4 Fun 4 Wheelers of Michigan Community Services
Donations and volunteering are done as a club and as individual members.
Our members volunteer at races, Region C and EC4WDA functions thought out the year.
At every meeting we have donation cans out for postage for boxes to Our Troops and The Children’s Tumor Foundation. We continue to donate clothes to Purple Heart as they come in.
November 2007 - Individual members donated to the Toys for Tots drive at the EC4WDA Fall Meeting and Banquet in Dubois PA.
December 2007 - We donated toys for Toys for Tots in Michigan
January 2008 - A member paid for postage and donated 2 filled boxes to the local post office to be sent to our troops. We donated to the One Of Our Own Fund.
February 2008 - One of our members Granddaughters husband is in Iraq and they are paying postage for 10 boxes to be sent to him and his company. Members donated items to help fill the boxes. And the club donated postage to send 4 boxes. We will be collecting items through our May meeting. Two of our members attended the Road Rally/Food Drive put on by SUV 4 Adventure and took donated canned goods that members donated. We donated to Camp Cheerful, which is a camp for disable kids and adults.
May 2008 - We donated Children’s Tumor Foundation. To help one of our fellow Region C racers son/grandson. Two of our members Natalie & Mara Henderson will be doing their annual children’s charity fundraiser to help raise money for the Children’s Tumor Foundation. Mara sells AVON and donated 2 purses full of goodies to be raffled off and proceeds will benefit the Children’s Tumor Foundation
. Members Fred & Nancy Garneau, Mara Henderson and Don Smith volunteered to be at the Lima Jamboree to help promote our sport and EC4WDA.June, July, August, & September 2008 - We are busy with our race season. Through out the Region C race season our members contribute to the Junior Racers Program by making donations of money or trophies to be refurbished and given out at races or as end of the year awards. They also volunteer to help with races they attend and on July 12th & 13th we put on our annual race in Norwalk Ohio at the Firelands 4 Wheelers race site.
October 2008 - Club members donated items to the Raffle Bucket and purchased tickets for the Raffle Bucket that was raffled at the Region C Awards Banquet in Milan Ohio. These funds supported the Region C fundraiser for the Children’s Tumor Foundation.
November 2008 - Club members donated items to fill boxes to go To the Troops. The club paid for postage on 2 boxes. Toys were donated by club members for Toys for Tots to go to Dubois PA for the EC4WDA and for the Michigan Toys for Tots. From the funds collected through out the year at club meetings an additional donation was made to the Children’s Tumor Foundation.
2006
LACASA (safe house for abused women & children) in Michigan, members continue to donate cell phones and we have a donation can at each meeting. One of our members helps at the shelter.
Beekman Therapeutic Riding Center (for children with special needs) in Michigan. We have a donation can at each meeting. Some of our members went to a Garage Sale and purchased tickets to their BBQ fundraiser. One of our members works at the center.
In February we gave to Spina Bifida.
In March we donated to St. Jude’s. We give annually to St. Judes Children’s Research Hospital. One of our member’s daughter, Mara Henderson has been doing an individual fundraiser for the past 3 years. This year she raised $1,800.00 for St. Jude’s. Mara has been involved with St. Jude’s since she was in the first grade and is now a Senior in High School. Mara will do her fundraiser again in 2007 with hopes of increasing her total.
In May we donated to a fundraiser done by the Boys Scouts of American. A family in our membership has 2 Boy Scouts. Individual members also donate during their yearly popcorn sale. Members Fred & Nancy Garneau volunteered to be at the Lima Jamboree to help promote our sport and EC4WDA.
So far in 2006 we have sent 28 care packages to Capitan Ryan Spodar and his group. He is the son of Ron and Dottie Spodar, Region C members with Tiretown 4 Wheelers. We enclosed letters letting him and all the troops know how grateful we are for their bravery, the sacrifice that they and their families are making to keep our country safe and free. We also let them know that we are keeping them along with their families are in our prayers. We have had more than one soldier we have corresponded with return home safely. Thank God.
Through out the Region C race season our members contribute to the Junior Racers Program by making donations of money or trophies to be refurbished and given out at races or as end of the year awards.
Sincerely,
Natalie Henderson
4 Fun 4 Wheelers, Community Services Rep
2005
LACASA (a safe house for abused women & children) in Michigan, members continue to donate cell phones. From our ongoing donation can at each meeting, we were able to purchase one of their large items needed at the shelter. One of our members helps at the shelter.
We give annually to St. Judes Children's Research Hospital. One of our member's daughter, Mara Henderson has been doing a individual fund raiser for the past 2 years and this year got donations in the amount of $1,500.00 for St. Jude's, matching her amount from 2004. Mara has been involved with St. Jude's since she was in the first grade and is now in High School. She will do her fundraiser again next year with the hopes of increasing her total for 2006.
One of our members Mike Henderson along with his wife Natalie, who are also Associate Members of EC4WDA, (D & S Engine Specialists and Motor City Muscle) were involved with The Stone Soup Project along with WCSX (a local radio station) that does a fundraiser benefiting The Children's Leukemia Foundation Of Michigan. The motor is done and the 1965 Pontiac GTO will make its debut at the Woodward Dream Cruise on Saturday August 20, 2005. The car will be raffled off with all the proceeds going to The Children's Leukemia Foundation Of Michigan. Tickets are $25.00 each and you can purchase tickets online at the WCSX website www.wcsx.com.
In April & May we gathered donations from our members to make care packages to send to our troops. What an overwhelming response I got from my club, we will be able to send close to if not more than 40 boxes to the troops. We had one soldier we sent to and he has since returned home safely, Thank God. So now we have address of 2 new soldiers. We have sent them each 3 boxes and are getting ready to send them a second round of boxes. We enclose letters for our members letting them know how grateful we are for their bravery and to let them know that they are all in our prayers. We got help from this web site, www.operationmilitarypride.org/packages.html. It helps with what can and cannot be sent to certain areas by typing in the soldier's zip code.
Through out the Region C race season our members contribute to the Junior Racers Program by purchasing 50/50 tickets or making donations of trophies or money.
Sincerely, Natalie Henderson
4 Fun 4 Wheelers Community Services Rep.
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