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Ok, I was in contact with the Ronald McDonald House here in Iowa City, Sounds like if we want to get contributions to each area RMHC that we are visiting we will need to get checks or whatever made out to each group. So we'll need to see if the Wisconsin Madison area group is interested and also see if the Chicago group is interested too so we can try and collaborate with them on which RMHC they want to donate too. I created a post on the Eastern Iowa MINIs site about the event. If you have any businesses in mind that you think would be interested in donating please let me know. I'd like to start working on rounding up funding soon so we can make this as successful as possible.
I also wanted to see if you all were interested in assembling an entry fee to the ride so the EIM group as a whole can make a donation in our name (or you can make them individually so you can write it off) In any case we will discuss this more as the spring comes along and we get some better weather and some more meets going on!
Thank you everyone, I hope you are all interested in the event. Please tell all your motoring friends to come one come all and be ready to have some fun!
I think part of the initial contacts you make with the other groups should include narrowing down candidate dates (they will need to deconflict their own club schedules), and formulating a general itinerary for the event. It might be hard to get potential donors to commit funds to the cause when they have only a vague idea when and where the supporting event will take place or what its scope will be.
Also, as an alternative idea to an entry fee we might ask for voluntary entry donations and advertise a suggested amount. This approach might be viewed as a bit more inviting and could also encourage a few folks to give larger gifts. I, for one, would certainly be willing to contribute.
Once the details gel, we could also consider writing a generic solicitation letter suitable for use by folks to forward to targeted business donors.
"...indeed the love that the horses of the Rangers bore for their riders was so great that they were willing to face even the terror of the Door, if their masters' hearts were steady..." --- J.R.R. Tolkien
Sounds great. I'm working on finding some contacts for the different groups, Ill be getting in touch with Dustin from the CMMC and need to find contacts to the Madison group, I think Brian knows them so we'll see if he can chime in with that info. Once we have dates set and such it should be much easier to finish the rest out
I am working on flyers for distribution so hopefully when we have dates and such those will help spread the word.
MITM is 6-10 August. This national event would be a serious drain on potential participants in the region (possibly including me). I recommend avoiding your suggested August dates for this reason.
"...indeed the love that the horses of the Rangers bore for their riders was so great that they were willing to face even the terror of the Door, if their masters' hearts were steady..." --- J.R.R. Tolkien
Ok, well this even has been a little on my back burner as more and more things have piled into my summer. My summer is almost completely packed weekend to weekend with weddings and other events, so I've had to go ahead and choose a weekend that I think will work for me and hopefully everyone else.
I have not recieved any response from the Madison, Milwaukee or Chicago MINI groups at this point, so this is going to be an all Iowa participants event I guess. And this year may not even work as I haven't heard back from the Dealers I've contacted either. So who know, I guess a charity event isn't what most people are interested in. In any case Charity or not, we can still make a fun drive of it.
Ok all that aside. I am hoping that this weekend works for everyone to get together and take a nice long drive from Iowa City up to Milwaukee and end in Chicago for some tasty Pizza possibly.
I believe the weekend as of right now will be June 7th 8th. I will let you know if anything changes but as of now below is the route map, and if we can get ahold of the Milwaukee and Madison and Chicago groups maybe they'll be interested in joining us at some point.
62.4 mi – about 1 hour 7 mins 1.Head east on E Burlington St/IA-1 toward S Dodge St/IA-1 S0.2 mi
1 min 2.Turn left at S Governor St/IA-1 N Continue to follow IA-1 N
1.1 mi
4 mins 3.Turn right at N Dodge St/IA-11.4 mi
3 mins 4.Merge onto I-80 E via the ramp to Chicago51.2 mi
47 mins 5.Take exit 298 to merge onto I-74 E toward Peoria Entering Illinois
7.1 mi
8 mins 6.Take exit 3 toward 23rd Ave0.4 mi
1 min 7.Merge onto 19th St0.2 mi 8.Turn left at 23rd Ave/Ave of the Cities0.8 mi
3 mins
246 mi – about 5 hours 22 mins 9.Head west on 23rd Ave/Ave of the Cities toward 33rd St0.7 mi
2 mins 10.Turn right at 19th St302 ft 11.Merge onto I-74 W/US-6 W via the ramp on the left to Davenport Entering Iowa
2.3 mi
3 mins 12.Take exit 4 for US-67/State St toward Riverfront/Grant St0.1 mi 13.Turn right at State St/US-67 N Continue to follow US-67 N
8.9 mi
15 mins 14.Slight left at S Cody Rd/US-67 N Continue to follow US-67 N
13.0 mi
18 mins 15.Turn right at US-676.7 mi
11 mins 16.Turn left at IA-67-BR/US-67 N/N Washington Blvd1.3 mi
2 mins 17.Turn right at Lincolnway St/US-30/US-67 Continue to follow US-30/US-67
3.3 mi
7 mins 18.Turn right at US-30 Entering Illinois
1.8 mi
4 mins 19.Turn left at IL-84 N/Waller Rd Continue to follow IL-84 N
18.2 mi
25 mins 20.Turn left at Chicago Ave/IL-64/IL-84/US-52 Continue to follow IL-84
20.3 mi
28 mins 21.Turn right at Ulysses S Grant Memorial Hwy/US-2013.0 mi
17 mins 22.Turn left at S Canyon Park Rd5.2 mi
7 mins 23.Turn right at E Fielder Rd5.8 mi
7 mins 24.Turn right at Galena Ave0.6 mi
2 mins 25.Turn left at S Water St279 ft 26.Turn right at IL-78/IL-78 N/W Main St466 ft
1 min 27.Turn left at CR-13256 ft 28.Continue on Burnett Ave138 ft 29.Turn left at Cole St Entering Wisconsin
0.7 mi
2 mins 30.Continue on CR-KK5.0 mi
6 mins 31.Turn right at WI-1116.3 mi
24 mins 32.Take the CR-N exit toward Monroe/6th Ave W0.3 mi 33.Turn left at CR-N/WI-11-BR Continue to follow CR-N
13.6 mi
18 mins 34.Turn right at CR-H1.5 mi
2 mins 35.Turn left at WI-39/WI-69 Continue to follow WI-69
7.5 mi
11 mins 36.Turn left at CR-PB3.2 mi
5 mins 37.Turn right at CR-A1.0 mi
2 mins 38.Turn left at CR-A/WI-69 Continue to follow WI-69
1.8 mi
3 mins 39.Slight right at Diane Ave0.3 mi 40.Slight right at CR-PB3.3 mi
5 mins 41.Turn right to merge onto US-151 N/US-18 E toward Madison5.5 mi
7 mins 42.Take the ramp onto W Beltline Hwy/US-12 E/US-14 E/US-151 N/US-18 E Continue to follow US-12 E/US-18 E
9.2 mi
11 mins 43.Take exit 267B on the left to merge onto I-39 N/I-90 W toward Milwaukee/I-94/Wisconsin Dells3.9 mi
4 mins 44.Take exit 138A to merge onto I-94 E toward Milwaukee70.1 mi
1 hour 7 mins 45.Take exit 310B to merge onto I-43 N toward Green Bay0.6 mi
1 min 46.Take exit 72C for Kilbourn Ave toward Civic Center0.3 mi
1 min 47.Keep right at the fork, follow signs for 6th St S151 ft 48.Turn right at N 6th St/WI-145 E361 ft 49.Turn left at US-18 E/W Wells St0.6 mi
2 mins 50.Turn left at N Milwaukee St/US-18 W217 ft
Drive:92.2 mi – about 1 hour 46 mins
up to 2 hours 10 mins in traffic
92.2 mi – about 1 hour 46 mins, up to 2 hours 10 mins in traffic 51.Head south on N Milwaukee St/US-18 W toward E Wells St/WI-32 N0.3 mi
1 min 52.Turn left at US-180.1 mi
1 min 53.Turn right at N Jackson St440 ft 54.Slight right onto the ramp to I-43/I-940.2 mi
1 min 55.Merge onto I-794 W0.5 mi 56.Take the exit toward I-43 S/I-94 E/US-41 S0.2 mi 57.Take exit 1B on the left to merge onto I-43 S/I-94 E/US-41 S toward I-43 S/Chicago Continue to follow I-94 E/US-41 S
Entering Illinois
39.5 mi
40 mins 58.Continue on I-94 E (signs for I-94 E/Indiana/Chicago) Partial toll road
49.2 mi
56 mins 59.Take exit 50B for E Ohio St1.1 mi
2 mins 60.Merge onto W Ohio St0.2 mi 61.Turn right at N LaSalle St0.6 mi
3 mins
I haven't had any real support from anyone I've contacted about raising money, so at this point I am fairly sure it's going to be a bust on fund raising and this to simply evolve into a weekend getaway drive.
So I may just start a new thread and change this to a group weekend fun drive.
ROHERYN -- 2011 MCS SO/W -- 
