MINI/PORSCHE CHALLENGE II
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Forum Name: NW Harvest MINI v. PORSCHE 2011 Challenge
Forum Description: Let's raise some money for NW Harvest and show that MINI Hearts are MIGHTY Hearts!
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Topic: MINI/PORSCHE CHALLENGE II
Posted By: Boomer
Subject: MINI/PORSCHE CHALLENGE II
Date Posted: October/11/11 at 2:01pm
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Mini/Porsche Challenge II What is this? How did it start? It is: A community effort to raise food and money for Northwest Harvest. It started: By an innocent article in Spiel, the magazine of the local Porsche Club, written by the Social Chair and Director at Large of the Pacific Northwest Region of the Porsche Club of America (PNWR). The article mentioned the effort of a much smaller club, Puget Sound MINI Motoring Club (PSMINI), in donating to Northwest Harvest. All good, right? But the article went on to tout the “SIZE and STRENGTH” of his club, the PNWR of the Porsche Club of America. All good again, but…? It sounded to some that PNWR could do a much better job in raising food and funds than this little PSMINI car club. Well, it seems the author of this article didn’t consider that one reader belonged to both clubs and was involved in the previous efforts of the much smaller club. The outcome was a “CHALLENGE” that was accepted and adopted by both organizations, with in over 100 cars participating, loaded with food donations and over $5,000.00 in monetary donations. The WINNER-----------NORTHWEST HARVEST! Members of both clubs are fortunate and caring individuals that also like competition! But, more importantly, they believe the overall health of their community is critical to their way of life.Their goal, expend effort to enrich the community and add a “FUN TWIST” to the whole thing. Pretty cool!!!! We have a Facebook page - If you are registered with Facebook, go visit the page and share with all your friends: http://www.facebook.com/pages/MINIPorsche-Challenge-II/265275483508756?sk=wall" rel="nofollow - http://www.facebook.com/pages/MINIPorsche-Challenge-II/265275483508756?sk=wall Plan on being at Overlake Christian Church @ Noon on Dec 3, 2011. ( http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Overlake+Christian+Church+Redmond" rel="nofollow - http://maps.google.com/maps?q= Bring your MINI or Porsche filled to the brim with food. Can’t bring food? Don’t despair -- hop in your car and motor down with a check, for whatever you can afford, made payable to Northwest Harvest. BE A PART OF YOUR COMMUNITY-------ENJOY YOUR CAR and YOUR FELLOW CAR NUTS, and come out and receive a very special sense of accomplishment through your generosity. We are hoping to see everyone from last years “Challenge” plus many more MINI and Porsche owners supporting our community. Cheers! Boomer Mini and Porsche owner If you missed this event last year---------------------DON'T this year. Never had as much fun prior to the event and during the event as I had last year. The gratification of giving to the less fortunate in our community is REALLY REWARDING! So----------get READY TO SHOW PORSCHE THEY MAY HAVE NUMBERS --------------------------- But Mini has HEART! Additional details will be posted as they get nailed down. Tell your friends, family, co-workers, neighbors to start packing away food stuff or $$$$ now!! Cheers! PS: Watch for videos in the not to distant future. We have our Ed (SPIELBERG) producing and directing this years hit! WINSTON WILL RULE! (fixed calendar notation) ------------- 07 MCS, JIC Cross C/O, JCW BBK, Milltek exhaust, RR DP, Helix I/C, RMW tune (208.5 WHP & 238.3 WTQ)Ray's (17 lbs) and Nitto NT01 for track duty |
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Posted By: SMOG
Date Posted: October/11/11 at 2:12pm
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Is there going to be a PayPal setup for Club Donations? ------------- I wish there was a local MINI Dealership, like our Honda, Subaru, Mazada and VW. |
Posted By: Boomer
Date Posted: October/11/11 at 2:18pm
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Posted By: Boomer
Date Posted: October/11/11 at 2:22pm
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Stephen, that would be nice but I'm not sure how to do this since it would have to be NW Harvest accepting funds and then tracking these funds for the respective club. They (NW Harvest or maybe King 5) might have this established (don't know). Would you like to do some research. Think we talked about this last year but decided it might be a nighmare to keep track of the donations made by club members. Cheers! ------------- 07 MCS, JIC Cross C/O, JCW BBK, Milltek exhaust, RR DP, Helix I/C, RMW tune (208.5 WHP & 238.3 WTQ)Ray's (17 lbs) and Nitto NT01 for track duty |
Posted By: SMOG
Date Posted: October/11/11 at 2:46pm
