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Jul
18

Dodge and Grogan Present $5,000 to Bedford Wrestling

By admin | Fundraising, Photos

  

Bedford Wrestling Spirit Club would like to extend a HUGE thank you to Dodge and Grogan’s Towne Chrysler Jeep Dodge. They presented us with a check for $5,000 on Monday morning. This was a donation wrestling families earned by bringing 250 test drivers to a Dodge Test Drive Fundraiser last May.In May wrestling team supporters got behind the wheel of several brand new Dodge vehicles provided by Grogan’s Towne. Dodge donated $20 a test drive to the team. $5,000 is the maximum donation for the Test Drive Fundraiser with Dodge and thanks to the staff at Grogran we reached our goal. Grogan sales staff even extended the hours of the May event so we had time to get those 250 drivers to the parking lot at B.H.S.  

The owner of Grogan’s Towne, Denny Amrhein, received a handshake and thank you from the all the wrestlers, coaches, and parents in attendance for the ceremoney at the dealership on Telegraph in Toledo. Coach Brighton and Athletic Director, Mark German were there for the presentation and explained that the money is a big step  forward in the current campaign to fund renovations in the new wrestling room. Plus take a look at the slide show, you’ll see 13ABC, Fox Toledo, WTOL, and Bedford Now all covered the event. Don’t forget to keep an eye out on the news tonight for our boys and for an interview with Coach Brighton.  

Denny Amrhein, Grogan's Towne Owner, talks to the media.

Coach explains how the donation will help renovate the new wrestling room.

The money donated by Dodge will go to renovating the team’s first ever wrestling room!  Thank you again Dodge, Grogan’s Towne for this terrific fundraising opportunity. And thank you parents and wrestlers (that also includes our little guys from GLWC!) for taking time out this morning to make it a memorable moment and to show Grogan how much we appreciate it. 

Jul
07

Important Dates

By admin | Events, Fundraising, Uncategorized

As you know we are currently in the midst of a major fundraising campaign to renovate our new wrestling room. We have set up several fundraisers in August, September and November to reach our goal. None of our fundraisers require our families to sell or purchase a thing. They are all free to us. All we need to do is participate by either test driving a Ford, working a poker night for the GLWC, and collecting seatbacks at MIS.

This combination of fundraisers will ensure that the team has a well equipped wrestling room AND new mats for tournaments. The mats will be used from Seniors all the way down to the littlest GLWC wrestler.

EVERYONE has to do the test drive below if they can, but the rest, just look at the dates and start thinking where you might be able to spare a few hours. Click on GLWC August 17- 20 2011 POKER to see an example of the time required to volunteer for the poker nights.

Thank you. You are helping us all leave a legacy for today’s wrestlers and into the future for tomorrow’s young Mules!

DATES TO REMEMBER

July 11th – Spirit Club meeting at 6 p.m. at the new wresting room. We’ve got a lot going on. Come meet the new Spirit Club Officers, find out what’s going on, and offer your talents up for the team! The meeting takes one hour.

July 18th- All wrestlers, coaches and parents who are available please meet at Grogan’s on Telegraph at 10:20 a.m. Grogan is presenting us a check for $5,000 for the test drive fundraiser we did in May. There will be news crews there so wear your Bedford Wresting T-Shirt! This is not a fundraiser just a great chance to thank Dodge and Grogan.
 
August 6th – We need 300 households!That’s right we’re doing it again, another test drive. This time Bronde’s is helping us out and we need one person PER household up to 300 households to get $6,000. In other words we get 20 bucks a house! But we have to make sure EACH of us gets 10 or 15 of our neighbors and relatives to take five minutes out of their day and test drive a Ford at the BHS parking lot. It runs from 9:00 a.m. to Noon. Same as before we don’t have to purchase a thing – just participate and we get a GREAT donation to renovate the wrestling room.

August 13th- Weight Room Dedication Day. Please join Mule Muscle for the dedication of the weight room on the campus of BHS. It’s the culmination of so much work by wrestling families. Without the weight room there’d be no wrestling room and without the wrestlers there’d be no weight room! Please be there to see it named AND to be publicly thanked for your Pepsi Refresh Efforts. We’re pretty sure there’s a free Pepsi involved. Time to be announced.
 
August 17, 17, 19, and 20th – Poker Nights. Four people a night in two shifts. So basically you work 5 hours, just COUNTING in the air conditioning and GLWC could earn hundreds of dollars a night to help pay for new mats.
 
August 21st – Second MIS Race. Free day at the race. Money for the season. No brainer!
 
August 31, Sept 1, Sept 2 – Poker Nights. Four people a night in two shifts. So basically you work 5 hours, just COUNTING in the air conditioning and GLWC earns money to help pay for new mats.
 
November 27, 28, 29 – Poker Nights. Four people a night in two shifts. So basically you work 5 hours, just COUNTING while seated comfortably and GLWC earns money for the final tweaks to the room before the season begins!

 We expect EVERYONE to bring people to the test drive since that’s 300 houses needed. This only takes ten minutes.

