on your MARK, get set, go!: MINNESOTA DONT'CHA KNOW!

Hello all,

After leaving Oklahoma last month, my team made our way up north to respond to some severe storms that hit the Minneapolis/St Paul area of Minnesota. This is where our organization was founded and is headquartered. It was really important for me/us to come and respond to the needs of those that have been supporting NECHAMA from the start. We have been able to put in about 200 hours in the field these last few weeks!! With the help of my great friends Dan and Gene and a few others, we were able to do some great work for some seniors and disabled persons that needed a hand recovering from the storms. Inspirational people here in the midwest. It has been an honor and a privilege to have met and worked alongside some of them.

I have come to really enjoy Minneapolis. Granted it isn't winter here at the moment. I guess that will be here... next week or so.

I hope you all are doing well.

Mark/Chops

The Future Is No Place To Place To Place Your Better Days

Enjoy my greasy haired after a long day in the field CBS News Debut! My antics begin about 2 minutes in. I shaved in the car on the way to CBS! Mom likes her children looking "crisp". Awesome to get the NECHAMA word out there!!

http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2013/07/05/2-weeks-after-storm-felled-trees-still-litter-metro/

SOME DAYS YOU ARE THE DOG! BEST OFFICE IN THE WORLD.

SOME DAYS, THE HYDRANT. ALL THEY STOLE WAS MY BELT.

DAN'S FARM IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.

WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU ARE IN A CITY AND DON'T KNOW A SINGLE PERSON AND IT'S THE 4TH OF JULY? FREEDOM FROM PANTS FESTIVAL OF COURSE - LAKE CALHOUN, MINNEAPOLIS.