Port Fish Day 2018 !
July 4th 2018 Cedarburg Parade
Grafton Lions Chicken Roast June 3rd 2018
West Bend Memorial Day 2018
St Jude's Corvette Drive May 17, 2018 – May 18, 2018 ( Jan & Mark Hobler )
The Peoria to Memphis St. Jude Corvette Drive first came to our attention at the 2017 Corvette Adventures in Wisconsin Dells. After seeing the video presented at the closing banquet, we knew this was something we wanted to do.
Each driver commits to raising $1000 and, if they have a passenger, the passenger commits to raising $500. We drove to Peoria, IL with Dave Klein, the leader from Wisconsin, on Wednesday to attend the mandatory driver’s meeting that night.
Thursday morning we drove to Uftring Chevrolet in Washington IL where they provided a light breakfast and a “team” meeting.
Two groups left from there with police escort and headed to Mid America Motorworks in Effingham IL. After an awesome catered lunch, courtesy of Mike Yager at Mid America Motorworks, we split up into four groups and headed toward Memphis.
The Arkansas Welcome Center was our next stop where those folks really rolled out the red carpet and provided great food and beverages for us (at their own expense I might add).
The four groups left the welcome center and headed for Memphis. All four groups arrived at the hotel in a very coordinated plan. The hotel was awesome, our rooms were already taken care of, and you just picked up your key and spent the rest of the evening doing whatever you wanted in Memphis.
Friday morning we met for a “team” meeting before heading over to St. Jude. A fantastic buffet was available on site and those who had never taken a hospital tour had the opportunity to do so. What a vision Danny Thomas had to get this hospital started-divine intervention all the way!
The kids that were well enough, and wanted to, could come out to the cars with their parent(s) and have their pictures taken in the cars, blow the horn (which one little boy just loved) or just get out in the fresh air and have some special fun.
The two speakers that presented during our breakfast were the CFO and Chaplain. Trust me, when you hear these kids’ stories and the lives they go on to lead, every penny we raised was NOT enough. They look at life so differently because of what they have been through.
It costs $2.4 million a day to run this facility and most of their donations average $35. St. Jude provides cost free treatment for every child so their families can be with them when they go through their treatments, tests, and recovery. There is emotional support for the kids through activities and art to express their feelings about cancer and its treatment, emotional support for the family and the hospital staff.
We can’t tell you enough what an AWESOME experience this was! The folks that coordinate this event did it right and I can’t believe how well done it was.
Each driver commits to raising $1000 and, if they have a passenger, the passenger commits to raising $500. We drove to Peoria, IL with Dave Klein, the leader from Wisconsin, on Wednesday to attend the mandatory driver’s meeting that night.
Thursday morning we drove to Uftring Chevrolet in Washington IL where they provided a light breakfast and a “team” meeting.
Two groups left from there with police escort and headed to Mid America Motorworks in Effingham IL. After an awesome catered lunch, courtesy of Mike Yager at Mid America Motorworks, we split up into four groups and headed toward Memphis.
The Arkansas Welcome Center was our next stop where those folks really rolled out the red carpet and provided great food and beverages for us (at their own expense I might add).
The four groups left the welcome center and headed for Memphis. All four groups arrived at the hotel in a very coordinated plan. The hotel was awesome, our rooms were already taken care of, and you just picked up your key and spent the rest of the evening doing whatever you wanted in Memphis.
Friday morning we met for a “team” meeting before heading over to St. Jude. A fantastic buffet was available on site and those who had never taken a hospital tour had the opportunity to do so. What a vision Danny Thomas had to get this hospital started-divine intervention all the way!
The kids that were well enough, and wanted to, could come out to the cars with their parent(s) and have their pictures taken in the cars, blow the horn (which one little boy just loved) or just get out in the fresh air and have some special fun.
The two speakers that presented during our breakfast were the CFO and Chaplain. Trust me, when you hear these kids’ stories and the lives they go on to lead, every penny we raised was NOT enough. They look at life so differently because of what they have been through.
It costs $2.4 million a day to run this facility and most of their donations average $35. St. Jude provides cost free treatment for every child so their families can be with them when they go through their treatments, tests, and recovery. There is emotional support for the kids through activities and art to express their feelings about cancer and its treatment, emotional support for the family and the hospital staff.
We can’t tell you enough what an AWESOME experience this was! The folks that coordinate this event did it right and I can’t believe how well done it was.
