It’s a historic day for the Badgerland Jet Pilots, and I couldn’t be more proud of all Jet Blast attendees & sponsors, committee members, The Rock campground, and all the seasonal campers at The Rock who came together and succeeded with our fantastic team effort for Jet Blast 2025.
As a result of this effort, Michelle Sucharski and I were able to deliver our JB25 donation of $10,000 (yes, ten freakin grand) to Fred Hebert, Director of the Central Wisconsin Community Action Council food pantry and outreach organization. This means we blew past the goal I had set earlier this year as well as shattered our previous annual donation record of $7,350. And it means that our running total donation to the CWCAC is now $61,100.
It gets better. We have also successfully funded our raffle ski for JB26, another awesome Yamaha Super Jet (our 5th raffle Super Jet), which started its 2nd life in 2013 as my personal Sleeprjet 2.0.
Each and every year of this I’m so amazed and grateful for all of you and your dedication and trust in all of this craziness. I mean, I never doubted nearly 15 years ago that an event like this could start from basically nothing and grow into something cool and fun, but I never expected this level of stoke, satisfaction, and success. From the bottom of my heart as well as Michelle’s and Fred’s, thank you…thank you all for being critical parts of this ride on the crazy bus.
Be safe this summer, and I hope to see many of you at the 20th Annual TCJP Sortie freeride this August…and if you’re ever near Waterford, hit me up for a rip up and down the Fox River, and say “hi” to Loli.