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7th Annual Winter Banquet

         January 12, 2008      

Andersons' Home in St.Point

**You are welcome to arrive early for Packer game kick-off**
**Schedule may be adjusted pending completion of the game**

4:00 - Social Hour
5:00 - Buffet Dinner
6:00 - Program (Awards & Slideshow)
7:00 - More Social Time

Team Ready will be providing the Hot Beef Main Course, with participants asked to bring a dish to pass. Please also bring the beverage of your choice, if not wishing to join the community keg of Miller Lite.

Team Ready also wishes to continue our community service contributions by asking attendees to bring a non-perishable item(s) to donate to our annual food drive for the local "Operation Bootstrap" program.

We look forward to seeing everyone again!

Over 100 pounds of food collected in 2006

Inaugural award presentations in 2007

[2007 SLIDE SHOW]                      [2008 PICTURES]

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Habitat for Humanity

         October 13 & 20, 2007         

Cutting Insulation for the Concrete Slab

Custom Fitting around Hydronic Piping

(Enthusiastically) Raising the first Wall

Adding Last Top Plate before Trusses Arrive

Coming together to help others has been the foundation of Team Ready's existence. Construction weekends first began while many members worked at the summer camp, then blossomed as families began to acquire their first homes, and now those skills are regularly being shared throughout our communities.

While having helped with assorted construction projects for different causes over the past several years, Team Ready is proud to have developed an on-going relationship with local Habitat for Humanity chapters for our annual fall service project - often spending several weekends per year preparing a home for an underprivileged family in our area. Lending a hand, regardless of skill level, is always welcomed as the news video of our most recent weekend helps to show such combined efforts.

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Koskelin Welcome Center Construction

May-August 2007

The Koskelin Welcome Center is being constructed at the entrance of Tesomas Scout Camp in memory of Steve Koskelin. Steve was a Scoutmaster in Wausau and Land O' Lakes, and a big supporter of programs at camp. At the time of his death, Steve was in the process of putting together a log cabin for his troop and his family has donated that cabin to be used at camp.

The camp alumni members of Team Ready were asked to coordinate the assembly and provide some special touches to this memorial. The project began with setting the foundation and log walls during May, and the window & door were installed prior to camp opening in June. During July, volunteers from Week 5 custom built the roof & porch and throughout Week 6 other volunteers added the deck, installed the electrical, and got started on the staining. After camp ended in August, many volunteers returned to install the metal roof, custom build gable windows, add exterior trim, and complete exterior staining. A few finishing touches remain during the offseason, but the final product will be ready for full use in the summer of 2008.

Our thanks to all the volunteers who have helped with this special and significant undertaking, so far: Todd, Aaron, Will, Chris, Drew, Dave, Rob, Dick, Al, Larry, Mike, Don, Jerry, Dustin, Matt, Dave, John, Scott, Ken, Dave, Lyle, Tim, Mike, Don, Jade, Joe, Dylan, and Summer Camp Staff, Ranger Staff, OA Ordeal Crews, and the many part-time helpers at Fall Conference - THANK YOU ALL!

Staff Weekend Foundation & Wall Crew

Period 6 Deck & Electrical Volunteers

In-Progress Photo Gallery

 

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3rd Annual Charity Softball Tournament

          June 22-24, 2007          

Benefitting the Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Wisconsin

With the help of great weather, volunteers, players, fans and sponsors, we will be able to make an increased donation of over $3000 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation this year.

Thank you to all teams that participated and congratulations on your placements: 1st Place - Werner Insurance (Edgar), 2nd Place - ElectroGlo (Fort Atkinson), 3rd Place - Steamin' Dragons (Marshfield), 4th Place - Weston Lanes (Wausau), 5th Place - MEC Party Rental (Wausau), 6th Place - Loading Zone (Wausau), 7th Place - Partner's Pub (Stevens Point) and 8th Place - 4tk (Oshkosh). Congratulations also to the traditional homerun derby champ - Troy Armstrong (Loading Zone) and the inaugural keg toss champ - Ryan Bargender (Werner Insurance), and the drinking champions - Loading Zone. And a special thank you to everyone for supporting the concession stand, the raffle drawings, and the teams that donated their prize money back to our cause.

Thank you to all of our sponsors, especially our lead sponsor - Kwik Trip, with special appreciation to the additional major support from Miller Lite & the Wausau East Intramural Programs, and other significant contributions from Four Seasons Screen Printing, Wausau Window & Wall Systems, 1st Place Trophy & Engraving, Sun Printing, Eastbay, the Milwaukee Brewers and Green Bay Packers.  Thanks to Todd, Will & Rob for making arrangements with the donors and teams before the weekend.  And THANK YOU to all the volunteers for helping throughout the weekend and in many different areas like umpiring, field maintenance, score keeping, concession stand, grilling, raffle drawings, special events, setting up & cleaning up - Todd, Will, Rob, Stove, Roger, Shirley, Brian, Sandy, Drew, Dave, Carol, Travis, Rick, Dick, Scott, Mike, Josh, Renee, Simon, Troy, Paul, Jeff, Andy, Dallas & Chris.

Concession Stand Opening on Friday (Look who's first in line!)

Sunday's Fifth Round Game Action (Come on ump - that pitch was flat!)

