Wild Wheels
Weekend, Inc.
 
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Thanks to everyone for their participation and their help during our 2007 season.

Wild Wheels Weekend is held as a benefit pull.

I just learned that Adam Youngs, one of the first young people that we helped,
passed away on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at A.O. Fox Memorial Hospital in Oneonta.
The complete obituary and memorial book (if you would like to send a comment to his family) can be found on The Daily Star obituary page  You will have to type his name in the search box.
Our condolences go to his family. He was a very special young man.

 

This is a picture that was taken September 2006 with the two children we helped in 2005 & 2006.
Logan Bramhall (on the left), from Camden, NY, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 2005.
Samantha Nichols (on the right), from Delhi, NY, has a neurogenic bladder, which is unheard of in a child. She had surgery to help correct this last year, but it didn't work.
The gentlemen standing behind them are members of the very popular "Puckerville Pullers".
At least, they are very popular at our event. Ken, Rich and Ed made sure these two special children had
a special time at the last pull of 2006. We all left that day with memories of smiles a 'mile wide' on their
faces.

 Everyone that has participated in our pulls has had the opportunity to meet
the special children that we help. These children are the reason this event exists.
We have helped other children since we began in 2001, and we hope to continue in the future.

   

 

There seems to be some confusion about our pulls. The pulls we put on are BENEFITS. We make NO MONEY on them at all. All profits (not proceeds) go to help with the medical bills of a local child. All the people working there donate their time.

Anyone who has been to the pulls can see the improvements we have made. The pulls started out with the old football field fixed to become a track. There were no guard rails for safety; no lights for night pulls (remember using headlights to light the track?); a tape measure for measuring; poor scales to weigh in. We now have guard rails on both sides of the track--no more snow fence to separate the track from the spectators; with NYSEG's assistance we have a very well lit track area for the night pulls; we now have a laser to measure distance; we have permanently mounted the scales; and we have been told that our track is the best a lot of the pullers have ever pulled on. These are all improvements that have been made in the last couple years. Most pulls are held during the local fair week, so they get support from the state/county. We receive none of that. All our monies are raised by sponsors, entrance fees and pulling fees. I have added a history page with pictures to show the changes I just mentioned. We very much appreciate the support we receive.

One factor in the town's favor is its location. It is very easy to get to--hard to find on the map, but easy to get to. We are about half-way between Binghamton and Utica on Route 8. It is easily accessible from I-88 (Exit 9-Sidney, then Route 8 north for about 10 miles); Or take Route 8 south from Utica for about 50 miles; or I-81 to Cortland, Route 41 east to Cincinnatus, Route 23 east to South New Berlin, then Route 8 south to Mt. Upton.