I am finally getting on here. What an exhausting, but wonderful weekend! The rain held off and it didn't get too hot! I have an announcement to make before getting into the weekend's festivities. We didn't want to take away from the point of the fundraiser this weekend so we didn't sell tickets to the Logger's Game at the fundraiser. Today we officially starting to sell the tickets! Here is the information you need and I will follow that with information I need from you if you are interested in attending. The game is on July 29th and tickets for the game are once again $5.00. We also have a coach bus taking us to the game, however, it only fits 60 people compared to a little over 70 people on the bus last year. The cost, since it is a coach with air and a bathroom will be $10.00 each this time. We will also be selling tie-dye red TEAM VOGEL shirts if you wish to purchase them for $10.00. Otherwise feel free to wear the TEAM VOGEL shirts from last year or the new ones from this year. I am asking that if you want to go to the game, ride the bus, and or just want a shirt that you email me ASAP at TEAMVOGEL@hotmail.com. We will stop taking orders on July 16th so we can get the shirts ordered and so Julie can get us the tickets. PLease email the account I have put above and please title it "Loggers Game" and let me know what you want to do with the 4 options: how many tickets, seats on the bus, and shirts and shirt size.
As for the fundraiser, what a great day!! The rain held off and we didn't get "streamed out" like we did at my first benefit. The traffic seemed to flow in and out of the tent all day. The softball tournament and homerun derby were both excellent! Lee Rain won the homerun derby and Audio, part of the split up Eagles team, won the tournament. I only got to watch the final 3 games, but they were all good!! The race went really well, especially considering this was the first year, thank you to everyone that participated in the race and the volunteers that helped the race run smooth. Thank you also to to the Winona High Football team for their help with the race. Congrats are also in line for the Cancer Kicker's who won the kickball tournament!
The Penny Raffle went well as we sold ALL the tickets, amazing, that was 1500 tickets between the 3 Raffles. Thank you to everyone that donated the prizes for that. Keta Lindstom for the "Vegas" trip, The Kosidowski's for the fishing trip, and the Twins, Andy Gierok, and Dave St. Peter, and Rachel for the Twins package. Thank you to everyone that purchased raffle tickets for this as well! The golf chipping contest went really well with the winning of the drawing be Scott Hoag. The food seemed to be a hit throughout the day as the pulled pork, hot dogs, and brats were flying out all day. We had a TON of baked goods and they all went good as well.
The silent auction was a huge hit as usual! Many of the Twins autographed items went for a high amount of money. The framed pictured from Opening Day that my friend, MIke, donated generated a lot of money. Also the Harley jackets from Susie made their way up as the day went on. Thank you to everyone that donated something to the auction. Like I said, that part of the fundraiser was a great success and brought in a lot of money for the families.
Thank ALL of you for helping out with this fundraiser. Whether you helped serve food, participated in the run/walk or one of the tournaments, donated money, baked goods, silent auction items, etc!. To everyone that was there in attendance, thank you for being there in support of these wonderful families! There will be more thank yous to come throughout the week. Rachel and i are heading out here for a few days to relax. We are going to wait a little bit to announce what we had come in for money as money keeps trickling in through donations on the teamvogelvscancer.com website and in the mail.
A huge thank you has to go out to Randy Knecht who provided the music throughout the day and got a lot of people up there to sing. Last, but certainly not least has to be the great team that we put together for our board. Brian Bergler, Mike and Julie Biggerstaff, Mom and Dad Vogel, Mom and Dad Salisbury, Amanda Weifenbach, and Rachel and I worked very well as a team together and made this a great day without many hitches at all! I am excited to work with this group again next year and keep the momentum of this event going. Thanks is also in order for Brad and Dale Bartelson for the great work they did with the softball tournament and homerun derby! The website wouldn't have been as great as it was without the time and effort put in by Sarah Biggerstaff and AJ Scherbring. Thanks so much. I can't wait to do this all over again next summer.....but I am excited to take a break for now and enjoy what we accomplished over the weekend. Take care and I shall talk to you soon!!
As for the fundraiser, what a great day!! The rain held off and we didn't get "streamed out" like we did at my first benefit. The traffic seemed to flow in and out of the tent all day. The softball tournament and homerun derby were both excellent! Lee Rain won the homerun derby and Audio, part of the split up Eagles team, won the tournament. I only got to watch the final 3 games, but they were all good!! The race went really well, especially considering this was the first year, thank you to everyone that participated in the race and the volunteers that helped the race run smooth. Thank you also to to the Winona High Football team for their help with the race. Congrats are also in line for the Cancer Kicker's who won the kickball tournament!
The Penny Raffle went well as we sold ALL the tickets, amazing, that was 1500 tickets between the 3 Raffles. Thank you to everyone that donated the prizes for that. Keta Lindstom for the "Vegas" trip, The Kosidowski's for the fishing trip, and the Twins, Andy Gierok, and Dave St. Peter, and Rachel for the Twins package. Thank you to everyone that purchased raffle tickets for this as well! The golf chipping contest went really well with the winning of the drawing be Scott Hoag. The food seemed to be a hit throughout the day as the pulled pork, hot dogs, and brats were flying out all day. We had a TON of baked goods and they all went good as well.
The silent auction was a huge hit as usual! Many of the Twins autographed items went for a high amount of money. The framed pictured from Opening Day that my friend, MIke, donated generated a lot of money. Also the Harley jackets from Susie made their way up as the day went on. Thank you to everyone that donated something to the auction. Like I said, that part of the fundraiser was a great success and brought in a lot of money for the families.
Thank ALL of you for helping out with this fundraiser. Whether you helped serve food, participated in the run/walk or one of the tournaments, donated money, baked goods, silent auction items, etc!. To everyone that was there in attendance, thank you for being there in support of these wonderful families! There will be more thank yous to come throughout the week. Rachel and i are heading out here for a few days to relax. We are going to wait a little bit to announce what we had come in for money as money keeps trickling in through donations on the teamvogelvscancer.com website and in the mail.
A huge thank you has to go out to Randy Knecht who provided the music throughout the day and got a lot of people up there to sing. Last, but certainly not least has to be the great team that we put together for our board. Brian Bergler, Mike and Julie Biggerstaff, Mom and Dad Vogel, Mom and Dad Salisbury, Amanda Weifenbach, and Rachel and I worked very well as a team together and made this a great day without many hitches at all! I am excited to work with this group again next year and keep the momentum of this event going. Thanks is also in order for Brad and Dale Bartelson for the great work they did with the softball tournament and homerun derby! The website wouldn't have been as great as it was without the time and effort put in by Sarah Biggerstaff and AJ Scherbring. Thanks so much. I can't wait to do this all over again next summer.....but I am excited to take a break for now and enjoy what we accomplished over the weekend. Take care and I shall talk to you soon!!
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