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Greg: Yes, it is possible to donate directly to NW Harvest online but I did not see anything that would indicate the donation came from PSMINI. I checked King 5 and found nothing except an NW HArvest mobile van. As for keeping straight who donated how much, that seems sort of pointless but which Club Donated the Most $$$ does have application. Stephen ------------- I wish there was a local MINI Dealership, like our Honda, Subaru, Mazada and VW. |
Posted By: Boomer
Date Posted: October/11/11 at 3:03pm
Agree, need to track donations by Club! This was an issue last year and I'd really like to have all club member donations, $$$ & FOOD credited to our club's efforts. Afterall it is a Competition  Cheers! ------------- 07 MCS, JIC Cross C/O, JCW BBK, Milltek exhaust, RR DP, Helix I/C, RMW tune (208.5 WHP & 238.3 WTQ)Ray's (17 lbs) and Nitto NT01 for track duty |
SMOG wrote:Posted By: SMOG
Date Posted: October/11/11 at 3:11pm
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I was thinking that if PSMINI had a PayPal account setup specifically for annual donations to NW Harvest then donations could be made all year long with one annual distribution. In doing it that way there would be a chance to amass more $$$ because all the dollar donations would not be expected to come right before the Holiday Season. It might have the benefit of gaining interest$$ in the account as it sat there awaiting distribution. ------------- I wish there was a local MINI Dealership, like our Honda, Subaru, Mazada and VW. |
Posted By: Boomer
Date Posted: October/11/11 at 4:31pm
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Stephen, good idea but not sure if the club wants to take on the fiduciary responsibilty for this type of set up. Checks still work & so does the US Mail. At least as of today!!!!!! Cheers! ------------- 07 MCS, JIC Cross C/O, JCW BBK, Milltek exhaust, RR DP, Helix I/C, RMW tune (208.5 WHP & 238.3 WTQ)Ray's (17 lbs) and Nitto NT01 for track duty |
Posted By: Genie B
Date Posted: October/11/11 at 5:15pm
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So happy to see this on our calendar - it was really fun last year - and the weather cooperated, which would be nice again this year!
RE: tracking donations by Club: This is a really Low-Tech idea, but what if we gave the Harvest people a big manila envelope on the day of the event for our club. Then make sure donors write on their check notation: PSMINI, etc. - or make sure the person you hand it to puts it in the correct Club collection envelope.
We could have a supply of small white envelopes there to give to people who donate cash. They could write their name, amount, PSMINI, etc.
OR, instead of the Harvest people handling the collection envelope, a Club person could have it at the meet-up beforehand. It would contain all of our checks/cash collected that day, be clearly marked as PSMINI donations, and handed in to NW Harvest when we drop off the food.
Thoughts ???
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Posted By: onramp
Date Posted: October/11/11 at 5:37pm
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Though we had a TON of fun last year, I was really disappointed that NW Harvest lost track of who brought what. I really thought we had whupped some high falutin' fannies. Doesn't matter, though - count me in. Thoughts on inviting the south club, or are there still strong feelings (and John whats-his-name doesn't count - he is still overbearing and now kinda shunned by the south folk). Pat ------------- 2006 Hyper Blue JCW |
Posted By: SMOG
Date Posted: October/12/11 at 5:25am
Is King 5 holding the "Contest" of who can donate the most or is it NW Harvest? It would seem King 5 would be in the position to document a $$$$ presentation rather than NW Harvest having to catalog all envelopes/checks etc. plus it would higher Club visibility. Cash/Checks would be fairly easy to track, but the food donations would be a mystery unless someone was documenting the total weight donated and logging that number; doubt that will happen. ------------- I wish there was a local MINI Dealership, like our Honda, Subaru, Mazada and VW. |
Posted By: Rob N
Date Posted: October/12/11 at 6:19am
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Last year, we missed a huge opportunity by not considering the effect of matching corporate donations for those of us so employed. By planning this correctly (and most likely having to use checks), we could easily double our $$ for free for a lot of us. I for one spent quite a bit of cash at Costco but found that did not qualify for a corporate match by my employer after the fact. Won't do that again. Ours requires $$ directly to the charity for a match. ------------- Rob, Vickie and Alice COOPR-S The question is, "When you turn on your car does it return the favor?" |
Posted By: SMOG
Date Posted: October/12/11 at 6:45am
