If you are going to the St.Paul Ice show on Sat or Sun, please read this.

[Chad Holst]

Hi everyone.

I have a quick, simple request. If you are going to the Ice show this weekend, i would really appreciate your help....

I run a Non-profit called "Take A Kid Outdoors". This weekend there will be several of our sponsors at the show. We will be placing a plaque at each of the vendors booths. If you see this...

(sorry, the quality is very poor here, when converting it to .pgn file)

...please do us a favor, thank that manager, employee, owner. It goes a LONGGGGG way when the sponsors know that people appreciate what they do for groups like ours. We are ran 100% by sponsorships from companies like the ones at the Ice Show. 13 fishing, HT, Team Lodge, Beam, Reeds, Venom, PK Lures, and on and on... they will all be there and they all need to know how much the outdoor sports community appreciates when they promote youth and the future of our outdoor activities.

BE SURE TO THANK THE HSO TEAM FOR THEIR SPONSORSHIP TO T.A.K.O.!!!

In fact, i still have a 13 fishing rod/reel combo that i wasnt able to give away on another thread...so if you take your picture, with our plaque and the HSO staff at their booth, i will have rick or one of the HSO guys randomly pick one of the posts, and i will send you the 13 fishing combo.

Just post the picture here. (must have a HSO rep, you and our plaque in the picture to count)

These certificates will be posted at the vendors booths starting at 10AM Saturday, and we will continue to place them as we get new sponsorships.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP. I truelly appreciate it. Chad H- President, Take A Kid Outdoors.

[brian6715]

I'm going tomorrow and I will thank as many as I can. More importantly, thank YOU for all you do!

[Chad Holst]

thank you brian

[Chad Holst]

Just a quick update. We were at the show all day and had a fantastic time meeting and talking with some of the amazing companies that make TAKO possible.

If any of you are looking for vendors to get your picture taken with our plaque, to win a 13 fishing rod/reel combo, here is a list of who we have plaques placed in their booths.

13 fishing

Beam

Reeds

Team Lodge

Team Extreme

Ice Team

Danglers

Katz Covers

HT enterprises

HSO- of course!

Viper bobbers

Ice buster bobbers

American Surplus/ Ice Castle

Strike Master

Clam

Tailgater

Action lure Company

...I know we put out 28 all together today, so there are several others that i can't think of off the top of me head, so keep an eye out on sunday.

Thank YOU for thanking them.