Date:         Wed, 19 May 2010 20:54:08 -0400
Reply-To:     Todd Olson <todd.olson@CHARTER.NET>
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From:         Todd Olson <todd.olson@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      WOOO HOOO! Bus Benefit Starts Tomorrow in Grand Rapids,
              MI - (Event Details)
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Hello Fellow Volks Folks,

WOOO HOOO! We are so excited! The eighth Annual "Bus Benefit" hosted by
"Buses By the Beach" in Grand Rapids, MI starts tomorrow! Special thanks go
to our 2010 Gold Level Sponsors; GoWesty www.gowesty.com
<http://www.gowesty.com/>  and River Valley Auto! www.rivervalleyauto.net
<http://www.rivervalleyauto.net/>

This event is our main fund raiser for The Phoenix Society for Burn
Survivors. We are really looking forward to seeing everyone and it looks
like we are going to have another great turn out again this year of Bus
Pilots from all over the US and Canada! We are not sure if this can be any
kind of indicator but we have pre-sold more t-shirts this year then the last
four years combined! We think it is going to be a huge year!



Campground Information:



If you are coming and would like some campground information we have a post
in our forum. To view the post click on the following link:
http://busesbythebeach.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=talk
<http://busesbythebeach.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=talk&action=display&th
read=410> &action=display&thread=410





No Car Show at Bus Benefit 2010:



Please note: There will be NO CAR SHOW THIS YEAR. The Burn Survivor Car Show
had a scheduling conflict with 5/3rd Ball Park and had to move their event
back one week. We apologize that our website still lists the car show as
part of Bus Benefit event. We are going to be completely redoing our website
and unfortunately the way it is currently written is very difficult to
change the text. So we are sorry for any confusion this may have caused. The
good news is that we don't have to get up early on Saturday morning and pack
up the buses to go to the car show! We have lots of great activities planned
and I think you will find that you will not even miss going this year.
Hopefully next year our dates will align again.



Buses By the Beach Grand Raffle Details:



Thank you to Pete Owsianowski for working hard at gathering items from our
awesome vendors and personal donations. It is truly amazing to see this
stuff come together every year for the benefit of the Phoenix Society. Let
us know if you have any items so we can get them listed. Also, don't forget
about Jeff and Patty Lincoln putting together "Hometown" and "Handmade"
baskets of items you might donate. Feel free to create your own baskets,
too!

To see the growing list of the items that will be given away please go to
the forum post about the raffle:
http://busesbythebeach.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=talk
<http://busesbythebeach.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=talk&action=display&th
read=408> &action=display&thread=408


If you have any questions or something to donate please contact Pete O at
pete@busesbythebeach.com





Bus Benefit Itinerary:



We have a weekend jam packed full of great activities! A highlight of a few
are:



*       Live Music from six different artists. Jamming this year will be the
following favorite Michigan artists; Stone Boogie Band, Jen Sygit, Sam
Corbin, Nicholas James, Roosevelt Diggs and Hawks and Owls String Band. Also
there is a good chance there will be more. I am working on a cameo
appearance by two famous Michigan Artists that will be in the area putting
on a sold out concert on Friday night. They are going to try to join us
Saturday night but did not want to advertise it because of the draw it may
cause to our event.
*       Tens of thousands dollars of VW Camping related merchandise that
will be given away to lucky winners at the fundraising raffle
*       Free beer tasting with a local micro brewery HopCat.
*       Hot Dog Dinner Saturday night.
*       Donuts provided Saturday morning by the greatest bakery in West
Michigan; Marge's Donut Den.
*       Sunday Morning Community Breakfast.
*       Sunday morning Cara-Bus. The highway patrol is closing down West
River Drive Sunday morning at 11:30am so we can leave in a multi-mile long
line of buses going for a Sunday cruise.
*       Blessing of the Buses at Townsend Park. We have an area reserved in
Townsend Park where our friend and fellow hippy at heart, Pastor Jason, will
give each willing bus a non-domination, spiritual blessing for safe travel
in the 2010 camping season by burning sage and anointing the underside of
the front bumper with the life blood of our beloved vehicles; 30 weight oil.
:-) After you will be given a bead or shell with a hemp string to keep you
safe as you travel this year.



To see the full ternary that has been posted on our forum click on the
following link: http://busesbythebeach.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=talk
<http://busesbythebeach.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=talk&action=display&th
read=412> &action=display&thread=412





2009 Bus Benefit Comment Cards:



Just to get you in the mood for a great weekend we thought it might be fun
to include some comments we received on the comment cards at the end of the
weekend last year. The list is very long so we also posted them in the
forum. The list makes us smile and gives us goose bumps in anticipation of
another great weekend with our friends and family.



To see the list click on the following link to go to the forum:
http://busesbythebeach.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=talk
<http://busesbythebeach.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=talk&action=display&th
read=413> &action=display&thread=413



We look forward to seeing old friends again and meeting new ones. If this is
your first time coming to a Buses By the Beach event and would like to ask
some questions please feel free to visit our message board at:
http://busesbythebeach.proboards43.com/index.cgi?board=talk or email us at
volksfolks@busesbythebeach.com



If anyone has any troubles on their trip in feel free to call the campground
and ask for Todd or Brien and we will try to assist you.


Wishing you many miles of smiles in your bus!
The Volks Folks at Buses By the Beach.com
www.busesbythebeach.com <http://www.busesbythebeach.com/>



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Todd J. Olson

todd@busesbythebeach.com

www.busesbythebeach.com



"Yeah he looked me in the eye by the interstate sign
and said may hope lead you to peace.
Keep it low and slow don't forget to reap what you sow
and keep your machine well greased."



"Well-Oiled Machine" by Hot Butter Rum String Band



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