FREEDOM FIRST RIDERS
FREEDOM FIRST RIDERS HAD A BUSY
&
SUCCESSFUL APRIL 2008 !
APRIL WAS A VERY BUSY, YET SUCCESSFUL MONTH FOR FREEDOM FIRST RIDERS ! WAY TO GO MEMBERS !
FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE FIRST ANNUAL BIKE SHOW FUNDRAISER. I SPEAK FOR ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF FREEDOM FIRST RIDERS WHEN I SAY THANK YOU CHRIS & SJON FOR AN AWESOME JOB IN PUTTING THIS FUNDRAISER TOGETHER. IF YOU DON'T HAPPEN TO KNOW THE DETAILS OF HOW THE FUNDRAISER ALL CAME ABOUT LET ME TAKE SOME OF YOUR TIME AND CLUE YOU IN. CHRIS AND SJON WERE IN THE OLD MILL IN URBANK MN, TALKING ABOUT WANTING TO DO SOMETHING FUN FOR AND WITH THE CHAPTER. ONE THING LEAD TO ANOTHER AND SOON THE CREATIVE JUICES BEGAN TO FLOW. NEXT STEP WAS TO GET A NAPKIN OUT AND START JOTTING DOWN IDEAS AND THEN THE REST IS HISTORY AS THEY SAY! THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR VERY HARD WORK CHRIS AND SJON, WE ALL APPRECIATE IT GREATLY ! IF YOU RUN INTO EITHER OF THESE GUYS, PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO THANK THEM AND GIVE THEM A PAT ON THE BACK. THE NEXT THANK YOU GOES OUT TO JIM GAMMACHE, WHO PLAYED A LARGE PART IN THE FUNDRAISER. JIM IS THE OWNER OF THE OLD MILL IN URBANK . JIM DONATED THE OLD MILL TO US TO USE FOR OUR FIRST FUNDRAISER. THANKS JIM ! WE TRUELY APPRECIATE IT. LETS NOT FORGET ALL OF THE HARD WORK PUT INTO THIS FUNDRAISER BY THE MEMBERS OF FREEDOM FIRST RIDERS! A BIG PAT ON THE BACK GOES OUT TO ALL OF THE MEMBERS ! THERE WERE MANY MANY MEMBERS WHO DONATED TIME IN PREPARATION OF THE FUNDRAISER AS WELL AS MANY WHO WORKED VERY HARD WHILE DONATING TIME ON SATURDAY. MANY OF OUR MEMBERS WENT OUT AND GOT DONATIONS FOR OUR SILENT AND LIVE AUCTIONS AS WELL. WAY TO GO MEMBERS WE ALL DESERVE A PAT ON THE BACK !
SATURDAY APRIL 5TH : WE AWOKE TO A SUN FILLED DAY ~ NO SNOW OR RAIN IN SIGHT. SO ONE OBSTACLE WAS ALREADY OUT OF THE WAY. WHEN I ARRIVED AT URBANK, THERE WERE ALREADY SEVERAL MEMBERS THERE AND THE MOTORCYCLES WERE COMING IN STEADY. I WALKED INSIDE THE OLD MILL AND WAS GREETED BY MORE MEMBERS WHO WERE ALL HURRYING AROUND IN ATTEMPT TO MAKE THE DAY A SUCCESS. THERE WERE VENDORS SETTING UP, ALONG WITH OTHERS DOING VARIOUS LAST MINUTE DETAILS. AS THE DAY PROGRESSED, MORE MEMBERS WERE SHOWING UP, MORE BIKES AND VENDORS WERE COMING THROUGH THE DOORS. WE ENDED UP WITH 33 MOTORCYCLES IN THE SHOW ! I DID NOT GET A TOTAL COUNT ON THE NUMBER OF VENDORS, HOWEVER, I DO KNOW THAT IVORY LEATHERS WAS THERE, AN AIRBRUSH ARTIST , AND ALSO JEWEL WACKER WITH COOKIE LEE JEWELRY.
WE HAD OVER 400 PEOPLE COME THROUGH THE GATES THROUGHOUT THE EVENT. THERE WAS ALOT OF RUNNING INTO OLD FRIENDS AND MAKING NEW FRIENDS AS WELL. WE SIGNED UP SEVERAL NEW MEMBERS, TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE IT RANGED SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 12 AND 14 . WELCOME TO OUR FAMILY NEW MEMBERS !