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Rob: That seems to take us back to entertaining the thought of a common money pool being dispersed at one time to NW Harvest. Does PSMINI have a separate bank account for Membership Applications that are now using PayPal? What would be the cost for a Savings Account specifically for NW Harvest/PSMINI with a PayPal or Check Deposit capability ??? ------------- I wish there was a local MINI Dealership, like our Honda, Subaru, Mazada and VW. |
Posted By: Boomer
Date Posted: October/12/11 at 7:53am
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Love this club!!!! Genie B.---That's what we did last year. My Boss Suzie collected the checks, added them up and presented to NW Harvest @ the Food Drop off point. Worked OK! Pat, that was partly my fault. This year Larry N. & I are working on a solution to accounting for the food donations. STAY TUNED! Pat, I've asked that the South End club be invited as well as the orininal Mini Club (can't think of their names right now). I think for this event, we should all join forces, after all it is a charity event and we are down on numbers so WHY NOT!!!!! The Board needs to make the call. Stephen, King 5 is orgainizing the drive to benefit NW Harvest. We are a seperate "Group/Contest" within this "Area" food drive benefiting NW Harvest. We benefitted last year with a spot on their local TV coverage. We have some new ideas we'll be working on to hopefully increase our events coverage and hopefully increease participation for both Clubs. Rob, THAT IS A SENSATIONAL IDEA. Don't know how "matching donations" really are dispersed but if employers could provide their matching funds to be delivered at or before the event, that would really help our total donations. Maybe you can check & see how this really works for you and hopefully it will be the same for other employers. As long as we can get these funds delivered to the Club so they can be counted as donations "our members made" we are good to go! Anyone that has this "Benifit" please ask how it works!!!! Stephen, I understand your position of wanting to use " modern convenience" tools but for this type of event the "old fashion way" may work best. Keep the ideas flowing and drop me a PM. Some of you guys have my email, so feel free to use it. A BIG REQUEST: IS ANYONE A FACEBOOK EXPERT. CAN A DEDICATED FACEBOOK PAGE BE PUT TOGETHER FOR THIS CHALLENGE: MINI / PORSCHE CHALLENGE II. Contact me, I've asked the board to check but if there is someone out there that can do this & work with the Porsche Club to get pictures, videos, commentary, stuff from last years event up on this page, please let me know. With this group, and more time, and use of new/better technology ------------we'll ROCK PORSCHES WORLD!!! Cheers! ------------- 07 MCS, JIC Cross C/O, JCW BBK, Milltek exhaust, RR DP, Helix I/C, RMW tune (208.5 WHP & 238.3 WTQ)Ray's (17 lbs) and Nitto NT01 for track duty |
Posted By: Rob N
Date Posted: October/12/11 at 8:16am
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My employer matches $4$ up to $5,000 per associate per year as long as the recipient is 501(c)3.
Other requirements:
There is a way for he recipient to verify the gift match online so we can probably solve this by providing a copy of the gift application to NW Harvest along with our check. ------------- Rob, Vickie and Alice COOPR-S The question is, "When you turn on your car does it return the favor?" |
Posted By: Boomer
Date Posted: October/12/11 at 8:32am
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Rob, THANK YOU! That should work and while I'm uncertain if we can actually count the matching funds at the time of the presentation, it would certainly benefit NW Harvest. With the Gift Application presented with the Member Check, I don't see why this couldn't be counted but it's another question I'll see if I can ask of NW Harvest. So if you donate, $25.00 by personal check & your employer matches the contribution it is really $50.00 donation. We'd have your check for $25.00 and a Gift Application Receipt for $25.00 from your employer. Correct? So this should count as $50.00 in donations! COOL!!!!! Cheers! ------------- 07 MCS, JIC Cross C/O, JCW BBK, Milltek exhaust, RR DP, Helix I/C, RMW tune (208.5 WHP & 238.3 WTQ)Ray's (17 lbs) and Nitto NT01 for track duty |
Posted By: Rob N
Date Posted: October/12/11 at 8:59am
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That's how I would do it. ------------- Rob, Vickie and Alice COOPR-S The question is, "When you turn on your car does it return the favor?" |
Posted By: Genie B
Date Posted: October/12/11 at 9:56am
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The actual donation total and the expected matching funds total could both be announced.
If you know your employer will match the full amount, half, etc. that can be noted aong with your donation.
