Upcoming Community Events
Tabling at Anacortes Farmers Market Oct 19th
Some of you may not know but one of the most effective ways that Safe and Sane Skagit can be in our community is by setting up a table and informing people about what SaSS represents.
We call this volunteer activity "tabling" and it is one of the most uplifting activities for our group. There is a core group of us who have experience and a little training on how to do this. We are looking for more volunteers as more opportunities keep coming up for SaSS.
We will be tabling at the Anacortes Farmer's Market Saturday the 19th. One volunteer is needed from 8:30 - 11 :30 and another from 11:30 to 2:30. We give away trigger locks and meet all kinds of appreciative people. You will be with an experienced member who will guide you through the process. Sometimes the senseless gun violence in this country can get us so down. This is one way to go home feeling lighter. We could take more than just 1 volunteer for each shift of course, or just stop by and sit with us for awhile if you like.
Please respond to safeandsane.skagit@gmail.com with a subject line of VOLUNTEER and we will get in contact with you.
We will also be doing a training session for people who do interact with the public but that is not on the schedule yet. So please, even if you can't make this coming Farmer's Market, send us an email with VOLUNTEER in the subject line and we will keep your information for our future events.
The Alliance field team is ready to take on the 2024 General Election! We need your help contacting voters via phone, text and door knocking. We need all hands on deck!
Our field tem will lead independent voter engagement campaigns until election day on November 5th. Can you join us? Sign up HERE
If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to reach out to alex@wagunresponsibility.org.
Past Community Events
National Night Out in Anacortes
August 6th 2024
For Information about NNO Click here
The Anacortes National Night Out event was a great opportunity for SaSS
networking and an excellent start on our mission of safe storage as a King
County Health Department "Lock It Up" partner. We gave away several lock
boxes and trigger locks and enjoyed our conversations with police and fire
officers and received requests to participate in other events to spread the
word on safe firearm storage.
July 4th Parade in Anacortes
Safe and Sane Skagit will be marching in the July 4 Parade in Anacortes. Join us if you can!
The parade begins at 11 am. We will assemble at 10 am along “O” Avenue, beginning around 3rd Street. Look for our banner and signs! Wear Orange, bring you own sign, or use one of ours, or simply walk with us. We’d love to see you.
National Gun Violence Awareness Day
Wear Orange Weekend
Group Photo June 7th – 3:00pm
i.e. Gallery in Edison, WA
Join us and stop by!
Thanks to all of you, including the Breadfarm, who helped organize SaSS's table/photo shoot in Edison on Friday. We talked with many supporters and one non-supporter, so well worth the effort. Wim used the free Breadfarm cookies to lure people into conversations. It was a lovely day and provided a good chance to re-commit ourselves to gun violence prevention. Our SaSS cards proved the best handout for potential members.
2024 Tulip Festival Street Fair
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SaSS was happy to host many visitors during the Tulip Festival Street Fair. We chatted about 2024 gun laws that passed and what SaSS is up to. We gave away buttons, ribbons, bracelets, and gun locks. Many thanks to those who stopped to chat and picked up literature. Thank you to the many volunteers who made the table happen all weekend.
2024 ALLIANCE FOR GUN RESPONSIBILITY and SaSS PRESENTATION
Thanks to the Fidalgo Democrats for hosting the Alliance for Gun Responsibility and SaSS on January 9th. It was a great opportunity to learn about what the Alliance and we have been up to, where we've been, and current GVP bills in Washington State.
Click Here to read what the Anacortes American had to say in the January 17 edition of the paper.
DEMOCRACY IN CRISiS!
Lived up to its vision "to show our strength and unity during these times, and to feature the efforts of our local and state-wide organizations doing the work of keeping Democracy alive" and we very much felt "better connected, informed, inspired..."
SaSS and several other groups and attendees were inspired by the workshops and speakers. Thank you 10th LD Democrats!