SJON WAS THE MAN BEHIND THE MICROPHONE ANNOUNCING ALL DAY LONG. HE DID A SUPER JOB ! HE NOT ONLY KEPT US INFORMED OF WHAT WAS GOING ON OUTSIDE AND IN, BUT GAVE AWAY MANY DOOR PRIZES THROUGH OUT THE DAY.
MARK * WOLF* GAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION OUT IN THE PARKING LOT AMONGST THE BIKES. IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE AND INTERESTING TO LISTEN TO.
THE BALLOTS WERE COUNTED AND TROPHIES AWARDED AT 5 PM. THE VOTING WAS DONE BY PEOPLE'S CHOICE AND THAT AGAIN WAS A HUGE SUCCESS !
WE HAD A ROCK BAND FROM PERHAM HIGH SCHOOL CALLED BOMB DA DAY. THEY REALLY ROCKED THE CROWD AND GOT EVERYONE DANCING ! THEY WERE SUPER ! A GROUP OF VERY TALENTED YOUNG MEN !
WE THEN WENT THROUGH AND ANNOUNCED THE WINNERS OF THE SILENT AUCTION ITEMS WHILE WAITING FOR THE NEXT BAND TO START PLAYING. THERE WERE ALOT OF HAPPY PEOPLE WITH THE SILENT AUCTION ITEMS !
THE NEXT BAND UP WAS ROCKING HORSE PETER. THEY ROCKED US OUT FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. THEY WERE TRUELY AWESOME !
WE HELD OUR LIVE AUCTION WHEN THEY WENT ON BREAK ! THE CROWD WENT WILD WITH THE BIDDING ! A HEARTFELT THANK YOU GOES OUT TO THE 2 AUCTIONEERS WHO DONATED THEIR TIME !
THE WEATHER HELD OUT UNTIL LATER IN THE EVENING WHEN WE BEGAN TO GET SOME RAIN WHICH EVENTUALLY TURNED INTO SNOW. OUR VERY OWN *SANTA* WAS BRAVE ENOUGH TO RIDE HIS MOTORCYCLE AND HAD TO RIDE HOME IN THE RAIN !
I WILL CLOSE HERE BUT AGAIN WANT TO EXTEND A HUGE THANK ALL OF THOSE WHO SUPPORTED US.
A.B.A.T.E. U.
ABATE U WAS HELD ON APRIL 12TH AT THE HOLIDAY INN IN ALEXANDRIA. FREEDOM FIRST RIDERS WAS WELL REPRESENTED BY THE MEMBERS. A BIG THANK YOU GOES OUT TO ALL WHO WERE PRESENT.
FRIDAY NIGHT WAS A SOCIAL EVENT. WE WERE ALL GIVEN THE CHANCE TO VISIT WITH MEMBERS WHO WERE PRESENT, AS WELL AS GO OUT AND MEET MEMBERS OF OTHER CHAPTERS. IT APPEARED THAT THE TIME WAS SPENT GETTING TO KNOW OTHER MEMBERS ON A PERSONAL BASIS AND MAKE FRIENDS WITH OTHERS FROM AROUND THE STATE. OUR HOSPITALITY ROOM WAS A BUSY PLACE ! A HUGE THANK YOU GOES OUT TO PETE'S COUNTY MARKET FOR THE 2 BEAUTIFUL CHEESE AND MEAT TRAYS THEY PROVIDED FOR US. LETS NOT FORGET TO THANK SANTA FOR THE YUMMY APPLE PIE THAT HE SO WILLINGLY SHARED WITH US ! A BIG THANKS TO OTHER MEMBERS WHO PROVIDED US WITH SNACKS AND BEVERAGES AS WELL ! IT WAS SO NICE TO BE ABLE TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND ENJOY THE COMPANY PROVIDED.
OUR HOSPITALITY ROOM WAS ON THE SECOND FLOOR , WHICH WAS RATHER AWESOME ! YOU SELDOM SAW THE BALCONY WITHOUT 10 - 15 PEOPLE OUT THERE WATCHING THE HAPPENINGS BELOW !
