4Given4x4 Newsletter 05-17-2005

Upcoming events:
Check the forums for more info.
May: Badlands, this weekend!
June: Club Luau, details VERY soon!
July: Wellsville, poll to come.
www.4given4x4.com/forums


Charity:
Mutt Madness raised good money for the animal rescue.
To the limit competition raised 400 bucks for Make a Wish Foundation.
www.savetoby.com Please help, he is just a bunny (this is only a joke).


New Members:
Glad to have you all aboard, looking forward to getting to know you!!
Captsolo – Jeff aka Gooch
Coderedxj – Eric
CamoPhreak – Keith
jeepsrock - Ed
94xjguy - Jon

What has been going on with our members:
We just had March Madness. The turnout was good despite the poor weather and lack of members with running rigs. We had about 15 rigs and 35 people in attendance. Lots of new faces and some fun trails. Dinner was at hacienda. Free chips and salsa baby!

Daryl (monkeyevil) is bringing the blingin renegade to the next level. We are talking about some serious drive train upgrades. Can you say the coolest jeep in the club? Stay tuned!

Dave Kerwin's 4runner has finally moved after about a year of not running, but not on its own power. Apparently the remaining problem with it is that the engine is on the wrong side of the vehicle. He will never wheel again.

Dave Brady is having a baby, a boy in fact. Consequently, the sami got sold! Hopefully a new family friendly 4x4 will be in the works. Praying for you guys!

We've had a few members graduate recently from college and a few more that will be doing so soon. We've also had a few members lose jobs/change jobs recently. Please keep all these people in your prayers as they prepare for new steps in their lives.

There have also been some health worries with family members. It seems now that all are in good hands. Please continue to pray for those who may be hurting.

Amber (fireangel) recently became employed, we are very happy for her! She has also been working hard on charity and behind the scenes stuff with the club, thanks!

Keith (CamoPhreak) has been doing some modeling. Apparently his hot olive drab body is a big hit. But he may tear it up at the badlands, we hope!

Brian (mntnbiker) went on a missions trip to Japan, is he still there? Smile
And yes, he is still rockin with the band. Next appearance will be annoucned soon. That plus he is going to joint he club eventually, we think.

Benz97 has a secret modification to his TJ. All we know is that the tires are bigger and he did a sweet hole dig in a parking lot. Spill yer beans Ben!

A few of our members are in need of auto dealer licenses. David Brady and Eric Day should team up and start a dealership. This just in, Dave is thinning his inventory and Eric is going solo. Eric what is your inventory status now? Never sell the battle wagon, never!

To the limit competition with the Misfits was a blast! Casey rolled, some dude ran over the bed of his own pickup, Dave took teasing for the entire club, and we had some great food and great wheeling. Huge bonfire was at night, thanks Rob! Update: we had an alboy sighting at this event, too bad for all who did not show!

Apparently the club is finally going to get another round of sweet apparel like tshirts and hoodies. We will be wheelin in style!

Tim Hower has been helping out a ton with planning events. If you have ever seen Tim in action, you know he has it together! We are glad he and the family made it back safely from Australia. Stay in MI Tim!

Roger has some new plans for a trial rig. He has gone from Bronco to CJ7, back to Bronco, and now possibly back to CJ7 again. I think I see a pattern emerging!

There have been rumors that Steve Tope will soon repair his jeep and
quickly destroy it again. This time we are talking about the whole jeep breaking in two pieces. Don't worry, he has a spare frame and body in the back cargo area.

Darren is still really cool, but he shaved the multicolor beard. We are sad.
Supposedly, there is a very top secret Toyota project, think of jacob of steroids and style network. Watch the forums!

Eric, mister codered, may change up his rig. The club has expressed their disappointment in desiring a full size rig. Apparently nobody learned from PT when he wheeled a full size rig. Big guy in a little truck... big guy in a ..

Steve Scudder has been busy helping with this newsletter, and getting back into racing. He sold his bike and got a cool little race car. Good luck Steve!

We may see a renewal of the mountain bike riding soon, there will be a good opportunity to do some biking at the Luau in June, so be there! We are happy summer is here, bout time.

Ben Schwan is busy at school, to become a diesel mechanic. So for you really cool tow rig guys, Ben will be your repair man, free of charge.

We got to know Ed a bit better at the March event, jeeps do indeed rock. We also confirmed that his jeep is not purple, it is actually red. Excellent.

Pigott is enjoying the ricer world. Hondas also rock, I think. We are hoping for a reapperance of a jeep sometimes, and maybe even his boy Riley!

Bob Larson and John Pike don't really get online, so we have no clue. I would imagine that Cindy Larson still makes great food and that John Pike still lives in Bangor.

Scott Mac is almost done building a new home. Last we heard of the big Cherokee, it was filled to the brim with itmes for the new home. Good luck!

We got to meet Jon Diroff (94xjguy), and his Cherokee is huge! We hope to get to know you better at the next run!

Arizona Rob may take a break from the books and hit the badlands. Do it Rob, get out of the box! Update: Rob is now on 33's, but he rubs the suspensions and fenders. Hopefully spacers will do the trick!

