Tri-City Children’s Dream Foundation, Inc.

Rich Hildebrandt, known to many as “JR” is always looking for ways to raise money for the Tri-City Children’s Dream Foundation Inc., a local organization which grants dreams to children with special needs. Some of our special children have gone to Disney World and some to NASCAR races. He and the Board of Directors feel it is time to move on and expand what the Tri-City Children’s Dream Foundation does. They want to build a special “Children’s Dream Retreat”, a place where the children and families can go to get away from the day to day routine and enjoy family time together, and not have to worry about any cost. The projected cost is about $1,000,000.00. How do they plan to raise $1,000,000.00?

Monday morning, October 6th at 9 am, from the boat dock of The Lure Bar & Grill located on the Wisconsin River outside of Nekoosa, JR will climb inside a giant pumpkin, which has been donated to the Tri-City Children’s Dream Foundation, thanks to Nikki Hunt of the Central Wisconsin Pumpkin Growers, and he will paddle, push, or what ever it takes to get this giant pumpkin to the Mississippi River in Prairie du Chien. It works out to be about 150 miles, which he figures will take about 8 days. He has 8 stops along the way.

We will have a toll free number set up for everyone to call to make donations during the Giant Pumpkin Cruise, thanks to Solarus.  Our Toll Free lines will open up on September 23rd  and remain open until October 23rd.  Pick up the phone and call

to make a pledge/donation to help make the “Children’s Dream Retreat” a reality for these special children. We ask everyone to give a little. Every dollar helps to make life a little better for these children with special needs.

Once JR leaves The Lure Bar & Grill, the safety boat escort will be Tom & Joni Koren from The Lure Bar & Grill. They will guide him to the boat landing off Chicago Ave. on the north side of Petenwell dam outside of Necedah. That night he will be staying at the St. Joseph Resort just outside of Necedah. The Giant Pumpkin will be there on display for all to see.