Post by: Karl Blanchard on January 22, 2014, 12:35:33 PM
So here is what I have come up with: The run is gonna take place in our home town of Selah. Route is planned out. High School stage tech has volunteered their time and use of P.A. system. National Guard is gonna roll in some humvee's and equipment for the kids to climb around on. My company has donated banners and bottled water. Still need to line out some food items for after the race. Also we are gonna sell raffle tickets and hopefully get some kick butt prizes to raffle off. $1 raffle tickets or go more? Local businesses are already stepping up with donations. I was thinking $30 gets you in the run and a shirt. If I can keep the shirts under $10 that is $20 bucks a head that will go straight to the USO and the Fisher House.
I have someone lined up to put the website together but I am stuck on what design to put on the shirt and the website. Any input from you runners out there or guys and gals who have done their own 5K's would be greatly appreciated. I want to make this a really fun event to honor our fallen warriors and ones currently serving. I want people to look forward to doing it again. I would like this to be an annual event! There isn't a ton of races in our neck of the woods and with the message and the cause behind it combined with home town support I hope it will be a success! Thank you in advance for any input you all may have and lets see some logo ideas!!!! -Karl
You can message me here, call me at 509-833-7774 or email me at karl.blanchard83@yahoo.com
Post by: boneaddict on January 22, 2014, 12:41:11 PM
Post by: Karl Blanchard on January 22, 2014, 12:44:04 PM
Post by: PlateauNDN on January 22, 2014, 12:44:11 PM
Post by: Karl Blanchard on January 22, 2014, 12:45:57 PM
I really suck at PR, but I would think some coorperate sponsors would be easy to net, such as either one of the two hospitals. Some local businesses, like BHUC. To what extent, IDK, even if its advertising??? I have a feeling Selah will respond better than Portland. ;)Agreed. My company (Pepsi) has already told me that I can have whatever I need so there is one! Gonna start pounding on doors heavy as soon as the website is up and running!
Post by: washingtonmuley on January 22, 2014, 12:47:16 PM
Post by: Karl Blanchard on January 22, 2014, 12:48:49 PM
I would make the 4 + hour drive for this. Count me in.:tup: I will keep this thread alive and when the website is functional I will post a link.
Post by: boneaddict on January 22, 2014, 12:49:42 PM
Post by: boneaddict on January 22, 2014, 12:50:36 PM
Post by: jackelope on January 22, 2014, 12:51:19 PM
http://www.roadracerunner.com/Races/RunningCalendar.aspx?state=wa (http://www.roadracerunner.com/Races/RunningCalendar.aspx?state=wa)
http://www.runningintheusa.com/Race/List.aspx?State=WA (http://www.runningintheusa.com/Race/List.aspx?State=WA)
Post by: Karl Blanchard on January 22, 2014, 12:56:25 PM
Other ideas bouncing in my head.....permit? coordination with Selah PD or civic, Include police and Fire along with Fallen heroes, get their involvement on the field, (roll in trucks for kids, ladder trucks with hose etc.) I know you have the date, make sure you aren't bouncing heads with anything else big in the valley such as Yakatack, Midsummer classic, Selah days, Canyon marathon, that sort of thing. Is the run club still going in Yakima. Might be big to get their backingYep your tracking on the same line as me Doug. We contacted the city you can go through them and they will put it on their website and their insurance but they want a pretty good chunk of change out of every head registered so we told them thanks but no thanks. We can purchase event insurance for $300-$400 that will cover us and no permit needed from the city. I have had several Selah PD and YPD contact me personally to offer their services for the event day, which as far as my google searches go does not clash with anything else around the valley or really the state. Yakima Hard Core Runners is still around and we have contacted them but they have not been to proactive in helping as of yet but we are on their event calendar I believe.
Post by: jackelope on January 22, 2014, 12:58:45 PM
Post by: Karl Blanchard on January 22, 2014, 12:59:27 PM
Topic Sticky'dThanks Doug!
Get it on these run event calendars.On it right now! Thanks Josh!
http://www.roadracerunner.com/Races/RunningCalendar.aspx?state=wa (http://www.roadracerunner.com/Races/RunningCalendar.aspx?state=wa)
http://www.runningintheusa.com/Race/List.aspx?State=WA (http://www.runningintheusa.com/Race/List.aspx?State=WA)
Post by: boneaddict on January 22, 2014, 01:03:01 PM
I'll keep brainstormin, sounds like you are well on your way.
Tshirt design......camo? emblem.....any graphic design gurus on here willing to hook up with BLR to brainstorm an emblem. Smossys girl has talent, backwoods boy, though I haven't seen him as of late.
What are your thoughts of what you want included? Do you want to include Fire and PD, Do you want local connection as this is annual in Selah. Do you want northwest flavor with elk and your brother? What is the best way to represent fallen heroes? Flag?
Post by: jackmaster on January 22, 2014, 01:05:52 PM
Post by: Karl Blanchard on January 22, 2014, 01:18:16 PM
:tup:Anyone and everyone who wants to be involved is more than welcome! I was thinking back to Aaron's funeral and how Yakima fire department had the giant flag between the ladder trucks and thought that that would be a cool thing to do. They are definitely on my contact list. The problem with the shirts is trying to keep the cost down. The less money I spend on stuff the more money goes to the cause. Color T's cost more money than white T's so I will have to go with white cotton and probably one screen print on the front as they charge by print. I will take some pics of the shirt I got for the run in Portland and also the shirts that I designed and purchased for "Team Aaron" that ran with me in Portland.
I'll keep brainstormin, sounds like you are well on your way.
Tshirt design......camo? emblem.....any graphic design gurus on here willing to hook up with BLR to brainstorm an emblem. Smossys girl has talent, backwoods boy, though I haven't seen him as of late.
What are your thoughts of what you want included? Do you want to include Fire and PD, Do you want local connection as this is annual in Selah. Do you want northwest flavor with elk and your brother? What is the best way to represent fallen heroes? Flag?
when i was in the army 11B (light) 9th INF /2/9 MANCHUS, we use to do a sound to narrows run, we did it as a batalion so that equals alot of troops, we did it formation to cadence, with guidons and everything, it was very impressive to the civilian folks and of course the kids on the sides of the roads, i dont know who you would contact at ft lewis, but i do know there is someone to contact and tell them what your doing who its for and everything, alot of times they will send a company or more to participate in stuff like this, it is a very HONORABLE deal your putting on for your BRO, very awesome indeed and for a GREAT CAUSE :tup:I will be contacting Ft. Lewis and making contacts here locally at YTC as soon as the website is up and running. I want people to be able to google it so they know its legit and not just some guy trying to beg for stuff :chuckle:
Post by: runamuk on January 22, 2014, 01:21:40 PM
Post by: Karl Blanchard on January 22, 2014, 01:23:10 PM
Post by: Karl Blanchard on January 22, 2014, 01:27:35 PM
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Post by: washingtonmuley on January 22, 2014, 01:40:36 PM
This is the shirt I designed. Its poly pro in desert tan. With the flag, front logo, and back they were $18 bucks. I think for cotton they were $14.I like the poly shirts.
Post by: Woodchuck on January 22, 2014, 02:24:10 PM
Post by: Karl Blanchard on January 22, 2014, 02:33:39 PM
Can we just buy shirts if we know we won't make the run?We can work something out :tup: Not gonna say no to money :chuckle:
The USO is currently saving money to rebuild the USO hub at Seatac. The one they currently have is outside the terminal so in order for our military to use it they must go in and out of security and we all know what a pain in the behind that is. The new one will be inside the terminal and much more easily accessed by our men and women in uniform! All money raised will go to a very good cause! We will split it evenly between USO and Fisher House.
Post by: Woodchuck on January 22, 2014, 02:37:20 PM
Post by: Karl Blanchard on January 22, 2014, 02:41:34 PM
Put me down for two 2X cotton shirts and tell me where to send money. No pay pal for me.Sounds good! shoot me a pm with your mailing address so I don't forget or lose this in the shuffle. Shirts are a ways out so I don't want to drop the ball on ya! Thank you! :tup: Once again the huntwa community is stepping up to the plate and knocking it out of the park!
Post by: Woodchuck on January 22, 2014, 02:50:36 PM
Post by: Becky on January 22, 2014, 03:12:25 PM
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The problem with the shirts is trying to keep the cost down. The less money I spend on stuff the more money goes to the cause. Color T's cost more money than white T's so I will have to go with white cotton and probably one screen print on the front as they charge by print.
Post by: Becky on January 22, 2014, 03:42:11 PM
Just kinda a work in progress, flag is unfinished etc.. this is what I have so far as an idea.
Post by: Karl Blanchard on January 22, 2014, 03:42:34 PM
With the shirt design.. you said one sided screen print, black/gray, no color? Cost is a factor. I've kinda been playing with a design but no idea if I'm going in the right direction. I'm not real good with this area of design and I'm sure you'll get tons of offers to make something up for you. I can post up my work in progress and you can let me know if this is something you're interested in before I spend too much time dinking around with it? :dunno:QuoteThe problem with the shirts is trying to keep the cost down. The less money I spend on stuff the more money goes to the cause. Color T's cost more money than white T's so I will have to go with white cotton and probably one screen print on the front as they charge by print.
I just stopped in and talked to my shirt guy and he said for a white cotton tee with a single design on the front would be no problem to stay under $10 even with a color design. He said give him ideas and he can put it together so either post up a good pic or just describe something. The standard is the M4, boots and helmet but it gets used a lot. It could be incorporated into a design though. All ideas are welcome!
Post by: Karl Blanchard on January 22, 2014, 03:43:33 PM
Post by: Becky on January 22, 2014, 03:45:39 PM
The standard is the M4, boots and helmet but it gets used a lot.
Yes it is everywhere and it's a good tribute. I kind of went a different direction just as maybe a different thought. Like I said, this isn't my forte but I wanted to try something.
Post by: Becky on January 22, 2014, 03:47:53 PM
That's pretty awesome!!!!!!!!
Oh you like it? I can try to finish it up.. probably next few days. The flag part is pretty time consuming and I'm sorta OCD about making things look right to me. So little tweaks here and there end up taking a while :chuckle:
Post by: Karl Blanchard on January 22, 2014, 03:54:05 PM
. I agree it is a very moving image but one thing I didn't like about the run in Portland was how somber it was. I want this to be upbeat, positive, and fun! There are so many images that come to mind but I don't want to clutter the image.The standard is the M4, boots and helmet but it gets used a lot.
Yes it is everywhere and it's a good tribute. I kind of went a different direction just as maybe a different thought. Like I said, this isn't my forte but I wanted to try something.
Post by: washingtonmuley on January 22, 2014, 04:06:35 PM
Since it isn't just about Aaron but about all our warriors, fallen and still standing, I don't want to add the elk or hunting into it but just make it more generic. I was thinking though that we could do a special run of T's for Huntwa members in camo or something like that. Add the elk head or something custom.I really like the idea of a special T for huntwa members in Camo as well.
Post by: Karl Blanchard on January 22, 2014, 05:24:11 PM
Post by: Becky on January 22, 2014, 07:39:15 PM
This is a lapel pin that each direct family member is given. Maybe incorporate the gold star in somewhere? Maybe the two large stars on either side of the 5k?
Oh ya that'd work great, I'll add that in tomorrow and work on it some more. I have to do it on work breaks/after work because I don't have the software at home.
Post by: SemperFidelis97 on January 22, 2014, 07:50:07 PM
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Post by: jstone on January 23, 2014, 07:06:04 AM
Post by: workstohunt on January 23, 2014, 07:56:15 AM
June 21st ---I will be there.
Post by: Becky on January 23, 2014, 06:02:05 PM
Version 1 - Stars etc. removed.
Version 2 - With stars etc. The reason I made it was trying to be symbolic of a circle, stars growing larger from the flag that was fading into white. Trying to represent how memories never fade so even though loved ones are lost, they are not forgotten. Going towards the footprint because we are now running a 5k in their memory.
Versions 3 and 4 - Hunt-WA prospective versions! On the bottom it has "Heroes Live Forever 'colockumelk' Cpt. Aaron R. Blanchard".
:dunno: Finished for today, let me know what to attempt next or if I'm way off the ball on this.
Post by: Karl Blanchard on January 23, 2014, 06:07:36 PM
Post by: washingtonmuley on January 23, 2014, 06:22:37 PM
I have to Echo the above statement of "those are freaking awesome". I like the 2 with more color and love the elk antlers. Nice work!!!!!!!
Post by: Whitpirate on January 23, 2014, 09:16:43 PM
Wife and oldest will run. Fat man will walk/trot.
Post by: PlateauNDN on January 23, 2014, 09:25:30 PM
Post by: MLBowhunting on January 23, 2014, 09:30:23 PM
Post by: Whitpirate on January 23, 2014, 11:12:45 PM
Smossy's Girl..... I love the design but I think the boot track is better in black. I know the mud idea but that brown is off to me. I loved your initial design in Black. I'd say just color the Flag and maybe the pins.......
And I'd make the pins about 2/3 smaller. They are there and folks that know what they are will appreciate and tell the tale but take away from your leading on the text.
