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From $1200 and a laptop to $15,000 to our veterans. Check out our past year donations! our ORIGIN story Ahhhh....The Fern 45! Where do I start? It started out just wanting to have a poker run in the desert with friends and family so I could share some cool trails and views with them. Shortly after...it was planned! It just happened to be Veteran's day 2015! Figured we would charge our buddies 25 bucks, winner takes all with a party afterwards, sounded great! THEN IT CLICKED! "It's Veteran's day, why don't we donate to them?" After a couple calls to Mr. Brett Palmer of the Nevada Veteran's Coalition, it was known that they could use a new laptop, we were on it! We will get you two! (Me being confident our friends could raise enough money to handle it) Thinking if we had 30 people show up it would be super fun and a party for the books. Boy, oh, boy... I was mistaken! Somewhere around 135 people showed up, including the coalition themselves! We ended up getting them that laptop and 1200 bucks! The support from friends, family, and the community of Fernley was so awesome. I, personally, will never forget the parade of rigs marching up the dirt road to participate. The sense of pride, overwhelming, to the point i almost cried. (Okay, not gonna lie, I shed a few tears) The team of my immediate family and a few friends has turned into a committed organization that's willing to donate their time, money, and huge efforts each year to keep the drive alive. I like to call it "fun"draising! This will be our 6th year raising money for veteran's and their programs. On behalf of each crew member that has ever volunteered, no matter amount of time or energy; to all the sponsors, no matter amount donated; and especially to the 95 Motorsports Complex for providing the area to stage all you "off-road crazy-heads" ! We have donated somewhere around $50,000 now!! I never thought this would be an annual event, but here we are. Lets do this, have fun, be safe always... THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! -Kelly Walsh (President/Founder of the Fern 45) P.S. Catch me at the campfire and I'll fill ya in on the rest!

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We are always looking for more help to run this event and keep it goin' smoothly. Learn more about what volunteering entails here. Volunteer Sign-Up Please fill out the form below! As events get closer we will reach out with details For the Poker Run in November, you will receive a food wristband each day you volunteer at the food truck of your choice. You will also receive a t-shirt the day of the event ! VOLUNTEER POSITIONS FULL - PLEASE APPLY NEXT YEAR! Volunteer Form "Put me in coach!" Crew This is for anyone who wants to help with anything! We will let you know what you will be doing closer to the event. Volunteer Form Cardstop Crew Most of the time, the businesses that sponsor the cardstop's will be providing their own volunteers, but sometimes they do not, which is where you come in! Each cardstop will need to be set up Saturday morning no later than 8:00am! You will be out there until 2:30p and will be brought lunch. Please provide your own EZ up, tables and chairs. If you do not have any - please let us know and we will find some for you. Volunteer Form Raffle Crew Please get in touch with us to join this crew! Please fill out the volunteer form as well so we can get your t-shirt size! Volunteer Form Grounds Crew This is our biggest crew and we will need people to help check-in our campers on Friday morning/afternoon and give directions to our participants. They will need to be directed on where they can park their trailers and where the extra parking is. Bonus points for you if you have a ATV/UTV you can use to help direct people. Please contact Shane Mull for any further questions or to join this crew - 775-980-7284 Volunteer Form Registration Crew We need all the help we can get on Saturday morning with registration. You will either be checking our participants in or helping run shirts for our VIPs. We will have a registration meeting prior to the event to go over how to do this and establish times you will be needed. Registration is open Thursday, Friday and Saturday so we will need people each day helping with that. Contact Kelsey at 775-980-5714 for any questions regarding this Volunteer Form Vendor Crew You will be in charge of directing vendors on where to go and checking them in. Blanca will be your Vendor boss and will give you more instructions on what to do : vendors@thefern45.com Volunteer Form Cornhole Pit Crew Our cornhole tourney is on Friday night, we will need pit bosses to record winners and relay to our Cornhole guru. Volunteer Form Wristband Checkers Every person in the vehicle will need a wristband and every vehicle will need a course entry sticker to enter the course. We will need people to sit at the entrance to check bands prior to entering the course. This will be on Saturday and we will assign times for each volunteer so you are not sitting there all day, we will bring you lunch! Course opens at 9:30a and closes at 2:30p. Volunteer Form Merchandise Crew This crew needs to be willing to work in a fast paced environment so lines move quickly and run merch. Merch will be open Thursday, Friday and Saturday. You will be assigned a time to be at merchandise to help. Kayleigh is in charge of merchandise and will let you know what to do. 775-636-0233 Volunteer Form Set-Up Crew Our set-up crew will be helping to set up the venue spaces and signage (parking, registration, stage, camping, crew site, etc.) on Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday before the event. Contact Kelsey 775-980-5714 for questions Volunteer Form