We understand there are a lot of dates. Just get out your calendar and see where you might be able to pitch in.  In these tough economic times we’re working hard to fund the teams needs without asking anyone to reach further into their pockets. We can get this done by working hard instead of paying big!

Jun
17

Volunteers Needed for Sunday at M.I.S.

By admin | Fundraising

 We’re looking for LOTS of VOLUNTEERS to work the MIS Race on Sunday. Meet at 6 a.m. at BHS!!

For those of you who are NEW to this event this is how it works. We will meet early Sunday Morning @ BHS and convoy up to MIS. We then check in and rent out seats for the bleachers. After the race starts and seats no longer sell, we can watch the race and or meet back at the camp for a cook out!!  This is supplied by Jeanette, Denny and the Wrestling Program. After the race we collect all the seats and stuff them back into our carts..If EVERYONE pitches in and we have enough people it shouldn’t take too long.

So we need all the PARENTS, young men and women we can muster to HELP!! Please email Kris Ortman at  klo711@hotmail.com if  you can help. We DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE right now. It really is a fun way to spend the day. You see the race FOR FREE!!!

Our wrestling program can earn up to $4,000!

May
31

Rolling a Second Coat and M.I.S.

By admin | Events, Fundraising

Please meet us Wednesday (June 1) in the new wrestling room at 4 p.m. We’re rolling a second coat and it won’t take long if we all pitch in!

And please make time for our two Michigan International Speedway dates this summer. We’re looking for LOTS of VOLUNTEERS to work the June 19 & Aug 21 races in Brooklyn, Michigan.

For those of you who are NEW to this event this is how it works. We will meet early Sunday Morning @ BHS and convoy up to MIS. We then check in and rent out seats for the bleachers. After the race starts and seats no longer sell, we can watch the race and or meet back at the camp for a cook out!!  This is supplied by Jeanette, Denny and the Wrestling Program. After the race we collect all the seats and stuff them back into our carts..If EVERYONE pitches in and we have enough PPL it shouldnt take too long.

So we need all the PARENTS, young men and women we can muster to HELP!! Please email Kris Ortman at  klo711@hotmail.com if  you can help.

Our wrestling program can earn up to $4,000!

May
22

Big Day for Bedford Wrestling!

By admin | Fundraising

Miss Monroe County, Bedford Alum Brittany Tincher test drives a Dodge!

May 21st turned into quite a day for Bedford Wrestling! First up representatives from Dodge set up their tent in the front of Bedford High School. The challenge? Bring 250 test drivers to check out brand new Dodge vehicles. For every test drive Bedford Wrestling Spirit Club would receive $20. We aimed to get 100 people there and earn $2,000 for the team. But as we’ve come to expect with the Bedford community the Mules SHATTERED that goal!

It was a race against the clock since the vehicles, provided by Grogan’s Towne, were only available from 9 to 12:30 p.m. The Mules needed 250 people (18 and older)  to sign in and take a quick test drive. At 9 a.m. we had less than 100 people comnmitted to stopping by. But then something happened, a fever? A burning desire to rise to a challenge? Or maybe it’s that everyone in Bedford WANTS to help our kids.

Every person who walked up to test drive got on their cell phones and called every person in their contacts list, neighbors, parents, co-workers. “Can you just stop by for ten minutes? You don’t have to buy anything and you’ll be helping the wrestlers?”

Soon dozens and dozens of people were lined up to try out the cars. (The Dodge Challenger being the most popular vehicle among Mule test drivers!)  Parents watching volleyball from the Bedford Junior High, fans watching softball from the high school, art teachers, custodial staff, football coaches, golf coaches, track coaches, school administrators, alumni athletes, parents of alumni athletes, sheriff’s deputies, and even Miss Monroe County were lining up to make it happen!

As the clock ticked down to 12:28 with less than two minutes left 249 people had come to help us hit our goal. But we were spent, we’d called everyone we knew! We were going to fall just short. But as you know Kicking Mules don’t like to fall “just short.”

Kris Ortman walked out onto Jackman Road and flagged down a driver. She explained to this random stranger that we needed ONE MORE person to make 250 test drives. And it worked! The driver turned into the parking lot, was greated by a huge cheer from the crowd, and became the 250th person to test drive a Dodge for the team.

Bedford Wrestling Spirit Club will receive a check from Dodge corporate presented by Grogan’s Towne. Bedford Wrestling wants to thank Omar Rammuny, Bedford Grad and Sales Representative at Grogan’s Towne, who spent the morning answering questions about the vehicles, and made sure the event went smoothly.

And we want to thank YOU!  Each and every test driver and each person that told their friends and family to come on over helped the team earn money to renovate the new wrestling room. This was another amazing community effort. At the end representatives from Dodge said, “Groups rarely get 250 people out for test drives. Bedford fans did an amazing job.”

And it shows once again that “There are no passengers on The Mule Train – if you want it to go, everyone has to pull!”  And everyone did! GO MULES!

After that we let off some steam. The 7th Annual Bedford Wrestling Alumni & Friends Golf Outing went off without a hitch. Coach Brighton even made it onto the green a few times. Thanks to all our sponsors and golfers.