The Classic Mini Club is Seattle Area Mini Owners Association (SAMOA). I think we communicate with Tim Boyd, but our Board would know the contact info.
Cheers! -------------
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Posted By: WOODSTOCK
Date Posted: October/12/11 at 11:22am
Pat: Could you (and Mitch?) take point on posting and inviting the south club? It would be great if they would join us. Tim Boyd is the current President of SAMOA and I'll shoot him a note. ------------- WOODSTOCK: Linda's 2005 LY MCSC with feel good graphics and go fast mods. CINIMIN: Jack's 2006 Chili Red/White Coupe KEMO-SABE: Our 2011 Bright White/Blk All4 Countryman |
Posted By: Boomer
Date Posted: October/13/11 at 8:16am
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Ed (Spielberg) was kind enough to provide the links to videos from last years challenge. Take a look and see if these videos ignites your passion to participate in this years event! We will be working with the PCA to come up with NEW VIDEOS for this years event so STAY TUNED! In the meantime, watch: wlmailhtml:%7bF472ED4D-E147-4C3E-BD7D-8F73A55D2369%7dmid://00000002/!x-usc:http://vimeo.com/17552387" rel="nofollow - - http://vimeo.com/17245616 http://vimeo.com/16838738" rel="nofollow - |
Posted By: WOODSTOCK
Date Posted: October/13/11 at 12:17pm
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"WINSTON" is "TWIZZLER" and belongs to the Kar*ns! I'm sure they will be happy to participate! I can do some checking on our PayPal account for donations. ------------- WOODSTOCK: Linda's 2005 LY MCSC with feel good graphics and go fast mods. CINIMIN: Jack's 2006 Chili Red/White Coupe KEMO-SABE: Our 2011 Bright White/Blk All4 Countryman |
Posted By: onramp
Date Posted: October/13/11 at 7:44pm
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Got the OK to bring the south club, and President Linda is actually going to send out invites to all of the Mini related clubs. Let the NEW GIANT KILLER rule (like we did last year!). I will start posting and maybe Mitch will lend a hand. I'm thinking we had better start looking for a bigger parking lot somewhere to meet up. ------------- 2006 Hyper Blue JCW |
Posted By: SMOG
Date Posted: October/14/11 at 6:26am
Pat: The Lilliputian's are on the move! We shall slay The Giant, if we can get our ducks in a row  ...Linda: Can we send funds to PSMINI/NW Harvest (via check) and have all the funds from PSMINI delivered at one time? Address for sending funds??? Last year when PSMINI was not allowed to go through the NW Harvest drop off point in a continuous line of MINI's I would bet the NW Harvest bookkeeping lost track. Stephen ------------- I wish there was a local MINI Dealership, like our Honda, Subaru, Mazada and VW. |
Posted By: swhobbit
Date Posted: October/20/11 at 10:41pm
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While it's a very worthy cause ... ------------- PURRMOR: 2001 Melting Silver Cooper S Convertible |
Posted By: SMOG
Date Posted: October/21/11 at 5:43am
I totally agree with the"Hurry up & wait", and that is one of the reasons for mailing in funds to PSMINI would ensure that it came from the Club. ------------- I wish there was a local MINI Dealership, like our Honda, Subaru, Mazada and VW. |
Posted By: Hapa Haole
Date Posted: October/22/11 at 10:08am
Please count me in! Last year was awesome (even with the hurry up and wait). This year will be even better with more planning and organizing. I don't consider myself a Facebook expert, but I'd be willing to look into starting a Facebook page for this. I know how to create an Event invite, so maybe I could figure out how to create a "page" or just do both. Any advice from a Facebook expert? Send me a PM. Thank you, Brenda ------------- Brenda w/LUV2MTR plates- Aug '06 S, Hyper Blue, white top/sport stripes, chrome in/out, all pkgs, English leather, chrono pack, HK stereo, Jan tune, CAI, 15%, H&R coilovers, rear sway bar, control arm |
Posted By: Speeddemon150
Date Posted: October/22/11 at 10:41am
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i can also create a facebook page il make a sample and post it here if no one has made one yet? ------------- i stole my wifes thunder |
Posted By: Boomer
Date Posted: October/22/11 at 12:58pm
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Brenda & Speeddemon150, thanks so much. Roy is taking a look to see what can be done. Really like to have this page available to both Clubs to put stuff up and invite memberships to talk trash about the upcoming CHALLENGE. Will keep you guys in the loop as I learn more. Cheers! ------------- 07 MCS, JIC Cross C/O, JCW BBK, Milltek exhaust, RR DP, Helix I/C, RMW tune (208.5 WHP & 238.3 WTQ)Ray's (17 lbs) and Nitto NT01 for track duty |
Posted By: swhobbit
Date Posted: October/22/11 at 8:01pm
As does Google. Even ignoring the scoring, we want matching. So someone needs to collect the donations as checks or credit card receipts (which really means checks.) (and btw, we are happy to donate, but the drive itself felt more a like a slow commute.)
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Posted By: valvashon
Date Posted: October/22/11 at 10:12pm
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How about this to deal with the slow trip through the donation point: 1- We meet up with the Porsche club at the designated point (like at Marymoor Park last year). We count cars, count money, try not to gloat when we win the challenge either on cars or money or pounds of food or any combination thereof. 2- We load the food into the number of MINIs that will hold it, designating beforehand some "working MINIs" that are capable of handling large loads. 3- Club Presidents (edit: or another designated club officer to ensure accountability) will drive to the designated drop off point with cash and checks and the "Working MINIs" and presumably "Working Porsches" will do the drive through and drop off of the food. That way it reduces congestion at the drop off point and NW Harvest will have an easier time weighing our food donations. 4- Those of you not participating in the food/money drop off could then proceed immediately to whatever post donation activity is planned. We could even drive together to the drop off vicinity, just not into the parking lot where they are taking the donations. Just an idea. Bruce ------------- ...Now mom may drive to the grocery store, But that's not what this car is really for... |
Posted By: SMOG
Date Posted: October/23/11 at 6:40am
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Bruce: More good ideas, thanks! I think the Club Presidents need to have the monies in hand and tallied before going to Marymoor Park. That park was nothing more than a waaaay to small parking lot with no possible means of organization. Stephen ------------- I wish there was a local MINI Dealership, like our Honda, Subaru, Mazada and VW. |
Posted By: Dave's not here
Date Posted: October/23/11 at 8:33am
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Great suggestion Bruce. If participation in this event grows as it should, the less congestion we contribute will make everything better. And if we do get more cars from both sides, a MUCH bigger post meeting place will have to be found. ------------- 5 race wins, 2 in the rain. 2nd in ICSCC G Production Championship 2005 and 2006. Now I'm just gonna drive the MINI. |
Posted By: Boomer
Date Posted: October/23/11 at 8:36am
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Great IDEAS!!! Keep them coming. Couple of things: Looking for a new meeting point that's larger. We hope to get 300 + cars at this event between the two clubs. Need a large area close to the Drop Off, Redmond Town Center. NW Harvest has already agreed to have dedicated BINS: MINI & Porsche. Part of the problem last year. NW Harvest does not bring a scale to the drop off. Weight is determined AFTER they get everything back to their location. We will tally the cash donations and make a presentation of the total funds and have a visual idea of the amount of food donations from each club based on the dedicated bins at the drop off. Rob N. had a GREAT IDEA on Matching Donations. As long as there is evidence that these employer funds are being donated to NW Harvest in the name of the Mini Owner, we should be good to go. Just have some proof of the matching funds so they can be counted the day of the event. We are looking for a place to hold a celebration lunch after the drop off. TBA!! Onramp, Pat, is organizing the SS Mini Club. He may have breakfast, donut stop and/or other activities planned to get the club to the meeting point. May want to consider smaller groups (SQUADRONS) leaving from seperate areas but all ending up at the MEETING POINT BY XXX Hour. Looking for ways to make the drop efficient. Several ideas, nothing firm at this point. Last year, many MINI's were PACKED FULL of donations, be hard to try to consolidate these donations in fewer cars, especially if we get more cars participating. We will continue working with NW Harvest, KING 5 and Eastside HOG to try to get this efficient and FUN! If other food collection spots are agreed, such as Club Sponsors, need to pick up these donations & get them to the drop off. Many items to coordinate and try to make this better and more fun this year. PLEASE KEEP IDEAS FLOWING! WE WANT TO KICK PORSCHE'S BUTT this year, AND MAKE NW HARVEST BETTER PREPARED TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY!!! Look for additional details on this site and watch for emails! Tell your Mini FRIENDS that may not visit this site. They may participate and want to join the club! We are at a distinct # disadvantage but we can overcome this with good old fashion marketing among MINI owners. Linda has reached out to SOMOA and the Inland Empire Club as well as SS MINI. Cheers! ------------- 07 MCS, JIC Cross C/O, JCW BBK, Milltek exhaust, RR DP, Helix I/C, RMW tune (208.5 WHP & 238.3 WTQ)Ray's (17 lbs) and Nitto NT01 for track duty |
Posted By: Boomer
Date Posted: October/24/11 at 4:46pm
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OK we have a central meeting point for both Clubs: Overlake Christian Church: 9900 Willows Road NE, Redmond, WA. They have agreed to allow us to use their parking lot on the day of the event: Sat. Dec. 3rd @ 11:00 AM. The lot is HUGE, 22 Acres, but we'll have the lot closest to Willows. We are still working on getting a smooth drive to Redmond Town Center for the tally of goods & $$'s. The donation bins will be labeled, one for Mini & one for Porsche. Also trying to get the drop organized better so all the Club Cars will drop one after the other. Also think about doing Squadrons. From the East, West, North & South. Need Squadron Leaders. I'm thinking maybe a meet up for the Northeast side could be at like Frost Donuts. Apple Fritter and Coffee sure would sound good. What's everyone think? Cheers! ------------- 07 MCS, JIC Cross C/O, JCW BBK, Milltek exhaust, RR DP, Helix I/C, RMW tune (208.5 WHP & 238.3 WTQ)Ray's (17 lbs) and Nitto NT01 for track duty |
Posted By: CINIMIN
Date Posted: October/24/11 at 5:13pm
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Great job by all involved so far - finding a suitable meeting place is a huge benefit - thanks to whoever made that possible! I like the squadron approach - possibley with a pre staging meeting area where we can then descend en mass on the parking lot - similar to what we do for the Tulip Rally... I'll try to get some involvement from an "outside" organization - Thanks again to all supporting this very worthwhile cause - ------------- Jack - <font color=RED>CINIMIN [/COLOR] 2006 CR/W MCS - 6spd - LSD -15% Pulley - Dinan CAI ASA JH6's Koni FSD's 22mm Bar Have you hugged a curve today? |
Posted By: CORNERS
Date Posted: October/28/11 at 11:21pm
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All - new details are posted: We have a Facebook page - If you are registered with Facebook, go visit the page and share with all your friends: http://www.facebook.com/pages/MINIPorsche-Challenge-II/265275483508756?sk=wall" rel="nofollow - http://www.facebook.com/pages/MINIPorsche-Challenge-II/265275483508756?sk=wall Plan on being at Overlake Christian Church @ 11:00 am on Dec 3, 2011. ( http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Overlake+Christian+Church+Redmond" rel="nofollow - http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Overlake+Christian+Church+Redmond ) Bring your MINI or Porsche filled to the brim with food. Can’t bring food? Don’t despair -- hop in your car and motor down with a check, for whatever you can afford, made payable to Northwest Harvest. More to come... -------------  Kurt/04 R53 http://youtube.com/user/khammo01" rel="nofollow - Check out My MOD MINI repair videos channel @ YouTube |
Posted By: italianjob
Date Posted: October/29/11 at 5:05am
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I really hope to get the day off! Stefano ------------- (Italian Job) '03 MCS Indie Blue SOLD :'( (Polpetta) 2008 MClubman S Sitting on Sparco Assetto Gara Wheels 2013 GP "I killed the clown and took his car" |
Posted By: Boomer
Date Posted: October/29/11 at 9:10am
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Kurt, thanks big guy!!!! Facebook page looks awesome. Couple of requests: If you are on Facebook, tell your friends to check out the page. Email your friends and personally tell them about the event and if they don't own a MINI, Mini or Porsche, shamelessly ask if they'd like to help you kick Porsche's butt by adding to your donation. Chat this up at your workplace. See if they'd allow you to place a NW Harvest Collection bin at your place of business (remember, you'll be responsible for getting these donations to the Challenge drop off) Ask your employer if they would do "matching funds" for your donation to NW Harvest & provide some evidence these funds will be sent to NW Harvest so we can count them when we do the tally of funds raised the day of the event. Basically, do anything you can to increase MINI or Mini participation at this event. I've posted links to PSMINI and our new Facebook page on the BMW website so if you know of other websites we could use to get participation, post and place links to this site & our Facebook page. Let's get some good old marketing done the old fashion way, word of mouth, but using new technology. Cheers! ------------- 07 MCS, JIC Cross C/O, JCW BBK, Milltek exhaust, RR DP, Helix I/C, RMW tune (208.5 WHP & 238.3 WTQ)Ray's (17 lbs) and Nitto NT01 for track duty |
Posted By: swhobbit
Date Posted: October/29/11 at 1:20pm
Who is collecting checks (made out to Northwest Harvest, of course) for non-attendee contributors? ------------- PURRMOR: 2001 Melting Silver Cooper S Convertible |
Posted By: SMOG
Date Posted: October/29/11 at 1:43pm
I'll second that question  .------------- I wish there was a local MINI Dealership, like our Honda, Subaru, Mazada and VW. |
Posted By: Boomer
Date Posted: October/29/11 at 2:54pm
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Last year, I collected checks at Seattle Mini and MY BOSS added them up and we presented this to NW Harvest at the drop. I can do the same thing this year for people attending the event. If you can't attend, but want to donate, maybe Linda would agree to have checks mailed to the PSMINI membership dues address and then give them to me at the Church. Really hope people can make it to the event. Remember, the Porsche Club has 1650 paid members and we only have 225. Every car will count, but I can fully appreciate it if you can't attend but still want to donate. Cheers! ------------- 07 MCS, JIC Cross C/O, JCW BBK, Milltek exhaust, RR DP, Helix I/C, RMW tune (208.5 WHP & 238.3 WTQ)Ray's (17 lbs) and Nitto NT01 for track duty |
Posted By: Hot Shot
Date Posted: October/30/11 at 7:52pm
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I plan on making this again this year. Was a bit hectic last year because I was coming from the south end at another charity event. This year I'll just meet up with everyone at the church. Anyone want to meet up at Frost Donuts and caravan down?
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Posted By: CINIMIN
Date Posted: October/30/11 at 8:22pm
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James, I think one of the possible plans is to have a few pre staging areas around the sound - then a big pre-staging meetup before the grand entrance to the Church parking lot - Frost's would be a great starting point for the North Enders... ------------- Jack - <font color=RED>CINIMIN [/COLOR] 2006 CR/W MCS - 6spd - LSD -15% Pulley - Dinan CAI ASA JH6's Koni FSD's 22mm Bar Have you hugged a curve today? |
Posted By: Hot Shot
Date Posted: October/30/11 at 8:23pm
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Sounds good to me. We'll set something up as we get closer....
------------- -James www.jboyerphotography.com http://www.psmini.org/forum/actual-size-sticker-gb-with-the-red-s_topic6722.html" rel="nofollow - ACTUAL SIZE Sticker GB < |
Posted By: Boomer
Date Posted: October/31/11 at 7:14am
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James, you know many people on 6speedonline. May I ask you to post information about this event on that website. You are also pretty tight with many of the Exotics @ RTC people. These people have tons of connections within the car community and may even have a Mini or MINI in their garage (hopefully not too many Porsche owners ). Please spread the word with them as well and ask them to tell their friends in the car community. We'll need all the help we can get again this year! Need to find another Mark, the guy with the Carrera GT & the MINI. Think he sold the MINI but maybe he'll still support us or the event, even if it's with those big bad Porsche folks  !Cheers! ------------- 07 MCS, JIC Cross C/O, JCW BBK, Milltek exhaust, RR DP, Helix I/C, RMW tune (208.5 WHP & 238.3 WTQ)Ray's (17 lbs) and Nitto NT01 for track duty |
Posted By: Hot Shot
Date Posted: October/31/11 at 7:44am
I know Mark. He did sell his R56 MINI, but replaced it with a classic Mini instead  . I had thought that the NW Toy Run that 6Speedonline participates in was also on the 3rd, but it looks like it's on the 4th this year. I'll post it on the carz and friends site, 6Speed, and ERTC site to see if we can increase participation.Thanks, James ------------- -James www.jboyerphotography.com http://www.psmini.org/forum/actual-size-sticker-gb-with-the-red-s_topic6722.html" rel="nofollow - ACTUAL SIZE Sticker GB < |
Posted By: Hot Shot
Date Posted: October/31/11 at 9:58am
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I posted on the 6Speed site: http://www.6speedonline.com/forums/northwest/258996-porsche-vs-mini-nw-harvest-challenge-03-dec-11-a.html ------------- -James www.jboyerphotography.com http://www.psmini.org/forum/actual-size-sticker-gb-with-the-red-s_topic6722.html" rel="nofollow - ACTUAL SIZE Sticker GB < |
Posted By: Hot Shot
Date Posted: October/31/11 at 10:07am
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I've also shared the link to this page on the Carz and Friends (Closed Group) and Exotics@RTC Facebook pages. ------------- -James www.jboyerphotography.com http://www.psmini.org/forum/actual-size-sticker-gb-with-the-red-s_topic6722.html" rel="nofollow - ACTUAL SIZE Sticker GB < |
Posted By: Boomer
Date Posted: October/31/11 at 1:51pm
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James, Thanks!!!!! Many people in the area that own Mini or MINI's don't visit this site or belong to this club (wish they did). So your posts on these sites should really help with attendance and donations. Hope Mark decides to participate this year. Drives his Carrera GT but donates with Mini. His donation last year put us over the top!!!!! Maybe he'll take the Classic Mini this year! Thanks again! Cheers! ------------- 07 MCS, JIC Cross C/O, JCW BBK, Milltek exhaust, RR DP, Helix I/C, RMW tune (208.5 WHP & 238.3 WTQ)Ray's (17 lbs) and Nitto NT01 for track duty |
Posted By: 10HULZN
Date Posted: November/04/11 at 10:04pm
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Darnit, we'll be out the state that weekend. Best of luck to team MINI! ------------- Michael Tenhulzen |
Posted By: onramp
Date Posted: November/05/11 at 3:47pm
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Mike - drop a check off at the MBA with Matt at the front desk and I'll pick it up next week. I'll bring your check with ours. Pat
------------- 2006 Hyper Blue JCW |
Posted By: kiwi
Date Posted: November/06/11 at 11:45am
| Myself my wife and my english bulldog bogie will definately be there to donate food and join in the fun. |
Posted By: searocko
Date Posted: November/09/11 at 6:07pm
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Boeing Employees and Retirees... I have confirmed that Boeing will match employee contributions dollar for dollar, and for retirees, 50 cents on the dollar. Go to Total Access, My Community Giving, Gift Match, Request a gift match, then search for Northwest Harvest, Seattle. A number or results will be returned, just pick the first one. Once you fill out your contribution details, you will be able to print out a receipt which you could hand in, along with your check, on the day of the event. Couldn't be any easier and not only more $ for a worthy cause, more $ to crush Porsche! ------------- Larry  2005 JB/W MCS:RMW Tuned 215hp/187tq,cam|TSW x-brace|Cross Coilovers w/Swift Springs|OZ Alleggerita|Direzza|Scorpion Exh|etc. |
Posted By: CINIMIN
Date Posted: November/09/11 at 7:13pm
 Good Show Larry - Hope more companies will be a generous!------------- Jack - <font color=RED>CINIMIN [/COLOR] 2006 CR/W MCS - 6spd - LSD -15% Pulley - Dinan CAI ASA JH6's Koni FSD's 22mm Bar Have you hugged a curve today? |
Posted By: Boomer
Date Posted: November/11/11 at 4:25pm
News from Porsche! Seems they are bringing their big guns with Larson Porsche and Park Place Motors serving as drop locations prior to the event:
Posted By: Hapa Haole Date Posted: November/15/11 at 12:30am
Posted By: Carole Date Posted: November/15/11 at 10:13am
Posted By: Boomer Date Posted: November/15/11 at 3:45pm
Posted By: Carole Date Posted: November/15/11 at 3:51pm
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Posted By: Carole Date Posted: November/15/11 at 4:24pm
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Posted By: Carole Date Posted: November/15/11 at 5:47pm
Posted By: Boomer Date Posted: November/15/11 at 6:43pm
Posted By: CORNERS Date Posted: November/15/11 at 11:19pm
Posted By: CINIMIN Date Posted: November/16/11 at 12:02am
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Posted By: kiwi Date Posted: November/16/11 at 7:46pm
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Posted By: CINIMIN Date Posted: November/17/11 at 4:08pm
Posted By: johnf36 Date Posted: November/18/11 at 1:47am
Posted By: SMOG Date Posted: November/18/11 at 11:33am
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I was wondering why I hadn't received any notifications for a while. I've got a lot of catching up to do by reading the latest news... 
Now you have to come to show OFF! We have to talk------------really! I need to drop a few(more than a few) pounds and quit doing some other NASTY habits. WELL DONE!!!!!
