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2008 ABA GRANDS : Freedom Bmx will have a pit area to hang out in, we are looking for a few more easy ups to complete our hang out. We dont have a plan for Thanksgiving dinner yet but If you want give us a call to get something started: 381-5135.

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HELP - HELP - HELP - HELP ! !

 8th Annual Midwest Oldschool BMX Show

Saturday February 21st. 2009 

Lake County Fair Grounds, Crown Point In.

 Any help would be appreciated. WE ARE LOOKING FOR SHOW SPONSORS & donations for the raffle table.
Again this show will be a fund raiser for the Freedom Bmx Track , Funds raised from this show will go to help building a pavillion at the track.

We have a bike to raffle off at the show, The bike was donated by M&J Signs and Banners from Crown Point . tickets are $5.00 each or 3 tickets for $10.00.
You can pay-pal arn02@msn.com please put your info in the memo, winner doesnt need to be present to win we will ship it to you.
The bike is a New RedLine 20 inch BMX bike.

http://www.freedombmx.net/osshow.html

The TRACK IS CLOSED for the season , We want to thank every one for a great year of racing. Freedom Bmx has made a lot of accomplishments for 2008 and it could not have been done with out everyones help.

The Track Championship Awards BBQ went great! Everyone brought a dish and had a good time. Photos are posted in the photo section. Alaina Freeman is the Overall Track Champion and the winner of the Girls class #1. Greg Parman won Boy's class #1, Amy Nowdomski won Girl's cruiser #1, and Matt Lake won Guy's Cruiser #1. Congrats to every one it was a great season !

A special THANKS goes out the Freedom Park board, Cedar Creek Trustee, West Creek Trustee, The Parman Family & all of the volunteers who helped out through the year! We could not have done it with out everyone's help !

THANK YOU BMXers!!! When we pull together we can do great things for our fellow racers during a difficult time! The flooding did a lot of damage to their home and every effort to help them makes a huge difference.

Freedom Bmx total raised: $575.00 WOW, way to go!

A Big thank you to Keller Williams Realty for a $200.00 donation. CSR's bake sale brought in $90.00.

A Big thank you to the family (you know who you are) for donating $100.00 plus the kids pooled their change also.That is awesome!!!!

In addition the leftover bake sale items were sold at Sunday's race and this brought in another $45.00!

Click below for a video from the newspaper article that made the front page of the NWI Times Life section on Sunday Sept. 28th.

http://nwitimes.videos.vmixcore.com/p/video?id=2228078

http://www.nwi.com/articles/2008/09/28/features/lifestyles/doc5bf49de2d18992f0862574ce0058c5d6.txt

We want to thank Mr. Riechelt, Mr. Maglio & Mr. Parman for getting the track fixed and running the machines after the bad floods ruined the track.

FREEDOM BMXers WORKING TOWARD A GREAT CAUSE!

UPDATED 9/15/08

Thank you to the top fund raisers:

Kenny Swart, sold $500.00 he earned his Grands fees paid !

Sam Kikkert, sold $110.00 worth of tickets!

Nicole Marowski, sold $100.00 in tickets !

Freedom bmx sold $250.00 in tickets!

Freedom BMX riders have raised OVER $1500.00 for Leukumia & Lymphoma Society,$1500.00 is what we needed to raise. We will have our double points race for next year.

THANK YOU TO ALL THE FREEDOM BMX RIDERS

The biggest bmx magazine in the world - BMX WORLD MAGAZINE has a 2 page story about the 7th ann.MidWest OldSchool Show. The MidWest OldSchool Show is hosted by Freedom BMX as a track fund raiser. Get a copy today and check it out!

Heres a cool Photo slide of the OLYMPICS & BMX check it out: http://secure.smilebox.com/ecom/openTheBox?sendevent=4e4459774d7a49774d513d3d0d0a&campaign=blog_playback_link&blogview=true

Congratulations to the Bike winner: Nicole Mirowski for The Highest amount Donated for the Race for life.

Greg Parman had the Second Highest amount donated he won a Bombshell fork .

We want to thank our sponsors for the donations CSR bike shop in Dyer and Bombshell products.

Congratulations to the Membership Renewal winners

Jeremy White won FREE racing For a season.

Brian Earle won FREE open class for a season.

Christian Cloutier won FREE practice for a season.

Thank You to all the riders that came out to represent Freedom BMX at the annual Lowell Labor Day Parade. WOW, what a HUGE turn out of riders. The float was awesome and all the kids were great! Thank you to all the moms and dads that passed out 3500 flyers!

The BBQ was fantastic. Thank you to all the families who brought delicious dishes! It was wonderful to see everyone having a good time! View all the parade pictures in the photo album.

.9/3/08 In the Times paper "Around Town" section. There is a pic of the Freedom Bmxers who represented our track at the Indiana NBL State Series. Congratulations to everyones accomplishments.

RACE FREE FOR AN ENTIRE SEASON!

HOW TO:

For every new ABA membership (rider) that you bring to FREEDOM BMX, your name will be entered into a drawing.

ALSO for every renewal you will also be entered! Call Maryjane @219-381-5134 and we'll get your renewal form mailed out to you ASAP! You can also call for new memberships at anytime.

Contest ends at the race for life race.

The drawing will be held at the Race For Life Race .

PRIZES ARE AS FOLLOWS:

GRAND PRIZE: A FREE SEASON OF RACING ANY 1 CLASS AT ANY SINGLE POINT EVENT AT FREEDOM BMX.

2ND PRIZE: A FREE SEASON OF RACING 1 OPEN CLASS AT ANY SINGLE POINT EVENT AT FREEDOM BMX.

3RD PRIZE: FREE PRACTICE FOR THE ENTIRE 2009 RACING SEASON AT FREEDOM BMX.

ONLY NEW SIGN-UPS AND RENEWALS THROUGH FREEDOM BMX WILL BE ENTERED INTO THE DRAWING. MARYJANE @ 219-381-5134

Check out the contest page for more info.

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