SATURDAY THE OFFICERS ATTENDED MEETINGS WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY MORE FELLOWSHIP. I PERSONALLY NOTICED WHEN MEETING SOMEONE FROM ANOTHER CHAPTER AND MENTIONED I WAS FROM FREEDOM FIRST RIDERS, THEY OFTEN COMMENTED ON WHAT A GREAT JOB YOU ALL ARE DOING ! IT WAS THE GENERAL FEELING THAT THE FREEDOM FIRST RIDERS ARE DOING FANTASTIC ! THERE WERE SEVERAL WHO WERE IN AWE OF THE WAY OUR CHAPTER HAS GROWN AND ALL THAT WE ARE DOING. YES, WE SHOULD STAND TALL AND PROUD !
I NOTICED OUR ROOM WAS OFTEN FILLED WITH LAUGHTER . WHAT A GREAT WAY TO PROJECT WHAT WE ARE AND HOW WE ARE ! I KNOW THAT I LEFT ABATE U FEELING THAT I KNEW ALOT OF OUR MEMBERS ALOT BETTER THEN I DID BEFORE . I FELT THAT WE REALLY WERE PROJECTING THE IDEA THAT WE ARE FAMILY IN THIS CHAPTER AND THAT ALONE SAYS ALOT ABOUT OUR CHAPTER.
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO ASK *WOLF* HOW MANY QUARTERS HE COLLECTED AND HOW !
A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HELPED SET UP THE HOSPITALITY ROOM, AS WELL TO THOSE OF YOU WHO HELPED CLEAN THE ROOM BEFORE WE LEFT ON SUNDAY !
WE AGAIN HIT THE FLOOR RUNNING, AND WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO SIGN UP SEVERAL NEW MEMBERS DURING THIS EVENT. WELCOME TO OUR FAMILY NEW MEMBERS !
LAST BUT NOT LEAST.. FREEDOM FIRST RIDERS MEMBERS CHRIS THOMAS AND MICKEY LINT SOLD 2 WINNING TICKETS FOR THE MOTORCYCLES ! WAY TO GO GUYS !! CHRIS SOLD THE SECOND PLACE WINNER AND MICKEY SOLD THE FIRST PLACE WINNER. AWESOME JOB !
FROM WHAT I HEARD FREEDOM FIRST RIDERS MADE QUITE AN IMPRESSION AND IT IS A NAME THAT WILL NOT BE EASILY FORGOTTEN
!
AS WE OFTEN SAY : EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED ~~ AND THAT IS DEFINATELY US ~
FREEDOM FIRST RIDERS ROCK ! LETS KEEP UP ALL THE GOOD WORK !
UNTIL NEXT TIME ~~
PENNYJO
FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE FIRST ANNUAL BIKE SHOW FUNDRAISER. I SPEAK FOR ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF FREEDOM FIRST RIDERS WHEN I SAY THANK YOU CHRIS & SJON FOR AN AWESOME JOB IN PUTTING THIS FUNDRAISER TOGETHER. IF YOU DON'T HAPPEN TO KNOW THE DETAILS OF HOW THE FUNDRAISER ALL CAME ABOUT LET ME TAKE SOME OF YOUR TIME AND CLUE YOU IN. CHRIS AND SJON WERE IN THE OLD MILL IN URBANK MN, TALKING ABOUT WANTING TO DO SOMETHING FUN FOR AND WITH THE CHAPTER. ONE THING LEAD TO ANOTHER AND SOON THE CREATIVE JUICES BEGAN TO FLOW. NEXT STEP WAS TO GET A NAPKIN OUT AND START JOTTING DOWN IDEAS AND THEN THE REST IS HISTORY AS THEY SAY! THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR VERY HARD WORK CHRIS AND SJON, WE ALL APPRECIATE IT GREATLY ! IF YOU RUN INTO EITHER OF THESE GUYS, PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO THANK THEM AND GIVE THEM A PAT ON THE BACK. THE NEXT THANK YOU GOES OUT TO JIM GAMMACHE, WHO PLAYED A LARGE PART IN THE FUNDRAISER. JIM IS THE OWNER OF THE OLD MILL IN URBANK . JIM DONATED THE OLD MILL TO US TO USE FOR OUR FIRST FUNDRAISER. THANKS JIM ! WE TRUELY APPRECIATE IT. LETS NOT FORGET ALL OF THE HARD WORK PUT INTO THIS FUNDRAISER BY THE MEMBERS OF FREEDOM FIRST RIDERS! A BIG PAT ON THE BACK GOES OUT TO ALL OF THE MEMBERS ! THERE WERE MANY MANY MEMBERS WHO DONATED TIME IN PREPARATION OF THE FUNDRAISER AS WELL AS MANY WHO WORKED VERY HARD WHILE DONATING TIME ON SATURDAY. MANY OF OUR MEMBERS WENT OUT AND GOT DONATIONS FOR OUR SILENT AND LIVE AUCTIONS AS WELL. WAY TO GO MEMBERS WE ALL DESERVE A PAT ON THE BACK !
