Winter Greetings to All,

It is hard to believe how time has been flying by this winter season. This article is being written from my Motel room in the north country of Michigan, where I am attending the 2007 Snow Run event.

By the time you receive this issue of Azimuth, it will have been over 4 months since the homecoming. Wow does time fly!! I would like to start out with a heartfelt thank you to our retiring President, Linda North, for her untiring effort to improve your club.

HUMMERStuff.com has HOPE-branded hats, jackets and clothes that look fantastic.

If you have trouble with their website, call them at 1-800-653-1375 and ask for the HOPE clothing order department.

My favorites are the cap and red fleece jacket with the HOPE and club logos on it. All HOPE branded merchandise royalties benefit the HOPE program directly.

Thank you to Burston Marketing for their help producing and distributing these items.

   

By the time you receive this Azimuth, the 2006 HUMMER Homecoming will just be a fond memory. I know that I am having "HUMMER let down" now that everyone has packed up and gone home.

Homecoming was a great success. As an all volunteer club, we certainly could not have even begun the task without the help from AM General and GM. Thank you to each and everyone that had a part in the Homecoming. Your hundreds of hours of work and dedication did not go unnoticed.

Greetings My Friends

This year there has been a lot of activity at the 'HOPE Headquarters' (commonly known as my new office complex for U.S. Scrap and Recycling Services). February 2006 marked our official Ribbon Cutting Ceremonies in South Bend, Indiana on my property located next to the world famous AM General Test Track. The ribbon cutting was well attended by officials of AM General, American Red Cross, State of Indiana officials, local Police and Fire Departments with Mayor Steve Luecke taking the ribbon cutting honors. After the ceremony, everyone was treated to HUMMER rides around the property and AMG track including the off road Woods Trails.

Happy New year to All

First of all, I would like to thank HCI member Keith Farrand for the name of my column and more importantly for being my chief navigator during our Katrina deployment.

I would like to give my personal THANK YOU to all of the HOPE volunteers that put aside they day-to-day lives to assist the victims of Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana and Mississippi. It was truly inspiring for me to have 12 HOPE volunteers and trucks enroute to Baton Rouge within 48 hours of the request for deployment that I received on Saturday, September 3rd.

Story and Photography by Shane Fowler.

HUMMER Owners Prepared for Emergencies (HOPE), the collaborative program between The HUMMER Club, Inc. and the American Red Cross recruited and trained a group of volunteers from the Colorado HUMMER Club. HOPE will give these Colorado resident HUMMER Owners the opportunity to volunteer their time, talents, and HUMMERS to provide assistance to other Colorado residents during blizzards, tornados, forest fires, flash floods, and other conditions that come with living in the beautiful Colorado Rockies.

Colorado HUMMER Club members prepared for the HOPE program by renewing their membership with The HUMMER Club, Inc., practicing radio communications, and participating in a trail endorsement training exercise near the Continental Divide near Bun School Pass on June 4, 2005.