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Every year, north Minneapolis resident Paul Skrbec invites neighbors with snowblowers to join his “snowblower challenge:” Go a little farther and clear sidewalks for the whole block.Skrbec is 52 and retired but said that every winter since 1994, barring some years living out-of-state, he has removed snow for neighbors. “The idea is for people who do have that ability to do so to be kind to their neighbors and to help them out,” he said. “I've got a couple of neighbors that are elderly, and they maybe can't shovel very well, but yet the street needs to be accessible for people. And so this is a kind of an effort to have people do that.”Read more about Paul via the @mprnews story via link in bio! — from Instagram

Every year, north Minneapolis resident Paul Skrbec invites neighbors with snowblowers to join his “snowblower challenge:” Go a little farther and clear sidewalks for the whole block.Skrbec is 52 and retired but said that every winter since 1994, barring some years living out-of-state, he has removed snow for neighbors. “The idea is for people who do have that ability to do so to be kind to their neighbors and to help them out,” he said. “I've got a couple of neighbors that are elderly, and they maybe can't shovel very well, but yet the street needs to be accessible for people. And so this is a kind of an effort to have people do that.”Read more about Paul via the @mprnews story via link in bio! — from Instagram

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