Happy Sunday, Friends 🐝,

After a little getaway — my annual girls weekend (any guesses [scroll down to comment] where we were?) and a visit with my daughter and grandloves — I’m back at my desk, settling into work mode and catching up on a mountain of emails.

There’s some really good news to share soon about:

• Our Blueprint collaboration
• A new grant award — Shout out to Eric on our Fundraising Committee for his efforts on this one
  
• Exciting updates to our volunteer program — we’ll share soon, but it’s all good news
• A Kurtis & Joe update
  
• Hate Mail series continues — We’ll be sharing more states that have moved to mail scanning. If your letters or emails have been blocked, stamped RTS, or mysteriously vanished, send us your story.

I’m saving the details until I’m fully caught up and back in the groove.

Thanks for buzzing by, and for all the ways you keep our hive humming. 🧡

With gratitude,

—Melissa 🐝

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— Anne Lamott

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