April & May Newsletter
- Emily Pearson
- May 7
- 4 min read
Volunteer Call!
If digging through piles of craft supplies sounds like your kind of fun (same), we could use your help! We’re looking for volunteers to sort, organize, and bring a little order to the creative chaos.
Weekly open volunteer hours starting at The Craft Apothecary! Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays 11am – 3pm
Some activities that we have on our project list are:
Building IKEA furniture
Sorting, measuring, and rolling fabric
Sorting yarn
Sorting scrapbook/stamping supplies
Covering wall panels in fabric
It's really a choose your own creative adventure over here and we'd love some help!
Send me an email if you are interested: emily@thecraftapothecary.org
The building is locked during these hours so please reach out and I'll share my phone to get into contact with me. Thank you!!
And zero worries if weekdays don't work out for you! Once we open there will be weekend volunteer hours available.
*Note: For safety reasons we do ask for volunteers to be over 15 and kids stay at home. Thank you!
**Volunteers will receive a day pass good for The Craft Apothecary as a thank you.
Sunday CrafterNoons at Rose Street
Join us for a Sunday CrafterNoon! Every Sunday 11am–4pm come to the Rose Street Center (home of The Craft Apothecary) and spend some time with community and creativity. Bring your own project, bring a snack, we have tables and comfy chairs. The Apothecary isn't open yet so we don't have our full offering of supplies and tools to start out with but we wanted to start coming together and creating! Register at the links below to reserve your spot, pay in person ($5 fee).
We will be crafting on Mother's Day, make a day of it and bring a plus one for free a and come craft with us and shop at the Retail Collective!
May 10th Sunday CrafterNoon — Mother's Day +1 Special!
Retail Collective
The Retail Collective at Rose Street Center is open!
Thursday 4pm-8pm Friday 4pm-7pm Saturday 11am-4pm Sunday 11am-3pm
Come check out the amazing local vendors in a unique shopping experience. If you are interested in selling your items in the Retail Collective you can find out more information here.
The Craft Apothecary and Owatonna Makerspace Progress
Things are still happening to make this a reality! We've taken in over 2600 pounds of donated art and craft supplies! We are continuing to take in donations on Sundays during CrafterNoon hours—11am–4pm. Keep us in mind as you are spring cleaning! Here is a link to our donations page for more details.
As for the space; the ADA compliant doors are IN! Makerspace and Apothecary spaces have been painted and we are working hard at sorting donations and setting up our retail and community use areas! Owatonna Makerspace is waiting on some electrical work to be completed so we have enough power for all the amazing equipment. Stay tuned for The Craft Apothecary soft-opening and our big Rose Street Center Grand Opening dates!
Just a small note from the Director
April feels like a big step forward for The Craft Apothecary! I’ve officially stepped away from my career at Pearson after 22 years and will now be focusing 100% on bringing this space to life. It’s exciting (and a little surreal) to be all in on this work.
The timing couldn’t be better—the accessibility updates have officially begun at The Rose Street Center, and things are continue to move in the right direction. With that, April will also open up opportunities for volunteer hours, more donation times, and I’m looking forward to building this space alongside all of you!
Donations
We will continue to take donations on Sundays from 11:00–4:00PM. Stop by the Rose Street Center, 115 East Rose Street Owaotnna, we'll be in the Community Room! If its a bag or 2 bring it on in. We do have a cart and elevator available if you need it. If its a car load, stop in and I'll direct you to the loading dock to un-load there. We'll weigh donations and as a 501(c)3 we can provide a donation receipt if you'd like!
Here is a link to our donations page on what we will and will not accept:
VoyageMinnesota Article
I had the opportunity to talk a bit about the journey so far with The Craft Apothecary in an article with VoyageMinnesota.
Steele County Fix-It-Clinic — SUCCESS!
The Craft Apothecary co-hosted the first Steele County Fix-it-Clinic and it was a huge sucess! We had 33 broken items come in for repair/diagnostics. 23 items were fixed, 3 items were diagnosed, 7 item either were beyond repair or diagnosed but not worth fixing. A huge thank you to our Volunteer Fixers for helping us make this happen. We will for sure be hosting another (tenitive date set for October 17th) so make sure to follow us on our Facebook Page and or on our website:
