The Zumbro Valley Benefit Fund
Announces It’s
5th annual Spring Fundraiser Banquet
Benefiting

St Jude Children’s Research Hospital

April 10th, 2010
5:00 – 9:30 PM

Rochester International Event Center
7333 Airport View Drive SW
Rochester, MN 55902

For tickets and information Contact
Dick (507) 867-4079 - email
Eric (507) 272-0316 - email  

 

Get your tickets for an awesome 2 entree meal and a chance at 
THOUSANDS of dollars in product to be auctioned and raffled!!!!

.PDF version of Banquet Flyer

THANK YOU to our wonderful sponsors!


Brian Traschel

Dick Dorman

Rick Billings


of Rochester

Zumbro Valley
Benefit Committee

Link to additional of Sponsors below

History

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In 2006, a group of fishing teams decided to establish an event to raise money for the St Jude / Dick Hiley Memorial Bass Classic.  The thought was that collectively we could bring in considerably more money than if we each did our own fundraising.

The first event was held in Wabasha , MN at Slipperys restaurant and was only semi-successful raising around $2500 with 30 people attending. 

Building on what we learned from this first attempt, we moved the event to the Eagles Club in Rochester , MN . Some of the changes we made included  setting the event up much like a Ducks Unlimited banquet, offering a much improved buffet meal , and expanding the raffles to include hunting and fishing items with a home and garden component for the ladies. We also added a live auction. The 2007 event surpassed all of our expectations with 300 in attendance and raising around $17000.  The success of this event required us to move the 2008 event to a larger facility.

For the 2008 & 2009 event, we moved to the Rochester Event Center and added a two entree sit-down meal.  We expanded the number of prizes and added golf packages to the three premier courses in the area as well as to several public courses.  We had airline tickets, a Wii system, and a mini-motorcycle just to name a few of the new additions to our raffles and auctions. The events were attended by 400 people each year and netted around $60,000 total.  This model seems to work the way we all want it to and should require only minor adjustments.

The 2010 event will be much like last years, same venue, same menu, with hopefully a few more prizes.  This year’s goal is to sell all 500 tickets which is the capacity of the Event Center .    

 

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THANK YOU to our 2010 Sponsors!

Cabela's A & J Angus Gil & Rosie Gilbertson
Tim & Sue Allen Hair Studio 52
& Day Spa
Matt Pretzer
Carquest Extended Stay
Hotels
Mississippi National
Rochester Golf &
Country Club
The Jewel Chafolious
Mount Frontenac Wright Small Engine Katie Burdick
City Looks David Nusbaum
Photography
Jeff Mulholland
 Bill Lewis Lures 

 

John Hardy's BB Schott Distributing Joe & Terri Preston
Guchi Spa & Salon Zumbrota Apollo Liquor C&S Custom Calls
Country Inn & Suites Chanhassen Gander Mountain Lake Pepin Golf
Pinnacle Engineering Precision Dent Repair Sherwin Williams South
Zinc’s Calls Bonnie King Double Tree Hotel Rochester
Steve Holets Jim Kostroski David J. Hagstrom DDS
Lia Sophia Jewelry - Tonia Fix Clay Holthaus  Jeff's Tree Service
Jim & Jan Halfman Kuehn Motors Pure Romance
Midas John Stears Rochester Civic Theatre
Certain Teed Corp. Chanhassen Dinner Theater James L. LeDent
Ravissant Salon & Spa Rochester Ford Energy Products & Design
Turn Crest Stable & Saddlery Bahama Tan Greg Kundert
Loving Fun Lingerie Anytime Fitness Goonie's Comedy Club
Rochester Harley Davidson Chuck Campbell Quizno's South
Tempreck Photography Walmart Outback Steakhouse
Tiffany Stallman - Remax Reality Papa Murphys Sargent’s Gardens
BB's Pizza Famous Dave's Papa John's
Noodles and Company Whistle Binkies About Face Beauty Inc.
Applebee's Beetles Bar & Grill Edible Arrangements
Miracle Nails Olive Garden TGI Fridays
Buffalo Wild Wings Cinemagic Mr Pizza South
Subway Tips & Toes 331 Bar & Grill
Carlos O’Kelly’s Brueger's Bagels Appliance Village
Boot Leg Liquor Brovarney Baits Coffee Mill Golf
Creative Cuisine Co Dek'd out Jewelery Family Fun Center
Fazolis Foiles Migrating Inc Glyner's Pub
Green Mill Hollie Dunford/Arbonne Johnson Outdoors Minnkota
Kahler Grand Hotel Kathy Johnson Magnum Sports
Meadow Lakes Builders Med City Collision Minnesota Wild
Minwest Bank Panera Bread Paridise Island
Personal Training Pure Swiss Skin Care Ronningen Roofing
Sleep Inn & Suites Southeast Mechanical Southern Minnesota Auto Supply
Stewartville Sportsman Club Tim Grounds Tom Haase
Tres Francoise Salon