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Jack's Update #45    February 2004

Here are the results of the annual Election for The Board of Directors of The Chicagoland Toys for Tots Motorcycle Parade Organization. The Election was held on Friday, January 30, 2004. The Board members for 2004 and the 27th TFT Parade are;

Robert Kuczera 

NEW President

Thomas Yarber

 NEW Vice-President 

Kevin Curth 

 NEW Northside Coordinator 

Peggy Estes 

Continues as Secretary

Pat Quinn 

Continues as Treasurer

Lester Fortier 

Continues as Sergeant at Arms

Tom Froehlich 

Continues as Product Coordinator

Tommy Rotto 

Continues as Parade/Tier Coordinator 

Jack Voss

Continues as By-Laws Historian

We welcome the new Board members, Tommy Yarber and Kevin Curth. Our thanks go to Rebecca Lockard for all her work over the past year as our Northside Coordinator. We also want to thank the returning Board Members for another year of service, Bob, Peggy, Pat, Tom, Tommy, Lester, and Jack.


We want to give special thanks to President "Tiger" Mark Atilano, who has served as the President of the Parade Organization since 1999.  Mark took the reins at a difficult time and has done a great job over the past few years. Thanks Mark. 


And finally, "Congratulations!" to our new President Bob "Cooch" Kuczera.  Bob has been an active leader in The Parade Organization for over ten years, and a member of The Board of Directors since 1996.  I'm sure that everyone will agree that there is no one who works harder for the Organization. Thanks Cooch, the Parade Members and the community in general, really appreciate all that you do. 

Ed "Aminal" Wisniewski (1st Pres 1978-1993.) & Bob "Cooch" Kuczera (2004 Pres.)   


Many of our members are also active in other motorcycle organizations. We want to congratulate TFT Parade member Becky Haynes who recently received the Chicago Chapter of ABATE's "Woman of the Year" award, and Parade member George Gora who was presented with the Chicago Chapter of ABATE's "Man of the Year" Award. Congratulations to Becky and George, and thanks for all your outstanding work in the motorcycle community.
The 2003 TFT Parade was only a short time ago, but it's time to start preparing for the 27th Parade. We are now looking for new designs for the artwork of the 2004 Parade shirts and jackets.  We want your ideas, drawings and sketches of what you would like to see on the new Parade merchandise. Some suggestions for the design elements might include our mascot "Biker Bear" on his motorcycle, Santa Claus on his motorcycle, riders on motorcycles, the Chicago skyline, a Chicago sign, a line of 30,000 motorcycles, presents, the street signs of Western Avenue and 83rd Street.  Help us get ready for the next TFT Parade.  Send your artwork to us, or bring it to the next Board Meeting on Tuesday, March 16, at the Stempien VFW. 
 
The Super Cycle Swap Meet and Cycle Show will be at McCormick Place this Sunday, and that's where we'll pick the winners of the Sturgis Rally Vacation Raffle.  You could win 4 nights at the Comfort Inn in Rapid City South Dakota, plus $1000 in cash, and $200 for event tickets.  Second prize is an official Chicago TFT Motorcycle Parade jacket.  The drawing will be held at the McCormick Place Swap Meet this Sunday, February 22, 2004. Tickets are $1 each, and the winner need not be present to win. Sponsored by The Chicago TFT Motorcycle Parade, R&B Promotions, 
Come out to Oak Lawn Harley-Davidson on March 13th for the 2004 Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Raffle. This year's Grand Prize will be a 2004 Harley-Davidson Electra Glide. Other prizes will include a $500 leather jacket from Oak Lawn Harley-Davidson, a $200 Oak Lawn Harley-Davidson gift certificate, and 3 Official Chicago TFT Parade jackets. Tickets are only $5 each and the drawing will be held at Oak Lawn Harley-Davidson on Saturday, March 13, 2004. 

Tickets can be obtained from any Parade Volunteer or send ticket requests to
info@ChicagolandTFT.org  

For more info on this beautiful motorcycle go to http://chicagolandtft.org/products.htm

 
The Parade Organization is usually presenting checks to help others, but recently The Parade Organization was the recipient of a very generous donation from some friends of The Parade.  The Ross and Gorman families tell us that they have recently been richly blessed in their lives, and they wanted to share some of what they have received with others.  We appreciate your generosity and thank you folks very much.
 
New photo pages. New Calendar listings. New Updates. The Chicago TFT Parade Website has lots of new graphics and even more information. Check out www.ChicagolandTFT.org for the latest info about the Chicago TFT Parade Organization.
 

Archived 
Updates

#44
Jan, 2004

#43
Dec. 11, 2003

#42
Dec, 2003

#41
Nov., 2003

#40
Nov., 2003

#39
Oct., 2003

#38
Sept., 2003

#37
August, 2003

#36
July, 2003

#35 
June, 2003

#34 
May, 2003

#33 
April, 2003

#32 
Feb., 2003

#31 
Dec, 2002

#30 
Dec., 2002

#29 
Nov, 2002


Anyone who wishes to receive toys for underprivileged children should contact their local church, school, hospital or community aid organization.
 

Chicago area groups that would like to be considered to receive toys to distribute, please notify:
The U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program
 3034 West Foster Avenue, Chicago, 60625. Phone 773-539-7393

For assistance outside the Chicago area, click here for your local Marine Coordinator
http://www.toysfortots.org/2002/index.html

2004 Chicago TFT Motorcycle Parade Organization Schedule... Click here


Attention Website visitors

We appreciate your interest in our Parade and organization, and in order to better serve our members and friends, we now have a TFT E-mail List. This enables us to communicate with each other much faster than we can with either our Newsletter or our Website.

To be notified of the latest Parade updates, and news and activities of our Organization, just E-mail us, and tell us to add your E-address to our E-list.

And while you're connected, please tell us what you think of our Website.

 Email us here

Or fill out our handy form

The Chicagoland Toys for Tots Motorcycle Parade
P.O. Box 388260   Chicago, Illinois.  60638 
Hotline  773-866-TOYS

 


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This Chicagoland Toys For Tots Motorcycle Parade Update is a production of
The Chicagoland Toys For Tots Motorcycle Parade Website

http://.ChicagolandTFT.org

Copyright  "The World's Greatest Motorcycle Parade"  2002

 


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