SATURDAY APRIL 5TH : WE AWOKE TO A SUN FILLED DAY ~ NO SNOW OR RAIN IN SIGHT. SO ONE OBSTACLE WAS ALREADY OUT OF THE WAY. WHEN I ARRIVED AT URBANK, THERE WERE ALREADY SEVERAL MEMBERS THERE AND THE MOTORCYCLES WERE COMING IN STEADY. I WALKED INSIDE THE OLD MILL AND WAS GREETED BY MORE MEMBERS WHO WERE ALL HURRYING AROUND IN ATTEMPT TO MAKE THE DAY A SUCCESS. THERE WERE VENDORS SETTING UP, ALONG WITH OTHERS DOING VARIOUS LAST MINUTE DETAILS. AS THE DAY PROGRESSED, MORE MEMBERS WERE SHOWING UP, MORE BIKES AND VENDORS WERE COMING THROUGH THE DOORS. WE ENDED UP WITH 33 MOTORCYCLES IN THE SHOW ! I DID NOT GET A TOTAL COUNT ON THE NUMBER OF VENDORS, HOWEVER, I DO KNOW THAT IVORY LEATHERS WAS THERE, AN AIRBRUSH ARTIST , AND ALSO JEWEL WACKER WITH COOKIE LEE JEWELRY.
WE HAD OVER 400 PEOPLE COME THROUGH THE GATES THROUGHOUT THE EVENT. THERE WAS ALOT OF RUNNING INTO OLD FRIENDS AND MAKING NEW FRIENDS AS WELL. WE SIGNED UP SEVERAL NEW MEMBERS, TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE IT RANGED SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 12 AND 14 . WELCOME TO OUR FAMILY NEW MEMBERS !
SJON WAS THE MAN BEHIND THE MICROPHONE ANNOUNCING ALL DAY LONG. HE DID A SUPER JOB ! HE NOT ONLY KEPT US INFORMED OF WHAT WAS GOING ON OUTSIDE AND IN, BUT GAVE AWAY MANY DOOR PRIZES THROUGH OUT THE DAY.
MARK * WOLF* GAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION OUT IN THE PARKING LOT AMONGST THE BIKES. IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE AND INTERESTING TO LISTEN TO.
THE BALLOTS WERE COUNTED AND TROPHIES AWARDED AT 5 PM. THE VOTING WAS DONE BY PEOPLE'S CHOICE AND THAT AGAIN WAS A HUGE SUCCESS !
WE HAD A ROCK BAND FROM PERHAM HIGH SCHOOL CALLED BOMB DA DAY. THEY REALLY ROCKED THE CROWD AND GOT EVERYONE DANCING ! THEY WERE SUPER ! A GROUP OF VERY TALENTED YOUNG MEN !
WE THEN WENT THROUGH AND ANNOUNCED THE WINNERS OF THE SILENT AUCTION ITEMS WHILE WAITING FOR THE NEXT BAND TO START PLAYING. THERE WERE ALOT OF HAPPY PEOPLE WITH THE SILENT AUCTION ITEMS !
THE NEXT BAND UP WAS ROCKING HORSE PETER. THEY ROCKED US OUT FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. THEY WERE TRUELY AWESOME !
WE HELD OUR LIVE AUCTION WHEN THEY WENT ON BREAK ! THE CROWD WENT WILD WITH THE BIDDING ! A HEARTFELT THANK YOU GOES OUT TO THE 2 AUCTIONEERS WHO DONATED THEIR TIME !
THE WEATHER HELD OUT UNTIL LATER IN THE EVENING WHEN WE BEGAN TO GET SOME RAIN WHICH EVENTUALLY TURNED INTO SNOW. OUR VERY OWN *SANTA* WAS BRAVE ENOUGH TO RIDE HIS MOTORCYCLE AND HAD TO RIDE HOME IN THE RAIN !
I WILL CLOSE HERE BUT AGAIN WANT TO EXTEND A HUGE THANK ALL OF THOSE WHO SUPPORTED US.
A.B.A.T.E. U.
