Event: Ladies Night Out & MVP Awards
Date: October 1, 2024
Ladies Night Out was held at Mesa Winds Winey in Hotchkiss on October 1st. It was a fun evening beginning with cocktails and appetizers. Dinner was delicious and it’s difficult to say if the Bread Pudding or the Chocolate Espresso Pie was the better dessert.
The Most Valuable Participants (MVP) presentation included surprise gifts of a ball cap/with the clubs logo to members who volunteered and helped with Island In The Sky in August. Each member present receiving a ball cap and a verbal Thank You, summarizing their club activities and MVP points accumulated in 2023. If you volunteered from Island In The Sky but didn’t make it to LNO, your ball caps, will find you soon.
MVP began in 2022 as a way to acknowledge the members who participated the most in the various activities of the club. This year we tracked 69 different club related activities tracked. Over 10,000 points were awarded to 65 different members.
Prior to the announcement of the MVP, the party-goers gave Brandy a Standing O for all the efforts she put in being the clinician for the club’s 6 clinics. Brandy was also the Ride and Clinic Committee Chair and very active with the Island In The Sky Committee.
A BIG THANK YOU to Louise, she did a great job of organizing Ladies Night Out. Louise worked with Mesa Winds, kept tract entree selections and collect all the checks from members. Thank you Louise, you are so sweet and dependable too!
WSCSC awarded 2 Most Valuable Participants (MVPs) for 2024. The first recipient was CJ. CJ was unable to attend the festivities but her accomplishments with the club were listed and a big round of applause followed.
CJ Simmers
CJ’s Condensed List of Activities:
CJ was more than just the club treasurer, cashing, paying bills land tracking the budget. CJ kept track of all the waivers, new membership data, renewals, emergency contact information and guests, all on easy to follow spread sheets on our web site. CJ was also a member of the Executive Team, Ride Committee, Clinic Committee and Island in the Sky committee. CJ hosted the April Club meeting that included a Tack Swap.
CJ tracked participants for the 4 clinics. Her spread sheets included who had paid, who still owed, did we reach our 20 rider limit, who is on the wait list. She responded to numerous texts, emails and phone calls to numerous participants and then she participated in the clinics. CJ was also instrumental in keeping Island In The Sky so well organized.
In her spare time CJ has also spent countless hours working to secure the club’s EIN number and is attempting to obtain a Non Profit status for the club.
Thank YOU, CJ for all your efforts. We appreciate you so much.
CJ is an MVP in 2024 with at least 625 MVP points.
Maggie Rinker
Maggie’s Condensed List of Activities:
Maggie is one of those members who just “flys under the radar”. Maggie attends every meeting, every event, every parade and every club ride. Almost always with a smile on her face and ready to offer a helping hand.
Maggie is a member of the Ride Committee. Maggie and Sitka can always be depended on to ride drag, ride in the middle or take the lead depending on the circumstance.
Maggie was a member of the Clinic Committee and was a coach at every clinic in 2024. Coaching the participants and encouraging then through her kind and calm words and demonstrations.
Maggie also served on the Island In the Sky Committee. Maggie camped with the ladies many nights and judged Back to the Graveyard obstacle.
Maggie and Sitka, her BIG gray quarter horse gelding, can do almost anything in any situation. One word to describe Maggie, DEPENDABLE!
Thank you Maggie, you are truly a wonderful asset to the club. The club is so fortunate you moved back to Delta County from Texas. Much of the success of the club in the past few years is due to your unwavering support.
Maggie is an MVP for 2024 with 540 points.
