and Sisters killed in action in the United States Armed Forces.

Please attend and show your support.  If attending on your lunch break, please feel free to bring your lunch.

Congratulations to Kyle Willis, Waste Management; Scott Perry, Skagit County Courthouse; Eric Howell, Whatcom County; Jeff Eberlein, Waste Management; and Jesse Pagnossin, City of Ferndale a few of our winners at the both the November 18, 2009 and December 9,2009 Holiday Membership Meetings. 

A special Thank you to Toby Knutzen for the potatoes he brought for everyone at both meetings!  Toby works at Waste Management and his family owns Knutzen Farms.

Thanks to everyone who contributed to the several food drives that were held this last year, you're awesome!

It was an absolutely gorgeous day for the annual Teamsters Local 231 picnic held Saturday, July 18, 2009 at Lutherwood Camp on Lake Samish.  We had 186 members and their families in attendance.  The food was catered again by Kelli's O'Deli who did a fantastic job. 

We would like to extend a special Thank You to everyone who graciously gave of their time:

Flo Rose-Banks (Mount Vernon School District) and Heather Ewing (wife of Rich Ewing, YRC) with pictures, Kyle Mannen (UPS Burlington) with parking, Ted Williams (Sanitary Service), Ben Angel (Mount Vernon School District), Louis Petersen (Skagit County Courts), Russell Hayes (UPS Burlington who even retrieved a bee out of the bounce house), Jim Sofka (Whatcom County M&O), Vivian Strong (Whatcom County), and Marilyn Wyss (City of Lynden) who all helped with the children's bounce house.  I hope you are all enjoying the beach towels with this warm weather.

                                                      (Picture taken by Richard Yee Team Photogenic C 2009)

Teamsters Local 231 participated in the MS Walk held in Bellingham that began at Barkley Village on April 4, 2009 and helped raise approximately $2905.00!  We were proud to help fight this disease that has affected many of our members.