My .02 cents worth about .0002
Post by: jackmaster on January 24, 2014, 06:58:53 AM
Post by: Karl Blanchard on January 24, 2014, 07:09:52 AM
BLRMAN, i am sure you have thought of this but incase you havent, when the event is a couple weeks out, email the MENS ROOM 99.9, they really like doing stuff for the wounded warriors and pretty much anything to do with service men and women, it would be another way to get the event out there :tup: maybe even email them sooner, maybe they would do a broadcast from it, they have done stuff like this in the past...they are on my p.r. list. I am gonna start beating the war drums about middle of April and then hit it really hard end of May all through June. They interviewed my dad when he did his ride. I'm not holding out hope for many wet siders as there are 7-8 races that day on that side, but hey, you never know. Even if it hooks a few that is better than zero.
Post by: kirkl on January 24, 2014, 08:17:20 AM
Post by: Becky on January 24, 2014, 08:24:48 AM
I cannot describe to you how freaking awesome those are!!!!!!!!! I am gonna run these by my mother who is co planner on this deal and I will get back to you you. I love the shirt for the huntwa folks too! Probably have to put it up for a vote a little later down the road as to which one the huntwa family likes the best! Thank you so much!!!!!!
Thank you, and you are most certainly welcome. Okay let me know what she says and any ideas that come to mind. I definitely welcome/want other members' ideas and thoughts as well, but I will be going by your final word :). If someone posts up an idea you want to try just say the word. The only reason is because I know how fast hundreds of opinions can change the entire thing, and I don't want to chase down every idea unless you agree, this is your project.
Make it a camp out weekend somewhere close and Hunt-WA BBQ Summer Fest.....
Smossy's Girl..... I love the design but I think the boot track is better in black. I know the mud idea but that brown is off to me. I loved your initial design in Black. I'd say just color the Flag and maybe the pins.......
And I'd make the pins about 2/3 smaller. They are there and folks that know what they are will appreciate and tell the tale but take away from your leading on the text.
My .02 cents worth about .0002
I agree with that, made them smaller, I'll post up versions later :) .
I did like the faded black boot print but when it changed from being black and white only - to having color - I tried to make it brown for a muddy effect lol. It's simple enough to change back and forth so it'll be up to the main man.
Post by: Karl Blanchard on January 24, 2014, 08:28:39 AM
Post by: jstone on January 24, 2014, 08:44:39 AM
Post by: Becky on January 24, 2014, 08:58:54 AM
BLRMAN, i am sure you have thought of this but incase you havent, when the event is a couple weeks out, email the MENS ROOM 99.9, they really like doing stuff for the wounded warriors and pretty much anything to do with service men and women, it would be another way to get the event out there :tup: maybe even email them sooner, maybe they would do a broadcast from it, they have done stuff like this in the past...they are on my p.r. list. I am gonna start beating the war drums about middle of April and then hit it really hard end of May all through June. They interviewed my dad when he did his ride. I'm not holding out hope for many wet siders as there are 7-8 races that day on that side, but hey, you never know. Even if it hooks a few that is better than zero.
5k runs are the "in" thing now... Foam runs, color runs, black light night runs, "run from the cops" runs, zombie runs, there are so so so many. I started doing them a couple years ago :chuckle: I know. It might be a "wetsider" thing.. but from April through December there is probably a 5k run every weekend, so I wouldn't worry too much about overlap. Definitely get the word out as much as possible, post a link to the facebook page on here when it's in full effect so we can all share on our pages. That's definitely the way most of them are found.
I'd figure out how to post it up on this site too: http://gametiime.com/ (http://gametiime.com/) I look at it a lot for 5k runs.
Post by: akirkland on January 24, 2014, 10:14:14 PM
Post by: Karl Blanchard on January 24, 2014, 10:19:15 PM
What if you go for image #1 and have 'Heroes live forever' with your brothers name on the left sleave? Does that change the cost much?It does. every image is an additional cost. It might be only a couple bucks but multiply that by hopefully hundreds of shirts and thats a big chunk of change that wouldn't be going to the charities. Also, as personal as this is for me because of my brother, its not about just him. Its about honoring all of our fallen warriors, their families, and our warriors still fighting. I wouldn't want to personalize it like that. I think it should most def be on the huntwa shirt if we are wanting to pursue that route with the elk antler shirt. I think its a cool idea personally. That way we know who to avoid at the run/walk :chuckle:
Post by: akirkland on January 24, 2014, 10:53:00 PM
Post by: Karl Blanchard on January 28, 2014, 05:47:58 PM
Post by: washingtonmuley on January 28, 2014, 05:50:35 PM
Post by: Whitpirate on January 29, 2014, 12:25:54 AM
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Post by: runamuk on January 31, 2014, 08:48:21 AM
Fallen Heroes 5K: Run to Remember:yeah:
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Post by: luvtohnt on February 05, 2014, 07:20:48 PM
Sent from your honeyhole!!