Full Photo Gallery

~ Meal Preparation (Friday Night thru Sunday Morning)

 

~ Service Project - Cabin Foundation (Saturday Morning)

 

~ Executive Board Meeting (Saturday Afternoon)

 

~ Fellowship & Camaraderie (All Weekend Long)

 

Photo Gallery

 

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World's Largest Trivia Contest

                    April 20-22, 2007                   

 Stevens Point, WI

Team Ready's "R" Us

120th Place out of 441 Teams

Final standings (Ctrl-F = "Team Ready")

Team Ready's Trivia History

Thank you Jason & Liz for hosting and everyone for stopping by.

Weekend's Photo Gallery

               January 20, 2007              

This year's event was hosted by Josh & Renee Stevens at their home in Plover.   The social hour and potluck dinner was followed by the introduction of the Team Ready Service Awards and Special Contributor Recognitions.  Another 100 pounds of non-perishable food items were collected for the local "Operation Bootstrap" food pantry, and we were treated to another of Brian's slide show retrospects of the past year.

The Team Ready Service Awards have been established to recognize increasing levels of volunteer hours for our community service events, with key rings and glass mugs presented this year - a current list of hours and recipients has been added here.  The roofing fundraising crew was also recognized with a special utility knife tool (for future projects).  And custom desk top ornaments and wall plaques were presented to members that organized our social events, made substantial financial contributions, and coordinated our incorporation & service projects.  See our latest newsletter for a listing of all recipients.

Check out pictures from this year, and hope to see more of you next year!

Team Ready Fundraising Service Project

  Wis Rapids Roofing  

October 5-9, 2006

This project turned out to be about twice the work that we expected, but it was also twice as profitable as a result.  In addition to being able to fund our tax exempt filing fees, we will now be able to do a little extra because of the homeowners' appreciation for the extra efforts and quality on this project.

Whether for a couple hours or a couple of days, all help was greatly appreciated - especially those that came in early on Thursday to get things started and those that returned on Monday to put on the finishing touches.  Thank you to everyone that volunteered to come and help us - Drew, Brian, Simon, Todd, Mike, Jason, Justin, Rob, Art, Dustin & Josh (and Mr. Goodness for lunch).

Complete weekend picture album in photo gallery.

Third Annual Team Ready Camp Staff Fellowship Presentation

  Crystal Lake Scout Reservation Staff  

August 13, 2006

Congratulations to 2006 recipients Andy Haka (Tesomas Scout Camp Waterfront Director) and Kevin Keen (Hanna Venture Base Micro-Trek Leader).

Team Ready's annual awarding of fellowships is intended to provide financial assistance for deserving senior staff members that provide quality peer leadership during the summer, but might otherwise be struggling to afford to return to camp year after year.  More history is included on our fellowship page, and if you would like more information or make a contribution, please contact our Fellowship Coordinator.  Thank you to all alumni that contributed to this year's award! 

Josh & Drew presenting................................Andy & Kevin receiving.

Second Annual Team Ready Charity Softball Tournament

  Benefitting Children's Miracle Network  

July 28-30, 2006

Despite another year of nasty weather, the Team Ready Foundation was able to raise over $2000 for Children's Miracle Network.

The heavy rain and lightning caused the cancellation of Sunday's championship games, with the managers of the remaining teams agreeing to split the prize money based on record of games completed. First place was awarded to Kim's Barrel Inn of Stevens Point, and second place was shared by Nasty Dogs of Wausau and Stepans of Mosinee. Remaining teams in the Toilet Bowl Bracket were MEC of Wausau, Jeykl & Hyde of Oshkosh, and Donger's of Wausau. Donger's was also awarded the custom Homer Simpson Beer Drinking Trophy. Thanks also to the other teams that participated in the tournament: Loading Zone (Wausau), Team Strupp (Marshfield), Kelly Club (Schofield) and Powell Realty (Minnesota); along with the celebrity & children's kickball game between WYTE & WAOW.

The success was due in large part to all the dedicated volunteers and supportive sponsors, especially some very impressive raffle prizes from Kwik Trip. Other sponsors including US Bank, Central Beer, 1st Place Trophy & Engraving, Subway, and the Loading Zone. Volunteers both on the field and off the field were lead by Brian, and included Sandy, Todd, Rob, Josh, Renee, Stove, Aurise, Jason Liz, Justin, Becca, Will, Drew, Rick, Roger, Dave, Lynn, Carolyn, Bethany, Kiara & Kris - THANK YOU to All!!!

Here's how the weekend started..................and here's how the weekend ended.

Go to the photo album for all the action in between

CLSR Camp Staff Training Weekend

  May 12-14, 2006  

Our tradition of preparing meals for this year camp staff training continued for another season. With the meals being served at Hanna Venture Base, we expanded our contributions to camp by building bunk beds for the newly renovated HVB staff housing area.  Between cooking & cleaning, we setup a workshop to construct 5 new bunk beds and refinish the existing 3 bunk beds.  This weekend's motivational speech after dinner was given by Stove (ask him about video games sometime).  Big thanks to the members and alumni that came together to make this another success - Renee, Josh, Jason, Stove, Todd, Will, John, Rob & Brian.  Check out the gallery for a photo recap of the weekend.

Friday's Crackerbarrel                                     Bunk Bed Workshop