In one day huge strides were made toward renovating the new wrestling room.  Take a look at the The 7th Annual Alumni & Friends Golf Outing and please patronize our generous sponsors.

Apr
22

Fundraising Day – May 21st

By admin | Events, Fundraising

Please plan to support Bedford Wrestling this May 21st. We need to you mark your calendars and do TWO things. We organized both fundraisers on ONE day to make it as convenient as possible to help the team. With the current budget situation we as a program have to do all we can to financially support wrestling. PLEASE do your part to help the kids.

From 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on BHS Campus:

May 21st - 100 Test Drivers - 2-Grand for Wrestling!

This is an awesome opportunity to earn money for wrestling at NO COST to any family. In the morning we’ll be test driving Dodge Vehicles at Bedford High School. For every driver, 18 and older, who test drives a Dodge, Chrysler will donate $20 to Bedford Wrestling. We need 100 drivers to raise the maximum donation of $2,000. This money is crucial to renovating the new wrestling room. You don’t have to BUY or SELL a thing. If you’re signed up already – THANK YOU. (We’ll send out a reminder closer to the date.) Don’t forget to show up. If you haven’t signed up PLEASE stop by between 10 a.m. and noon. We only have 50 people so far. We need 50 more.  We’ll have coffee, donuts, coloring for the kids. Come on team we need ya!

Bring your your anyone who’s over 18. NOTHING TO BUY OR SELL – JUST SHOW UP AND DRIVE.

Then at 1:30 at Giant Oaks – Bedford Wrestling’s 7th Annual Alumni & Friends Golf Outing:

This is a good time – we’re talking MAJOR fun. There’s golf, crazy golf cart ladies (you know who you are), food, drink, and prizes. PLUS any money raised goes to the new wrestling room. Gather your friends for a foursome! Here’s the sign up sheet.  Bedford Alumni Golf Outing 2011 

Jan
26

Pizza Fundraiser – January 30th

By admin | Fundraising

Bedford Wrestling Spirit Club has a great fundraiser scheduled for January 30th. Just go to Pizza Primo at the corner of Jackman and Sterns order dinner between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. You can eat in or take out. Ten percent of ALL sales goes to the Spirit Club. That’s it. Just go get a hot and delicious pizza on Sunday night. Also tell your parents, neighbors, and friends. Seriously this couldn’t BE any easier and it will help the wrestling team. Visit the Pizza Primo website to see the menu, get coupons, or need the address. We need to pack the place. It’s for the team!  See you there.

PRINT OUT A COUPON FOR BUY ONE GET ONE FREE! JUST MAKE SURE YOU TELL THEM YOU’RE FROM BEDFORD WRESTLING. Coupon for Bedford Wrestling

Let’s get 100 fans at least out for pizza at Pizza Primo this Sunday night.

Nov
30

Spirit Wear and Meet the Team

By admin | Attention Wrestlers, Fundraising, video

Below is the form for Spirit Wear. Though you won’t have it by this weekend print out the form, place your order, and return with payment to Becky Regnier or Rich Allison if your in Lansing or Kris Ortman if  your at Lakewood. There will be limited supplies available at events so it’s best to order now! P.S. The nylon bag is not available at last check.

Printable Wrestling Spirit Wear 2011 Order Form

And now please enjoy the condensed version of Meet the Team!

Apr
18

Mud Hens Sign Up w/Dave Gibbs Today!

By admin | Fundraising

Wrestlers and Families,We are working on the list of people for the Fifth Third Field events coming up in the next few weeks. If you would like to be a part of this and help raise money for the Summer Wrestling Re-imbursement Program, please contact Dave Gibbs as soon as possible.  Anyone can volunteer, friends, family, neighbors, whoever wants to contribute.  The only restriction is you have to be 16 or older to help out.All profits from this, and other selected fundraisers, will be applied to the Summer Wrestling Re-Imbursement program and will be made available to all that participate.  Your support is needed to make this a success and is greatly appreciated.We need 12 people for each event; here is what we have so far…
(4) Tuesday April 27 @ 4:30
(4) Thursday April 29 @ 4:30
(8) Sunday May 2 @ noon
(1) Monday May 3 @ 4:30
(13) Sunday May 16 @ noon
(0) Sunday June 20 @ 4:30
(3) Saturday July 3 @ 5:00
(0) Sunday July 4 @ 4:00
(0) Monday August 9 @ 5:00
(0) Wednesday August 11 @ 5:00
(0) Tuesday August 31 @ 4:30  click to read more about this event… [Read more...]

Jan
20

Pizza Night This Sunday!

By admin | Events, Fundraising

images.jpgHelp raise money for the team by getting a pizza or two Sunday night. Sunday, January 24th from 5 to 9 p.m. head to PizzaPapalis® for a fantastic pizza pie! Ten percent of all dine-ins will be going back to the program. Never been there? Click on PizzaPapalis® to get directions. Bring your family, your grandma, your neighbor! We’ll see you there at 519 Monroe Street.

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