Yearly Archive: 2010

Nov
04

Grind Out Hunger School tour 2010 1st couple of weeks…

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Santa Cruz High School Mascot and I

October 22nd Ceiba College Prep School is primed and ready,

Ceiba College Preparatory

Ceiba College Preparatory School

spoke to a couple hundred students about feeding kids, they play a mean game of basketball.

October 26th Ocean Alternative School about 25 kids ready to help feed children this holiday season…these kids had great ideas on how to raise food!

Ocean Alternative School

October 29th Santa Cruz High School and the Cardinals,

Santa Cruz High School Mascot and I

Santa High School sets huge goal of 5000 to 10,000 pounds

they are hungry for the High School title and are claiming 10,000 pounds from what I walked away with!

November 2nd Monte Vista ChristianMiddle School this school is settled into a nice valley with a well thought out campus, Rod Stanton is leading the charge…

Monte Vista Christian Middle School

Monte Vista Christian Middle School is going big this year!!!

and from I am told the only school in the nation to use iPad technology!

November 11th Lakeview Middle School, 6th 7th and 8th graders always amaze me, raw and full of energy just waiting to be given direction,

Lakeview Middle School

Lakeview Middle School and 600 kids...

Lakeview Middle School Leadership Journalists

I have no doubt that Lakeview Middle School will be a contender this Grind Out Hunger season.

If you want to support any of these schools click the donate now button on the upper right, $1 = 3 pounds in this contest and you can also buy a Grind Out Hunger Skateboard for $100 or 300 pounds!!! Lets hit this 250,000 pound goal and get kids feeding kids!!!

We will have update on total pounds raised by which schools next week, stay tuned!!!

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Oct
30

1st Annual Skateathon in the bag! 13,450 pounds raised

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Zane busts a move...

Rain…thats a bad word to skateboarders.

1st Annual Skateathon on a rain delay...

Especially when its skateboarders looking to help feed kids. 4am rolls around and I walk outside…ground is wet, but not raining.  5:30 am Dominic Cusimano and I head over to Santa Cruz Skate and Surf Shop where we have been stashing the 1999 Mustang 5.0, we say a little prayer that it starts and ask for a good day. I jump in the Mustang and start her up, the car rumbles to life…and so does the rain.

1999 Mustang bring your 10 pounds of food or $10

From 6am to 10:10am it was a torrential downpour with moments of clear sky…on those moments of blue sky, 6 of us bust out the ramp layout and quickly re-tarp the ramps so they don’t get soggy….

Nothing will stop the Skateathon!

10am and kids are rolling up with food to donate so they can skate. By 10:10 our group decided we were going for it and for the rest of the day we had sunshine and partly cloudy skies for the kids to skate.

Zane busts a move...

Watsonville Fire Department made an appearance

Watsonville Fire Department

as did Jimbo Phillips

Grind Out Hunger artist extraordinare Jimbo Phillips and DK

and SC Family Nate Linford.

SC Family Nate Linford

About 50 to 60 kids came through and donated food and cash for a chance to win the 1999 Mustang and skate all day on newly built ramps.  at 1pm DJ Tech Minds made his appearance and began to spin the beats for the skaters as the kids kept skating till the end at 4pm.

DJ Tech Minds

All in all the day was a HUGE success with 13,450 pounds of food and cash equivalent raised to feed kids in Santa Cruz County.

Once it became time to give away the 1999 Mustang we all joked about how a 13 year old kid would probably win…well guess what one DID!!! Gideon Walsh brought 30 pounds of food equivalent and walked away with the car!!

WINNER!!! 1999 Mustang 5.0

Gideon Walsh drives away 1999 Mustang 5.0

Special Thanks to the following people/businesses that made all of this happen: Rotary Interact, Georgeann Eiskamp, Dominic Cusimano, 3D Construction, Jesse Gullings Painting, Roy Gullings, Billy MacLaughlin, Second Harvest Food Bank Warehouse crew, Arenas Towing, Big Creek Lumber, Pro Build Lumber, State Steel, Santa Cruz/Aptos Towing, Isaiah’s Auto Detailing, Jimbo Phillips Graphix, KDON 102.5, TAC Apparel, Fringe Gear, Skateworks Skateshop, Santa Cruz Skate and Surf Shop, Shawn Hatjes, SantaCruzWaves.com, Twin Lakes Church family, Steve Craig and I am sure there are many more people that made this day magical.

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Oct
29

Skateathon will raffle of a 1999 Mustang!!!! 10/30 at Twin Lakes Church

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3D Construction and Aptos Towing up the ante with a 1999 Mustang!

Thats right just when you thought the Skateathon was super fantabulous we went one step further and secured a 1999 Mustang 5.0 to raffle off!!! When you bring your 10 pounds of food or $10 you will get raffle tickets towards winning this awesomely divine car. Dominic Cusimano of 3D Construction has gone above and beyond for this event and Aptos Towing was kind enough to donate the car. So make sure you come down tomorrow and get some skating in and get a chance to win a car!! See you 10am tomorrow!!! Twin Lakes Church.

3D Construction and Aptos Towing up the ante with a 1999 Mustang!

Rotary Interact and Grind Out Hunger 1st Annual Skateathon!