Scooter is getting married soon, Marina is the coolest! I am sure most of you saw his cherokee's glory at the last badlands run, man that was hot!

Adam Mac is almost back from school, but the bad news is that he is no longer 2.5 hundy. So next time you grant him a man hug, not as much to love. We hope the rat yota has shocks now, and that we will see him soon!

If we missed you, sorry, please do more noteworthy things

Thanks for reading,

4Given4x4
 

Newsletter 7-28-04

3 Year Anniversary.
Wow... has it really been three years? Time flies when your having fun. We want to take a minute and invite close friends of the club to the clubs 3rd year anniversary! It is going to be august 13-14-15. Wheeling, camping, cooking out and fellowship! This is going to be held at our club land in Stevensville, MI. We have limited space, so we need to keep an accurate head count. If you are interested in attending, please contact Brian for more info and availability. We may ask you to bring something for the cookout, otherwise it is free! Let us know! Hope to see you there!

Drummond Trip.
If you missed the DI trip, you missed out on a lot of good camping and sightseeing, the wheeling was OK too! We had a great turnout for the run, some breakage, and lots of sun. It was a nice relaxing wheeling trip. If you missed this run, you had better make the next one!

Club Luau a great time!
If you missed it you missed out! A great time was had by all. Brian went extreme tubing in PANTS! Crazy. Hope to see you next year :) Thanks to all that helped or donated extra $$ to this event. Thanks to Daryl's grandparents for letting us use their lake and property.

 

Newsletter 4-20-04

Club Luau...
This Year 4given4x4 will be Hosting a CLUB LUAU! This will be held June 26th and 27th in Shelbyville, MI. PREREGISTATION IS REQUIRED and costs $10 for an adult and $5 for anyone under 16yrs old. There will be camping available ON SITE! Come dressed in your best Hawiaan Dress!

Forum Changes
If you have not checked it out already, the club forums have been re-arranged and have a newer look. Please continue to check the forums for the most current information!

Membership changes
With Growing numbers, The club has made some slight changes to the membership process. From now on, we are going to be requiring a Yearly Club Renewel. This will be do August 31st. Along with the renewel, we will be collecting $15 a year membership due. This will only be paid in august. The one final change is, members are expected to make it to ONE club event a year.

New Board of Trustee's announced!
April has brought alot of changes for 4given4x4. With the rapidly growing Group, a better foundation was need to support the load. The club has formed a Group called "the Board of trustees" this group will be making alot of the discion making for the club. This board is composed of, Dave Kerwin, Jake Krycka, Daryl Hutson, Brian Meyers, and Dave Mcnabb.

Too The Limit Challenge
April 3rd brought alot of excitement with the coming of the anticipated event between the Misfit Offroaders and 4given4x4. The Event was hosted at Ron's trails in stevensville. The Event was to raise money for "The Champions for Life" kids camp. $300 was collected this cause. The weekend could not have gone any better, 4given4x4 won the 34-up class by a whopping 100 points! Daryl Hutson was the 1st place finsisher in this class with his Jeep Renegade. The Misfits won the 33-down class, Bruce menning was the 1st place finisher in his 97 Jeep TJ. The overall Trail scores were in the favor of 4given4x4, but the Misfits won the overall RTI scores. Great Event, can't wait for next year!

Trail Build up!
The club was able to get out to the club trails 3 weekends in a row in march for trail build up. A new camping area was arrange as well as a new fire pit. The camping area was also leveled a little and cleaned to make room for more camping! The trails got there annual Face lift, cutosy of Brian Meyers and his Backhoe operating. Watch out for the big holes and keep all 4 on the ground!

Newsletter 12-20-03

Collection success!
4given4x4 Had a great turn out for the toys for tots run December 10th. Collecting over 80 toys!!!! Thanks to all that showed up and for making this a Great sucess!

 

Newsletter 11-22-03

Toys For Tots
4given4x4 Will be running there 2nd annual Toys for tots run on December 13-14th at the club land in stevensville. There will be Lunch provide to all that show up and we ask for everyone to bring a toy to donate to the club for the toys for tots collection. Games are currently being planned and will definatly be a great weekend at our club land. For more information, contact Brian@4given4x4.com.

Profile the club land
4given4x4 has been wheeling on there club land for almost 2 and half years. The land has changed with the club and has provided many great wheeling trips. The club has put together a page for all that have not been to our club land to check out and see what to expect. Ron's Trails

Halloween havoc
4given4x4 has been running like normal, just coming off our october trail run at Halloween havoc. We had a good club turn out for the event. Two members came home with trophey's, Jacob krycka with 3rd place best toyota, and brian meyers with 2nd place best toyota.

Many Projects
Many members have taking thsi time to change around there rigs and many are just completely buying new ones. Adam McIntyre is working on a 92 toyota that will hopefully be up and running around Christmas. Dave Kerwin Purchased an 85 Toyota 4runner, many modifications to come. Ben schwan has purchased a scout 2 that he is working into quite the trail beast. And Brian meyers is one overing his camo 4runner. Best of luck to all with there projects.