Delivering Art by Auto

This week's challenge was for our ASK volunteers to deliver our quarterly magazine, King MOSAiC, to post offices, businesses, coffee shops, libraries, and advertisers.
We encountered the expected obstacles of winter: icy driveways, slippery sidewalks, snow-covered signage, snow piles in parking spaces.

Often we would fight our way to the front door, knock loudly, and then find nobody home! It seems that many businesses: garden centres and patio restaurants for example,  are seasonal in King, and their owners, like so many others, have gone away for the winter. Who could blame them really?

Other obstacles for our delivery persons are more tempting in nature. It is hard to leave copies of MOSAiC at a bakery without buying a little bite of biscotti, a butter tart, or maybe a chicken panini. One of the delivery routes takes the driver right past the Hwy 89 Outlet Mall! For heaven's sake, who could resist a little shopping for some bargain clothes?
Another problem for our drivers always is vague directions: "Go up the 7th concession to approximately the 5th driveway on the left, or maybe it is the 6th. Anyway, you will see the little red mailbox on the side of the driveway. (Unfortunately covered in snow). Another direction: "Leave them at Mr. Clean." ?? Turned out to be a laundromat!

But the most exciting delivery story comes from a new delivery person, out with a friend for a country drive on a sunny day. At their first stop the driver left the car door open, went to the front entrance with her copies of the magazine, and knocked loudly. She was greeted by 5, yes FIVE dogs, all yapping excitedly and racing towards her  car. They hurled themselves inside the car, a new model with leather seats.The friend sat frozen in fear as the driver got them all out and shut the car door. Then the friend screamed out the window - there's still one left in the back!!

Our volunteer delivery drivers deserve a lot  of credit for taking their personal time to deliver your copy of King MOSAiC. We hope you enjoy it!
Sue
PS  - If you didn't get a copy, go to kingmosaic.ca and see our magazine online