Day 14 (Friday May 19) 8pm

On such a beautiful day it's only fitting for th the guys to go out and get some more business to join the no straw campaign! We started to say by meeting up with Jen and talking to her about new business to attack. We decided that all the hole in the wall places that have self serving straw dispensers. Those places seem to attract a ton of customers so we decided it was a good place to start the day's work. Jen gave us some new postcard flyers that are a little smaller than our original printer paper sized flyer. We went out and hit the streets. Stopping at at least 6 or 7 business. We talked to the managers and workers for a while at each spy explaining what we're doing and why we're helping. Many are intrigued but some are not. One man I talked to would barely give me the time of day which is hard to walk away from because it shows he doesn't really care about the campaign. But you win some and loose some. We've been working hard on this project with BOS and it doesn't end with us. We started the project off and after we're gone new volunteers will take over. We're almost done! Stay tuned!

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