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Mission Statement: To provide physical and financial assistance to local charitable organizations, while providing fun and rewarding experiences for our members and friends.
Team Ready Friends:
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Past EventsAnnual Banquet - January 23, 2010 Thank you to all members and friends that attended our recent banquet at the Anderson Home (thanks again Jason & Liz). Thank you to all that made contributions to our operations fund and/or in support our family sponsorship project this year. Thank you to Drew Nelson for years of leadership as Vice-President. Drew is stepping down to focus his efforts on the establishment of the official Camp Alumni Association. And welcome to Simon Larsen, who was unanimously approved to join the foundation's executive board. Thank you to members that organized foundation events this past year - Jason & Liz, Will, Rob, Drew, Scott, Brian, Todd and Aaron, or made significant financial contributions - Jason & Liz, Will & Christy, Matt, John & Jess, Bill, Simon, Todd, Nelson & Lindquist, Roger & Shirley and Ed. Also thank you and congratulations to members that have reached new service levels this year - 25 hours: John, Andrew, Luke, Sam, Chad and Dallas, 100 hours: Mike, Joy, Dave and Shirley, and 250 hours: Drew and Aaron. Thank you to all that support our mission! Service Awards Contributor Recognition
The Merrill Council Grounds served as
the gathering site for the 2nd Annual Team Ready Family
Campout. Family and friends were welcomed for all or part
of the weekend, and participated in various activities
including, swimming, boating, tubing, cooking (highlighted
by a big steak dinner Saturday night), fishing, biking,
hiking, and much socialization. When asked what his favorite
part of the weekend was, Timothy Sackmann of Weston responded
"Um, camping! and playing at the beach!". It
was a great chance to get together in a laid back environment
with people you don't always get to see. It is clearly
an event that Team Ready will continue for years to come.
Keep your eyes out for the location for the 3rd Annual
Team Ready Family Campout, Labor Day Weekend 2010!!
For the sixth year in a row, the Team Ready Foundation has recognized leaders on the camp staff at the Crystal Lake Scout Reservation with fellowship awards to assist those leaders with their educational goals. Jake Trantow, the Eagle Quest Director at Camp Tesomas and Ben Cooper, the Health Officer and Commissioner at Akela's World are the two recipients. Both young men are fine examples of leadership and dedication to scouting principals necessary for consistent and quality camp staff, which results in the best possible opportunity to pass sound moral principals onto boys. Congratulations Ben and Jake!
Over the weekend of June 5-7, the Team Ready Foundation held our 5th Annual Charity Softball Tournament at Marathon Lanes Sports Complex. Despite record cold temperatures, wind and rain, a record $4046 was raised to support local community activities.
In addition to using a portion of the proceeds to continue our support of scholarships, memorials and youth sporting activities, the Team Ready Foundation donates the bulk of the funds raised to varying charities each year. In 2009, the volunteers choose to support area food pantries – this year $3046 will be shared between The Neighbors’ Place in Wausau and Operation Bootstrap in Stevens Point (plus a $1000 donation was already made in April to take advantage of the Feinstein Foundation matching funds challenge, and over one hundred non-perishable food items were also collected at the tournament).
The
continued success of this event is made possible through the
combined support of many groups. Thank you to the dozens of
volunteers and hundreds of players & spectators on hand
throughout the weekend. Thank you to the sponsors of the participating
teams – Werner Insurance, SD Ellenbecker, Domino’s
Pizza, B&K Trucking, Loading Zone, Night Train, Thunder
Lube and Jerry’s Music (with a special thanks to several
teams that continue to donate their prize money back to the
cause). Thank you to the businesses that donated concession
stand supplies – lead again by the major sponsorship
from Kwik Trip and their many vendors, along with contributions
from Eastbay, Pepsi, Central Beer, 1st Place Trophy &
Engraving, and the numerous area businesses that provided
door prizes & gift certificates. Thank you all for helping
make lives better in our communities.
PHOTO GALLERY RESULTS SPONSORS ALL DETAILS
In addition to formally accepting the annual operating budget, members approved Rob Hughes to join the Team Ready Board of Directors. Rob fills the role for the "retiring" Todd McDonald and Josh Stevens, who have served on the board since our incorporation. Thank you to Todd & Josh, and thank you to all of the event coordinators and financial supporters for the past year. Also congratulations to Dick Amelse, Troy Armstrong & Paul Sackmann for reaching the 25 hour level and to Will Churchill & Roger Sackmann for reaching the 100 hour level in our service award program.
YEAR-END SLIDE SHOW BANQUET PHOTO GALLERY
Team Ready sponsored the cookout and supported the food drive for Neighbor's Place Recognized by Wausau School District with Friends of Education Service Award
Congratulations to the Champions - Electro Glo, Runner Ups & Beer Drinking Champs - Engine Co 54, Consolation Champs - The Crew, Home Run Derby - Mike Sadowska, Keg Toss - Brandon Zopfi, and thanks to all other teams - MEC Party Rental, Reede's Custom Curb, Steamin' Dragons, Loading Zone & the Black Sox.
RESULTS *FULL
PHOTO GALLERY* SPONSORS
7th Annual Winter Banquet Andersons' Home in St.Point **You
are welcome to arrive early for Packer game kick-off** 4:00 - Social Hour 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!
[2007 SLIDE SHOW] [2008 PICTURES]
Habitat for Humanity
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. 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!
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.
Camp Staff Training Weekend II
World's Largest Trivia Contest Stevens Point, WI
Team Ready's "R" Us 120th Place out of 441 Teams Final standings (Ctrl-F = "Team Ready")
Thank you Jason & Liz for hosting and everyone for stopping by.
CLSR Camp Staff Training Weekend
The first of two camp staff preparation weekends for this season had a three-fold purpose for the Team Ready/Camp Alumni group.
1) Meal Preparation - continued the tradition of taking care of meals so staff can concentration of camp preparations.
2) Service Projects - completed a quick camp maintenance cabinetry project.
3) Board Meeting - quarterly business meetings with fellowship committee work.
Thank you to Drew, Josh, Renee, Will, Scott, Dave, Todd, Jason, Liz, Sandy & Brian for all your help throughout the weekend!
Link to Photo Gallery from the Weekend
6th Annual Winter Banquet
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
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
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
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.
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
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.
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Labor
Day Weekend Family Campout 
2009
Fellowship Presentation 
8th
Annual Winter Banquet 
Intramural
Flag Football Tournament 
October
13 & 20, 2007 
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April 20-22, 2007 
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Rapids Roofing 
