A big thank you to our many sponsors

By George Althoff
Executive Director

The energy level is running a little higher than normal here at the Chamber office these days. As of today, we are at T-minus five days until Saturday’s Big Top Parade and T-minus 15 days until the June 18 Baraboo Chamber Golf Classic, our biggest fundraiser of the year. Busy? For sure. Somewhat harried? Perhaps. But in the words of Larry the Cable Guy, “we’ll git ‘er done.”
As with all of our bigger events, the parade and golf outing would not be possible without the support of dozens of our great members. For starters, we have 26 Partner Package sponsors who make major investments in the Chamber to support the Big Top Parade, the golf outing, Oktoberfest and our annual dinner and awards program. They don’t get thanked often enough for their generous support, so here goes:
Platinum-Plus Sponsor – Baraboo State Bank.
Platinum Sponsors – Ho-Chunk Gaming, Fairfield Inn & Suites Baraboo, MAX FM and Magnum Media.
Gold Sponsors – Terrytown Plumbing, Pizza Ranch and SSM Health/St. Clare Hospital.
Silver Sponsors – Teel Plastics, WCCU Credit Union, Bank of Wisconsin Dells, Andersen Baraboo Manufacturing and Prevail Bank.
Bronze Sponsors – Community First Bank, RE/MAX Preferred, International Crane Foundation, Dental Associates, Supreme Awards, Oak Park Place, MBE CPAs, Bachrodt Baraboo Motors, DEZ Tactical Arms, Seneca Foods Corp., TRICOR Insurance, Wisconsin River Title and Olson Solar Energy.
But wait, there’s more. To help provide for a safe environment at the Big Top Parade, Don Larson Supercenter has made a significant investment as the security sponsor to help us rent the buses that are placed as barricades along the parade route. And the parade would not be possible without the deep involvement of Circus World and the Big Top Parade planning committee.
As for the golf outing, Tumbled Rock Brewery & Kitchen and Sysco Foods Baraboo are major contributors as the beverage and buffet sponsors, respectively.
Finally, both of these events are very labor intensive, which means we rely on dozens of volunteers to make them happen. A big thank you to those members and volunteers for all of your support.

Prizes galore at the golf outing
If you’re playing in Chamber Golf Classic on June 18, there’s a good chance you won’t walk away empty-handed. In addition to thousands of dollars’ worth of prizes that will be given away during the raffle ticket drawings, there will be more than a dozen silent auction items up for sale. Among them are:

• A foursome for 18 holes of golf, including cart, and four ski lift tickets, donated by Christmas Mountain Village.
• A 20-ton load of gravel, including delivery within 25 miles of Baraboo, donated by D.L. Gasser.
• A foursome for 18 holes of golf, including cart, donated by Baraboo Country Club.
• A La-Z-Boy recliner/rocker, donated by Slumberland.
• A $500 gift certificate, donated by Baraboo Furniture & Mattress.
• Concert tickets and overnight hotel stays, donated by Ho-Chunk Gaming Wisconsin Dells.
• Four tickets to a Milwaukee Brewers game, donated by Magnum Media.
• Two months of unlimited group fitness classes, donated by Pulse Fitness.
• Free fudge for a year, donated by Bekah’s Kate’s.
• Two Bloody Mary baskets with all the fixings, donated by Viking Village Foods of Reedsburg and the Get ‘n’ Go BP of Baraboo.
• 12 months of free custard, donated by Culver’s of Baraboo.
• A one-on-one coaching package, donated by Emerging Leaders LLC.