7/7/2010 6:22:55 PM
Brad Lewellen
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The oldest and largest Motorcycle Rally in the Western US honoring those who have sacrificed their freedom and often their lives so that we may enjoy ours. Ceremonies, Vendors, Vietnam Memorial Traveling WALL and TONS more cool and patriotic features.
RALLY WEBSITE:
http://www.theveteransrally.org/
RALLY VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4dv6qUz_kU
An 80% scale replica of the Vietnam Memorial WALL will be on display FREE of charge for all to see and honor the more than 58,000 names carved in order. Other tributes include WWI, WWII, Korea, Desert Storm, and more plus Art displays, walk of Heroes, Ride of Honor, Candlelight Ceremonies, honor guards and singers.DON'T MISS THIS AWESOME SIGHT! You will never forget it.
edited by CHARGER on 7/7/2010
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"History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid"
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7/28/2010 6:42:55 PM
Ted Malone
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Please see my posting in the "Fun Events" section as well. We are planning a booth at this rally, and need volunteers to help man it. Please send me an email (gopher@coloradopgr.org) if you are willing to help out. Let me know what day and timeframe you can man it. I'll be putting a schedule together in the near future for this.
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http://www.coloradopgr.org
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8/14/2010 2:39:48 PM
rusty5069
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I will be in Cripple Creek on the 19th to 22th and if you need help with anything. Please let me know at rabbit@ecentral.com or
303-690-3124. I will camped at the KOA.
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8/15/2010 12:52:15 AM
David Skinner
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Hey Ted, I would love to help out but my main issue currently is getting there & home afterwards. I am available for either Fri or Sat or even both if need be. Just get me there!!
BB
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8/17/2010 3:53:46 PM
Frosty
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Ted, now that my stitches are out, I'm riding again. Connie and I plan on being up there on the 21st. Let me know if you need help - I think you have my contact info....
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8/17/2010 10:08:03 PM
navytoy82
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My wife and i plan to be up there on Saturday the 21st so let us know if you need us to do anything. navytoy82@yahoo.com
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8/18/2010 9:15:20 AM
Ted Malone
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All;
For everyone who's offered to help out with the booth, I really appreciate it. I still don't have the additional logistics information that I was expecting, but what I do know is that we're supposed to be checked in and the booth built by noon on Friday, and then we just basically man the booth throughout the event until 4pm on Sunday.. As of right now, it appears that there are no considerations for parking or anything (i.e, you're on your own for parking) and I'm not too sure what we're going to have available at the booth.. Working on it, doing my best, but it's not going as smoothly as I would like.
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Ted "Gopher" Malone
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8/18/2010 10:56:00 AM
Bryan Bell
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Have fun. I will be sweating my behind off in Joplin, Mo. it's only going to be 97 with a heat index of 100+ something. I sure hope it rains a little
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8/18/2010 1:49:54 PM
Mary Malone
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I will be up there by noon on Friday the 20th to check in and get our location for the PGR booth....then will be setting up the booth...anyone who wants to help out meet me up there at noon at the gazebo where check-in will be taking place (don't ask me where the gazabo is located as i will be figuring that out myself)
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8/18/2010 10:59:06 PM
Trent Caster
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Hard to believe, but we have a free weekend with NO soccer or deck building. So, I'd like to help out on Sunday. I'll keep an eye on this thread for details.
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8/19/2010 10:19:16 AM
Ted Malone
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Finally have all of the logistics information.. Here's what the booth schedule looks like:
Friday - Noon - 5pm
Saturday - 9am - 6pm
Sunday - 9am - 4pm
Mary and I will be there all 3 days. If you can stop by the booth and help work it for awhile, please do so. We will have some PGR merchandise on hand to offer for those willing to donate, and will also have some US Army "SWAG" to give out for donations as well.
There are no special parking areas or reserved sections for us. Park whereever you can find a spot (and don't forget to pay if it's a pay lot - there is no special dispensation for us in this regard)
The Gazebo that Mary is talking about is at 1st Street and Bennet ave, but we won't be there at Noon. The booth will need to be setup and ready by noon, so we'll be in our booth at that time. If you want to come up and help set things up (not really necessary, the booth is easy to assemble) we'll be there around 10am on Friday. I don't have a location for the booth at this time, but once we get setup tomorow I'll try and post a location here. We will be easy to spot though. We'll be under a blue cover and will have the Colorado PGR Banner prominently displayed.
Hope to see everyone out there at some point!
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Ted "Gopher" Malone
Assistant State Captain - Southern Colorado
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8/19/2010 12:45:42 PM
ldsteiner
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I will probably be doing the poker run Friday, so I might still be "out" while you're setting up the booth. I'll try to be an early finisher, and stop by the booth to see if I can be of assistance. After the poker run I have no obligations, so I can man the booth after that.
Saturday I'm doing the POW/MIA ride with friends and will have family along, but I will stop by the booth again, and can probably spell the "regular" volunteers for lunch/bathroom breaks as needed.
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8/19/2010 6:18:50 PM
Paul Griffey
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Ted and or Mary if you need any help I will have time on Friday to do whatever you need. I can even cage up if you need me to haul anything up. Just let me know how I can help and you got it. I have a run to Denver late tonight so I will check this or my email once I return. Thanks for all you guys do see you tomorrow
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8/19/2010 6:53:00 PM
Roger Stasiak
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Right now I am planning to drive up to Cripple Creek on Saturday. Will be glad to help with the booth when I get there.
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8/19/2010 8:01:33 PM
Ted Malone
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Thanks for the offers of help. Basically at this point I think we have the transportation of "stuff" for the booth and the booth itself covered. What we could use are bodies to man the booth up there, so if you're heading up and can man the booth for awhile, please find us and let us know..
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Assistant State Captain - Southern Colorado
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8/23/2010 8:35:53 AM
Ted Malone
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Thank you to everyone who came out and worked with us at the show! I'll leave the final accounting to the HOTH folks, but I will say that this was a very successful event for us. We must've talked to more than a thousand people, but there were several that stood out. We had veterans from WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Desert Shield/Storm, Iraq and Afghanistan stop by and talk to us, and we got to hear a ton of great stories! This was really a great event overall..
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Ted "Gopher" Malone
Assistant State Captain - Southern Colorado
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8/24/2010 6:56:29 PM
Jim Herstein
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As Ted mentioned, the event was a great success. We have had a booth at six or seven previous venues over the past four years and this was our most successful event, to date, relative to donations. Special thanks to Ron Hall, our PGR State Chaplain, for getting the ball rolling and reserving our booth space. Ted and Mary were at the event for the three full days and were responsible for the coordination, set up and break down of our booth. There were many PGR members in attendance and we had great coverage from those members during each of the three days. The weather was perfect, the crowds were great and very supportive. Looking forward to attending this event, again, next year.
Jim
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