ABATE U WAS HELD ON APRIL 12TH AT THE HOLIDAY INN IN ALEXANDRIA. FREEDOM FIRST RIDERS WAS WELL REPRESENTED BY THE MEMBERS. A BIG THANK YOU GOES OUT TO ALL WHO WERE PRESENT.
FRIDAY NIGHT WAS A SOCIAL EVENT. WE WERE ALL GIVEN THE CHANCE TO VISIT WITH MEMBERS WHO WERE PRESENT, AS WELL AS GO OUT AND MEET MEMBERS OF OTHER CHAPTERS. IT APPEARED THAT THE TIME WAS SPENT GETTING TO KNOW OTHER MEMBERS ON A PERSONAL BASIS AND MAKE FRIENDS WITH OTHERS FROM AROUND THE STATE. OUR HOSPITALITY ROOM WAS A BUSY PLACE ! A HUGE THANK YOU GOES OUT TO PETE'S COUNTY MARKET FOR THE 2 BEAUTIFUL CHEESE AND MEAT TRAYS THEY PROVIDED FOR US. LETS NOT FORGET TO THANK SANTA FOR THE YUMMY APPLE PIE THAT HE SO WILLINGLY SHARED WITH US ! A BIG THANKS TO OTHER MEMBERS WHO PROVIDED US WITH SNACKS AND BEVERAGES AS WELL ! IT WAS SO NICE TO BE ABLE TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND ENJOY THE COMPANY PROVIDED.
OUR HOSPITALITY ROOM WAS ON THE SECOND FLOOR , WHICH WAS RATHER AWESOME ! YOU SELDOM SAW THE BALCONY WITHOUT 10 - 15 PEOPLE OUT THERE WATCHING THE HAPPENINGS BELOW !
SATURDAY THE OFFICERS ATTENDED MEETINGS WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY MORE FELLOWSHIP. I PERSONALLY NOTICED WHEN MEETING SOMEONE FROM ANOTHER CHAPTER AND MENTIONED I WAS FROM FREEDOM FIRST RIDERS, THEY OFTEN COMMENTED ON WHAT A GREAT JOB YOU ALL ARE DOING ! IT WAS THE GENERAL FEELING THAT THE FREEDOM FIRST RIDERS ARE DOING FANTASTIC ! THERE WERE SEVERAL WHO WERE IN AWE OF THE WAY OUR CHAPTER HAS GROWN AND ALL THAT WE ARE DOING. YES, WE SHOULD STAND TALL AND PROUD !
I NOTICED OUR ROOM WAS OFTEN FILLED WITH LAUGHTER . WHAT A GREAT WAY TO PROJECT WHAT WE ARE AND HOW WE ARE ! I KNOW THAT I LEFT ABATE U FEELING THAT I KNEW ALOT OF OUR MEMBERS ALOT BETTER THEN I DID BEFORE . I FELT THAT WE REALLY WERE PROJECTING THE IDEA THAT WE ARE FAMILY IN THIS CHAPTER AND THAT ALONE SAYS ALOT ABOUT OUR CHAPTER.
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO ASK *WOLF* HOW MANY QUARTERS HE COLLECTED AND HOW !
A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HELPED SET UP THE HOSPITALITY ROOM, AS WELL TO THOSE OF YOU WHO HELPED CLEAN THE ROOM BEFORE WE LEFT ON SUNDAY !
WE AGAIN HIT THE FLOOR RUNNING, AND WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO SIGN UP SEVERAL NEW MEMBERS DURING THIS EVENT. WELCOME TO OUR FAMILY NEW MEMBERS !
LAST BUT NOT LEAST.. FREEDOM FIRST RIDERS MEMBERS CHRIS THOMAS AND MICKEY LINT SOLD 2 WINNING TICKETS FOR THE MOTORCYCLES ! WAY TO GO GUYS !! CHRIS SOLD THE SECOND PLACE WINNER AND MICKEY SOLD THE FIRST PLACE WINNER. AWESOME JOB !
FROM WHAT I HEARD FREEDOM FIRST RIDERS MADE QUITE AN IMPRESSION AND IT IS A NAME THAT WILL NOT BE EASILY FORGOTTEN
!
AS WE OFTEN SAY : EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED ~~ AND THAT IS DEFINATELY US ~
FREEDOM FIRST RIDERS ROCK ! LETS KEEP UP ALL THE GOOD WORK !
UNTIL NEXT TIME ~~
PENNYJO
