Team Update

Hi all,

We had a great team ride on Saturday, despite the warm temperatures and alittle too much wind. We had 20 of us turn out for interviews with Leigh and lots of great team footage along the ride. We even finished up with refreshments at my house after the ride. Thanks to everyone for coming out and making yourself available for NBC 15. Thanks especially to Leigh Mills, Sabrina Wolman and the rest of the NBC 15 team. The result will be great for increasing awareness for MS and maybe even help our efforts to grow the team and raise donatiions. Leigh tells me the first story will run Thursday July 6th on her 5:00PM program.

Speaking of growing the team, we're now at 44 team members with 15 of them new riders! That's a great start but, we have a long way to go. Our goal is to get to 80 riders this year so we need to sign up 6 riders each week. We normally lose approximately 25% of previous team members so we will probably still need at least 17 additional new riders in order to get our 36 additional registrations. So, don't forget to talk up the ride and the benefits of riding on our team. Use our team website as a resource when describing the ride or team benefits and don't forget about our recruiting incentive. The Fiore Companies have donated a stay at the Heidel House in Green Lake. You'll get one chance to win for each person you recruit and I'll draw the winner on Friday August 4th.

Next training ride, same place and time. Meet Saturday June 24th at 9AM in Waunakee at the Prairie Elementary School. Prairie is on Madison St, north of Main St or hwy 19. I plotted out a route that goes through Roxbury, Marxville and Martinsville. I haven't measured it but it will be approximately 35 to 40 miles.

All for now...thanks all

Ken

Car wash, training rides, NBC 15 and more

All,

Handful of things to update you on today….26 riders and counting

We’re doing a car wash on Saturday June 10th (not June 3rd) from 9am to noon at the Shell station at 3401 University Ave.. Dave Barger will supply the hoses, sprayers, sponges, etc but will need washers to help and LOTS of towels. Funds raised will be allocated to those that work so please get involved, especially if you need help getting to the $300 minimum, the yellow jersey level or whatever. Please email Dave directly at dbarger@mge.com or call him at 235-0298 to confirm your interest.


We’re doing a training ride this Saturday the 3rd at 9am starting at Prairie Elementary in Waunakee of 33 miles. Prairie is on the west side of Madison street which is north off main street or hwy 19. The next training ride will be June 17th, also at 9, same place, etc but will be filmed by NBC 15 with interviews, etc. This one is important because we want to look like a diverse group that’s having fun getting ready for the ride. In my opinion, group means 20 or more people which is about 3 to 4 times the number we usually have so please get this on your calendar, even if you stop after a few miles and turn around.


We have several people that have been successful getting new corporate sponsorships for $1000 and getting the company logos on this years’ jersey. Thanks to Leigh Mills and NBC 15 for their incredible media support, Terry Dexter for getting a $1,000 sponsorship from Compuware, Dennis Sampson for getting the same from First Business Bank and I got $1,000 for Sani-matic. Each of us will start off our fundraising with a $1,000 head start. Returning sponsors are Mortenson, Matzelle and Meldrum for $2,500, the Deforest Towne Center for $2,000, and $1,000 for Catapult PR-IR and Ayrestech Ltd. Thanks all for putting in the extra effort.


If you haven’t already done so, check out the new website, thanks to Kevin and Erica St Angel for all their help http://www.sonicstreamers.org/ and check out NBC 15’s site discussing the ride, with a very prominent link to our team site http://nbc15.madison.com/unclassified/2826011.html.

Things are really coming together - we really have a shot of getting to the top and making the greatest impact in the state by raising awareness for MS through our large team size, visibility in the community and by raising more donations than any other team.