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You're Invited: BWAC Annual Meeting and Volunteer Appreciation Dinner

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You're Invited: BWAC Annual Meeting and Volunteer Appreciation Dinner

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Volunteers make it happen!

All BWAC volunteers and friends are invited to attend this combined annual meeting, volunteer appreciation event, and twenty year anniversary party. Volunteers, organized by other volunteers, have been keeping wilderness trails on the map since 2002 thanks to BWAC's mission of advocacy, education, and trail stewardship.

  • Dinner catered by Prima
  • BWAC 2021 year-in-review and trail accomplishments
  • BWAC Board of Director slate proposal and election
  • 2021 crew reunions and slide show—see your crew on the map
  • Plans for 2022—is a trip in your future this spring or fall?
  • Keynote speaker, Jason Rasmussen, “Lost on the Powwow Trail”
  • BWAC volunteer-of-the year announcement and award
  • door prizes!

Family and friends are welcome. There is an event registration fee of $5.00 for each attendee to offset facility rental, catered dinner, and to plan for dinner guests. No charge for children ages six and under.

RSVP's are requested by Wednesday, February 2, 2022 on this Meetup site.

Jason Rasmussen, M.D., keynote speaker, walked off the Powwow Trail in October, 2001 and and lost his way, spending seven wintery nights in a dug out pine tree shelter before being found. Jason's story of survival and rescue is the subject of the book Lost in the Wild by Minnesota Book Award Winner Cary Griffith, © Borealis Books, 2006.

The program portion of this event will be live streamed on Facebook February 4: https://fb.me/e/1UCZFY6Ga Dinner, door prizes, and member voting will be for in person attendees only. Thank you.

Questions? Email info@BoundaryWatersTrails.org or call Susan Pollock, 612 644-4562.

COVID-19 safety measures

Dakota Lodge is an indoor facility owned and managed by Dakota County Parks, located four miles south of downtown St. Paul. Capacity for sit-down dining is 160 in a large, airy room. To promote physical distancing this event will be limited to 50% capacity, 80 attendees. BWAC leadership is closely monitoring Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) guidelines for indoor gatherings. If recommendations are revised to not permit indoor gatherings, this event will be held virtually and your registration fee will be refunded. BWAC wants our members to gather while keeping each other and our community as safe as possible. Per MDH, "the best protections from becoming infected with COVID-19 or spreading it to others are: 1) get vaccinated and 2) wear a well-fitting mask over your nose and mouth." For more details, for your safety and the safety of the group, visit and read "Recommendations for Attendees and Organizers of Events: COVID-19" here: https://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/coronavirus/events.html
The event host is instituting the above safety measures for this event. Meetup is not responsible for ensuring, and will not independently verify, that these precautions are followed.
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