P.S DJ Tech Minds will be showing up around noon to spin some beats and make the event as festive as it can be, feel free to come in costume!

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Oct
17

Skateathon Ramp building covered by SantaCruzWaves.com

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Jesse Gullings, Dominic Cusimano and Danny Keith building ramps

Grind Out Hunger is getting ready for its 1st Annual Rotary Interact/Grind Out Hunger Skateathon at Twin Lakes Church on October 30th and thanks to Pro Build and Big Creek Lumber we have plenty of wood to build the most awesomest setups imagined.

Pro Build and Big Creek Lumber made it possible!

Jesse Gullings (if you are looking for a painter Jesse Gullings Painting) and Dominic Cusimano (3D Construction ) packed the tools and ripped a ton of wood to get the first day of building under our belt.  SantaCruzWaves.com was on site to document with photog Shawn Hatjes getting the shots!

DK and Jesse Gullings doin it up!

Day one of building done and the crew put together a 7 foot widow maker, two 4 foot quarters and transitions ready for two more 4 foot quarters.

Day one of Ramp Building all done...

Check out the gallery at SantaCruzWaves.com and don’t forget to RSVP to the Skateathon Event here. Enjoy a couple of the photo’s below…

Jesse Gullings, Dominic Cusimano and Danny Keith building ramps

Dominic Cusimano of 3D Construction and Rotary Harvest Council President

Jesse Gullings carving transitions...its an art trust me. Support his business JesseGullingsPainting.com

This event was made possible through the support of  Second Harvest Food Bank, Twin Lakes Church , Rotary Interact , Pro Build Lumber , Big Creek Lumber , 3D Construction , Jesse Gullings Painting , Santa Cruz Skate and Surf Shop , SkateWorks Skate Shop , 102.5 KDON , TAC Clothing (flyer producer) ,  and of course none other than artist extraordinaire Jimbo Phillips Graphix who without we would not have Grind Out Hunger style!

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Oct
10

Rotary Interact and Grind Out Hunger 1st Annual Skateathon!!

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Rotary Interact and Grind Out Hunger 1st Annual Skateathon!

Thats right this event is going to be huge, kids you need to bring food/money to skate $10 or 10 pounds of food gets you in for a 2 hour session on our newly built ramps and obstacles! All wood was donated by Pro Build and Big Creek Lumber (110 sheets of plywood, 300 2×4′s etc) orchestrated all by 3D Construction.  The event will happen on October 30th at Twin Lakes Church parking lot from 10am to 4pm broken down into 3 groups:

  • 10am to 12pm will be kids under 12 skating
  • 12pm to 2pm will be kids under 14 skating
  • 2pm to 4pm is open to all ages

Rotary Interact and Grind Out Hunger 1st Annual Skateathon!

There will be booths from local vendors and non profits participating to help feed children this holiday season. In addition there will be a raffle of skate goods, random local business prizes and the grand prize is a CAR!!! Raffle tickets will be sold the day of the event and through the Rotary Interact clubs. All poundage raised will count towards the school of your choice.

Please download the Rotary Interact and Grind Out Hunger 1st Annual Skateathon Flyer (185) and the Skateathon Booth Rental contract (156).

Visit and RSVP for the event on Grind Out Hunger Facebook Fan Page

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Oct
02

Grind Out Hunger is on fire already 12,000 pounds raised!!

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Grind Out Hunger Donation Station

Okay barely two weeks in to the window for Grind Out Hunger and the youth of Santa Cruz County is taking this years goal of 250,000 pounds very seriously. Usually I would blog about each school, highlights…no such luck on this one! Schools are coming out swinging going for their own personal goals that are quickly coming into focus.  Below are some points to take interest in…

Monterey Bay Academy and Grind Out Hunger

Monterey Bay Academy came out of the gate 1st again this year collecting almost 4000 pounds of food! I need to swing out there and get them motivated to keep going! These kids raised about the same amount last year and are very inspiring.

St Francis High School and Grind Out Hunger

Here comes St. Francis High School…John Marheineke is leading the youth to an amazing 8000 pound goal!!! This is the first year that St. Francis High has been in the mix…already breaking the donation station once, these kids are on fire and will easily hit their goal as they just passed the 5000 pound raised mark!!! YEWWWWWWWWWWW!

Santa Cruz County Fair and Grind Out Hunger

Santa Cruz County Fair President Michael Bethke gave us the green light and we took off with it! Posted up for two days during kids education days, Grind Out Hunger and The Santa Cruz County Fair brought in 3300 pounds for our efforts. Over 3500 3rd and 4th grade students rolled through and got to know all about Grind Out Hunger.

2010 is shaping up to be the year Grind Out Hunger shatters records to feed children. The youth of  Santa Cruz County has grabbed it by the tail and will firmly own it I have no doubt. The competition window has just started and already Grind Out Hunger has over 12,000 pounds collected. Next few weeks we will be speaking at New Brighton Middle, Soquel High School, Santa Cruz High School, Shoreline Middle School, Scotts Valley High and many many more.

That 250,000 pound goal seems like it will be hit before Thanksgiving this year! If you want the Donation Station hit us up, we will bring it out to you!

Grind Out Hunger Donation Station

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