Willow River State Park (Hudson WI) Nature Center is looking for someone to host Geocaching 101 events at the park on the following dates: April 22, 29, May 20, August 5 and September 30. They would be willing to publish these as Geocaching Events on geocaching.com. The Nature Center has an indoor area. If you are available to take this on for one or all the dates, please send an email to: [email protected] for further details. Thank you, AuntieNae
Monthly Archives: March 2023
Cache In Trash Out® (CITO)
As Groundspeak has announced, we are currently in CITO season 1 (March 1-May 31) for 2023. Are you planning to host a CITO event? Did you know, the Wisconsin Geocaching Association offers grants to CITO event hosts across Wisconsin in the amount of $50 that can be used towards the costs associated with purchasing supplies? To receive this reimbursement, send an email to your Board of Directors at [email protected] as you being your planning process. Please let us know your GC#, event location and date. We have funding for up to 10 events, realizing the money comes from the merchandise sold at events plus member donations, so get your request in early! AuntieNae
Board of Directors News
Please join us once again in Thanking our outgoing Board Members, Mark Olson (Chevyole), Bethany Fredericks (BFredricks88) and Maverick Martin (mavwitt). These Board Members held essential roles during their time on the board and have each received a Plaque of Recognition at the Chili Event.
Did you see that we had ALL outgoing and incoming Board Members at the Chili Event!
Following the Chili event, your 2023 Board of Directors met for their annual meeting to kick off the new year. It is during this annual meeting that our officers are selected. Please join me in recognizing your 2023 WGA Officers:
President: Renee Vanselow (AuntieNae), Vice President: Justin Pleva (plevajt), Treasurer: Jason Johnson (jmj-wi), Secretary: Paul Charlier (fondue4two).
We join Jodi Bauer (jodibee), Jacque Cody (Jacquendoncody), Jeff Grosvold (comkelp), Jennifer Schmidt (tdschmidt) and Karen Soley (jks1033) for your nine member Board of Directors. As always, if you have anything you would like to bring to the attention of the Board, please email us at: [email protected] Many thanks! AuntieNae
2023 Chili Event was a success!
Hope you didn’t miss it! This past Saturday, March 4th, WGA members descended upon District 1 Brewing Company in Stevens Point for our 13th Annual Chili Event GCA34K2. With perhaps what was a record attendance, definitely a fun time for everyone. Please join me in congratulating our Chili Contest winner for 2023 Jeff Grosvold aka comkelp. A huge thank you needs to be said to Marie Lackore aka Lacknothing who was our Chili Chef, making the main Nescos for everyone to enjoy. As our “will attends” increased, she made sure we had plenty of chili for everyone.
Our lonely cache game presentation was held and awards for 2022 were given to our top three participants: ForkyCache (1371 points), Sevencards (1323 points) and Gypsyseeker (1201). The Rookie of the Year, CarrieO (145.5 points) was also recognized.
