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Pink Ribbon Ride for the Cure

The Hags on Nags invite you to share in our tradition of helping raise funds to find a cure and bring an end to breast cancer here in Wisconsin
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Feb Meeting Notes

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HON members & BCR reps

Thank you to all the fine women that showed up at our first Pink Ribbon Ride for the Cure planning meeting of 2010!

We had a very good turnout of members and really covered some ground in our planning. We would also like to thank the Southern Kettle Moraine State Forest Headquarters for donating the use of their meeting room to our cause.

First, we heard from three wonderful representatives from Breast Cancer Recovery: Claire Bitner, Development Assistant, shared some history and information on what the organization is about; Judi Janowski, program director, told us more about BCR’s main program, Infinite Boundaries Retreats; and board member Linda Ackerman told us about her experiences volunteering with the group and how it as affected her life. The ladies answered many questions about their organization and have offered to help us in any way possible with our event. To learn more about Breast Cancer Recovery, visit their website at: http://www.BCRecovery.org

Following the BCR presentation, we focused on the different areas of the ride that needed leadership positions. We are proud to announce these great members who stepped up to the plate:

  • Food – Bridgette Bender The menu and planning of food will be very similar to last year’s event, with some items such as chili, hot chocolate, etc being options that will depend quite a bit on the weather the day of the ride
  • Registration – DeDe Nelson DeDe has some plans to make registration and check in run more smoothly this year! Separate tables for pre-registered and walk ins, pre-packaged Tshirts and forms for the pre-registered folks, etc
  • Advertising – Donna Meyer & Kris Anich Donna and Kris are working on an updated flier to have ready for us to distribute at Midwest Horse Fair, and Donna will begin working on getting out advertisements to local papers and online publications. If you know of a good outlet for advertising our event, please let Donna know, or be sure to forward our information to them when the fliers/advertisements are available.
  • Entertainment – Deana Zentner Deana already has quite a few ideas on her plate, everything from a return of the Kettle Moraine Rough Riders, to Icelandic Horse demos, to horses that paint for a living and Wild West Reenactors! Anyone with more ideas for entertainment the day of the ride, please forward the information to Deana.
  • Auction & Raffle – Amy Janecek There were quite a few ideas thrown around for this year’s donated item auction.. silent vs live, one single auction vs multiple throughout the day are just a few. Depending on how early in the year we get bigger-ticket items for the raffle, we will either do pre-printed tickets to sell ahead of time or sell tickets the day of. If you have any ideas or items to donate, please contact Amy.
  • Parking, Trails and Camping These areas do not have designated “leaders” yet, but will need to be filled closer to the event. These leaders will need to partner heavily with Al and Cindy of Kettle Moraine Ranch, and details can be worked out when the weather is nicer and we can get on site to better plan and prepare.

Bridle charms & ribbon concho

Amy and Sue have been throwing around some ideas for keepsake items to be given to riders at the event, including “bling” bridle charms, leather saddle charms and the pink ribbon concho. If you have some other ideas, let us know!

The official Pink Ribbon Ride for the Cure website is up and running! If you haven’t checked it out yet, visit it HERE or follow the link on the Hags on Nags home page. This is where you will be able to find all the forms, letters and other documentation to make donations, register for the ride and all sorts of other fun stuff. The site is being updated regularly, so check back often! 

We also had some of the pink Ride for the Cure shirts for sale and on display, in a few different styles. Contact Sandy Rogers if you are interested in purchasing any. Thank you to our beautiful model for her help!

The next Pink Ribbon Ride for the Cure planning meeting will be on April 10th, in Milton at the Owl’s Club around dinnertime, 5pm or so.

Again, I would like to thank all of you for your time and efforts in making this event a success, both last year and this year! Remember though, we can only succeed with your help, so get the word out, get those donations rolling in and lets make this year even better than last year!

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