2008 Crawl for the Cure recap

This year was our best ever! We raised just over $42,000 this year. This brings our 4 year total to over $120,000! This is all thanks to you guys & gals. We can't thank you enough for all of your support. This year, we were fighting a down economy & huge fuel prices, yet you managed to be part of the largest participant group ever, 69. Somehow, it seems impossible, but you did it, & for that we thank you, with all sincerity. We also had a little side deal going with the Quad Cities Food shelf. Through that program our event brought 714 lbs. of food. That’s enough to fill an 8’ pickup box. Wow, who would have thought that that would work out so well.

Every year we try to change things a bit or add new stuff. This year we added a Girls drive trail ride. That was a huge success & will be done again next year for sure. We also did a couple of timed competitions. The Lone Pine & UA run. I wonder if anyone from Peterson's Magazine ever thought "their" UA trail would be run in 46 seconds. Way to go Roger. Even Leo was amazing with 53 secs. Viz did ok, being that he only has 44" tires.

Our sponsors are the ones who really help us financially. Minneapolis Auto Auction, Benna Ford , and Burnsville Offroad. These 3 companies, along with many other sponsors, kick it up a notch for us & allow us to put this event on with a few luxuries. Burnsville Offroad, first off, completely built the raffle Jeep, donated money, the winch etc. Then at the last minute, Dan, bought 50 Jeep raflle tickets to be given away as door prizes. We can't thank you enough & will be forever indebted. Your attitude, company & friendship is top notch & will never be forgotten.

Awards were given out again this year. Scott & Krissy Potter won the Hope award for the 2nd time in a row for raising the most money. Randy Johnson won the worst broke award, Best engineered went to Don Irwin, for his TJ with the stroked Mopar motor & homemade fuel injection. Mark Filanowich took home the Sportsman honors for many reasons, but most of all, just being there to help out and being such a great guy.

The raffle Jeep was won by Don Millar of New Hope. Congratulations to him. Maybe we'll gain another offroader out of the deal. Whatever he decides to do with the rig, We certainly hope he enjoys it. I always hear many comments on the event and it always makes me feel really good. This year I heard that people were skipping other events, due to the economy, but they were going to make it to this one. Trust me when I say, that we will always strive to be the best event around, but I feel it's such a success because of all of the participant's. You people are really what make or break an event. So again, thank you. We have already picked our dates for next year. Again, the 3rd weekend in July. July 16-19, 2009. Keep the dates & start preparing for our best year ever.