Post by: washelkhunter on February 05, 2014, 07:27:13 PM
Post by: Karl Blanchard on February 05, 2014, 07:43:38 PM
Post by: Becky on February 06, 2014, 10:01:30 AM
washelkhunter - Yea that sounds cool actually, I'll give it a shot.
Post by: stromdiddily on February 06, 2014, 11:00:30 AM
I know there are a lot of military/leo's at my gym that would be interested so as soon as you get the Facebook page up and running I'll share the link :tup:
Post by: Woodchuck on February 06, 2014, 02:38:42 PM
Post by: washelkhunter on February 06, 2014, 03:00:29 PM
Post by: Becky on February 06, 2014, 03:07:11 PM
Hey you worked that nicely into the tread! The antlers are making it too busy IMO tho. Nice work SG!
Yeah I'm not sure on them either now... On page 2, they seemed to look okay but I don't know if it's because the tread change or color change but :dunno: hmmmmmmm.... I am not sure how to incorporate something hunting themed in such a red/white/blue patriotic look.
Post by: washelkhunter on February 06, 2014, 03:52:18 PM
I would sign-off on that!
Post by: Becky on February 06, 2014, 04:01:58 PM
Hunt wa pretty much covers the community theme. Awesome job girl! :tup:
That's true, awe thank you! We'll see what the final word is :)
Post by: Karl Blanchard on February 06, 2014, 04:23:48 PM
This is totally gonna be SG's call on this one! She has already contributed a bunch of her time for the run shirt and I don't expect her to commit anymore than she already has. The huntwa shirt is now her baby. Once she hashes out which design, she can hand it over to me and I will take it from there! Thanks again everyone and especially Smossy's Girl! You rock!
Post by: jstone on February 19, 2014, 07:02:18 AM
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Post by: washingtonmuley on February 28, 2014, 09:33:24 AM
Any new progress on this?:yeah:
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Post by: stromdiddily on April 26, 2014, 10:22:52 PM
Do you have any recommendations for places to stay Saturday night?
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Post by: Karl Blanchard on May 01, 2014, 08:13:54 PM
As far as a place to stay goes, I would recommend the North Park Lodge in Selah. Very family friendly, pool, and they have some taxidermy work hanging all over what could be better. If not there, then the Ledgestone, or the Fairfield Inn are also nice hotels. Best Western Lincoln Inn is also a nice hotel. Pm me if you are booking something other than those as there are some places in the heart of town that aren't so nice.
Been hitting the sponsors pretty hard and have raked in a couple grand worth so far. Posters should be ready for pickup by the end of the week hopefully and ready for distribution. Next task will be to start piling up raffle donations!
Thank you all for continueing to show interest in our pursuit to help repay the freedoms we all enjoy! -Karl
Post by: workstohunt on June 06, 2014, 02:41:04 PM
Post by: jstone on June 06, 2014, 03:16:35 PM
Post by: Karl Blanchard on June 07, 2014, 11:31:10 AM
Post by: longrangekiller on June 07, 2014, 10:03:13 PM
I want in. Lets get some car pooling going :tup:
i will be coming from the enumclaw buckley area if anyone needs a ride we will have 3 seats availible
Post by: Karl Blanchard on June 11, 2014, 10:12:28 PM
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Post by: Karl Blanchard on June 22, 2014, 08:20:52 AM
Blrman great to meet youYou too my friend! It was an amazing day! We had over 150 runners/walkers, weather was perfect, and everything ran amazingly smooth! It was great to meet some more huntwa members and as always, they were great people!
I counted cash from from yesterday which consisted of raffle ticket sales, same day registrations, and donations and the grand total was $2,362! Add that to the $2,400 in online registrations and the $2100 in Sponsor dollars and mail in registrations and it looks like we are going to be able to cut the USONW a check for over $6,000 dollars! Mission accomplished gentlemen! I'm still on cloud nine!
Post by: workstohunt on June 23, 2014, 02:28:16 PM
Next year we will all have our Hunt-WA shirts on :tup:
Thanks for all your hard work.