Holy cow Batman! Did you see all those people at the Milwaukee Railroad Shops Historic District on Saturday? We had a spectacular turnout and would like to thank each and everyone of our visitors for coming out and enjoying a fun family "play day" with us.
Last years record crowd of 5,100 was crushed this year by over 1,100 new visitors. That's right, the 2012 official count for this wonderful 4 hour event came in at 6,266! We had so much fun entertaining our quests this year it was absolutely fantastic.
We would like to send out a very special and heart felt THANK YOU to all our excellent volunteers. We had 56 member/volunteers working this event. Some came from as far away as Dilworth, MN and Manhattan, KS to help out. You know, we (Sioux City) really must have something special when folks are willing and happy to drive 5-6 hours to VOLUNTEER for one of our events.
Also, we had an additional group of 10 amazing young men and women travel from Vinton, Iowa as part of the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps to volunteer with us as part of National Make a Difference Day. We truly appreciate their community service and we really would have been hard pressed to pull off this record setting event without them. This special crew of young adults came together from California, Nevada, New York, Indiana, South Carolina, Georgia, Illinois and I apologize for not remembering the other states. They blended in with our volunteers, fought off the chilly weather and provided us with excellent customer interaction and much needed assistance. What a fantastic program this is and we appreciated your help very much.
And finally a big HUGE THANK YOU to our awesome corporate sponsors for this event. Knife Rive Inc, L & L Builders, Palmer Candies, Wal-Mart, Target, and Perkins Restaurant’s. These wonderful corporate sponsors made it possible to allow for the FREE admission, FREE motor car rides, FREE Trick-or-Treat Bags and all the candy, prizes and other special goodies that were handed out to all of the kids of all ages that came out to enjoy our event.
If you had fun at this event and would like to become part of our volunteer family we would love to have you. All you need to do is stop out to the roundhouse and fill out a short Volunteer Application and we will contact you. It's that easy. Bring your kids with you and teach them the importance of giving back to the community. For many of our volunteers this is not just a personal choice but a family experience. So please have your family join ours and together WE can help raise the quality of life in Sioux City and Siouxland and make this a tourist destination must see attraction that will benifit us all as a community.
Thank you all once again and don't forget to check out our other big events the rest of the year or just stop out for a more leisurely stroll through the museum complex and learn more about Siouxlands rich railroading past and future.
A periodic look at the progress and events taking place at the Milwaukee Railroad Shops in Sioux City, Iowa
We had so much fun. Thank you for putting on this really neat event. I had just as much fun as the kids. You really know how to throw a very nicely done family outing. Thank you. See you next year, we will definitely be back.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great event, we hobos had a blast! :-)
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