04 NOV 2012: Bethlehem, PA - Steel Horse Poker Run (and MINI rally)

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  1. Savvy

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    Getting the word out now for all of you folks to keep the date in mind. I've met up with a couple from the Lehigh Valley (Jim and Denise) who are looking to bring on the MINIs at their second annual fundraiser for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. They are doing this to honor the organ donor (and the donor's family) who gave Jim a second chance at life by providing him new lungs a couple of years ago.

    After Jim recovered from his operation, he bought his wife a brand new MINI as a "thanks for everything!"

    Last year they threw together a poker run for their motorcycle club in 8 weeks and managed to raise upwards of $1,500! (not bad for only 8 weeks of planning) This year they are putting a little more effort into the planning of the event and are envisioning rows of motorcycles on one side of the road and rows MINIs on the other.

    I have offered my help in planning a little rally route for the first half of the day for all of the MINIs that show up to the event... but that's just the beginning. The main stage for the event is going to take place at the Steel Stacks in Bethlehem, PA. (Right next door to the Sands casino on the old Bethlehem Steel site)

    There is going to be a full line-up of live entertainment on the stage after the drives are over. Confirmed bands (so far) include: Social Call, She Said Sunday, and Crazy Hearts.

    There a lot of details to be worked out and I will pass them along as they come about, but if you're local to the Lehigh Valley... you'll want to keep date open!

    Stay tuned for more information.... :ihih: :Thumbsup:
     
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    Hey guys,
    It's Denise! I'm really looking forward to increas the size of the event this year. I don't think we'll have much of a problem.
    Mike, thank you so much for you help and I'll touch base with you shortly. We are having a meeting tonight to work out more details. Oh, one other item...add an extra 0 to the money we raised last year. We raised over $12,000! :)
    There is no possible way we can thank Jim's donor and his family for the gift we were given. We are doing this in memory of his donor and as a thank you for his family to provide the gift of life. Our lives have improved greatly because of this. Although we have had and continue to have lots of obsticals post-transplant, we have been living life to the complete fullest!!! Here's our blog if anyone is interested: fahrjr.blogspot.com
    Hope to see a huge line of MINI's Oct 28th. I love my Little Red!
     
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    Apologies. I couldn't remember the exact number. :eek:
     
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    No problem at all. Thanks again for spreading the word!:Thumbsup:
     
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    So... I spoke with Denise last Friday and got a little more detail on what the day is looking like.

    The day will officially start @ 1000 and end at 1600. There are going to be trophies for best MINI and best Bike according to "people's choice." So, if you don't feel like doing the drive you are welcome to show up and show your car off for the day and purchase a Poker hand for $20 at the Steel Stacks. Then you can chill and enjoy the live music that will be playing all afternoon.

    "Day-of" registration will be from 1000 - 1200. Then Denise and Jim will say a few words to officially kick-off the event. Shortly after that (~1220) the bikes will be turned
    loose to do their poker run. And the MINIs will be turned loose for theirs.

    Now, given the time constraints and location of everything... the MINI's poker run will not be a "true" poker run like Kathy ran a couple years ago. It's going to be more of a rally to tables where you will get most of your hand... then make a b-line back to the stacks to enjoy the food and music and do a quick detail for the car show if you are so inclined.

    My initial SWAG at the route has it at about an hour to get from the start point to MoA... Where you will grab your cards. Then there are two potential "B-lines" to get back. Each will take about 30 minutes or so. That way you have about two hours to relax at the Steel Stacks before heading home whenever you feel like it.

    As the fine tuned details come together, I'll pass them along but for now you have a better idea of what's in store.

    :smilewinkgrin:
     
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    Just wanted o bump this thread again. We are a little over a month away from this shindig, and the organizers are looking for an awesome turnout of MINIs. I just finished a dry-run of the MINI Rally route with Jim and Denise (Little Red). Now we just need to know how many people are planning to show up for the event.

    Again, there will be day-of registration starting at 10:00am. BUT... you can also pre-register by filling out and mailing in the registration form here.

    If any of you who are planning to attend want a .gpx or .gdb file for your programmable GPS units, let me know.

    It is going to be an awesome time... make sure you don't miss it!
     
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    Just a bump. All relevant info can be found above. :biggrin5::biggrin5:
     
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    just another bump. Also, if you are planning on coming... HERE is the place to RSVP. Please drop a note on the event wall as to whether or not you are going to do the rally and/or car show.
     
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    BREAKING NEWS...........

    Due to the world coming to and end tomorrow (a little bit of rain from Hurricane Sandy)... This event is being postponed 1 week!

    Sorry for the late notice but the decision was just made.
     
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    Thanks Nathan!
     

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