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WEATHER
Historically, this February weekend is pretty cold. Here's a look at the data from the past 10 years:
2011
Temp: 28°F
Snow: 0.20 in
Wind: 8 mph
2010
Temp: 29°F
Snow: 0.20 in
Wind: 5 mph
2009
Temp: 22°F
Snow: 0.00 in
Wind: 5 mph
2008
Temp: 11°F
Snow: 3.00 in
Wind: 9 mph
2007
Temp: 38°F
Snow: 7.00 in
Wind: 4 mph
2006
Temp: 22°F
Snow: 0.00 in
Wind: 10 mph
2005
Temp: 36°F
Snow: 1.00 in
Wind: 8 mph
2004
Temp: 41°F
Snow: 1.00 in
Wind: 15 mph
2003
Temp: 36°F
Snow: 0.00 in
Wind: 4 mph
2002
Temp: 42°F
Snow: 0.00 in
Wind: 6 mph
2001
Temp: 22°F
Snow: 0.00 in
Wind: 6 mph
2000
Temp: 24°F
Snow: 0.00 in
Wind: 11 mph
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15th ANNUAL QC ICE BOWL
BENEFITS RIVER BEND FOODBANK
The 15th Annual QC Ice Bowl, set to take place Sunday, Feb. 17 at Camden Park, Milan, again will benefit the River Bend Foodbank, Moline. The goal for this year's QC Ice Bowl is to collect at least 600 pounds of food and raise at least $1500.
The Ice Bowl is for all those disc golfers gutsy, crazy, desperate or fun-loving enough to join together in an act of disc golf solidarity. Regardless of the weather conditions, the idea is to have fun, raise funds and food for a local food bank and dispel the gloom of winter. There are mandatory Ice Bowl Rules: No. 1 - Under no circumstances may an Ice Bowl be cancelled or postponed because of weather conditions. No. 2 - No wimps or whiners are allowed. No. 3 - There are no excuses for not attending ... Either be there or be a wimp! To learn more about Ice Bowls across the globe, visit Ice Bowl HQ
Registration for the Ice Bowl runs from 8 to 9 a.m. at the Milan Community Center. Tee off is at 9:40 a.m., following a short player's meeting. A chili lunch will be available for $5 between rounds. The entry fee is $20 plus 5 canned goods. All players are welcome regardless of ability. The field will be split into four divisions: Recreational, Intermediate, Open, and Womens. Prizes will be awarded to the top three finishers in each division. Unlimited Mulligans and raffle tickets will be for sale!
All proceeds and canned good goods collected will go to River Bend Foodbank, Moline. River Bend Foodbank distributes to more than 300 charitable community organizations that support the hungry. The Foodbank's service area includes the Quad Cities and 22 counties in Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois. For more about the River Bend Foodbank, please visit www.riverbendfoodbank.org.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
There are three main ways you can help make the QC Ice Bowl a success.
FIRST: Play in the event. The end goal is raise a lot of money and gather a lot of food, so the more players we have, the better our chances at reaching our goal. Help promote the event, bring your friends, chat it up on facebook, etc.
SECOND: Volunteer to help. If playing disc golf in the cold isn't your thing, then lend a hand. There are plenty of ways to jump in and help. Contact Brad Ellis at brad.h0t5auce(at)gmail(dot)com or (309) 912-5041 if you're interested.
THIRD: Donate a raffle item. If you own or manage a business, a donation of goods or services not only helps our fundraising efforts, but it also goes along way to promote your business. Donations are tax deductible. Contact Brad Ellis at brad(at)orangeguymd(dot)com or (309) 912-5041 if you're interested.
ICE BOWL HISTORY
The first disc golf Ice Bowl was held in January of 1987 at Albert-Oakland Park in Columbia, Missouri. It was an attempt by Rick Rothstein, the Ice Bowl Instigator and current coordinator, to get some disc golfing activity going in the dead of winter. News releases were issued, and on the Saturday night before the Ice Bowl, it snowed five inches. The results were good as both 34 people and the media showed up. There was a picture in the sports section of the Monday edition of the Columbia Daily Tribune - disc golf in Columbia got some great publicity.
Since then, the Ice Bowl has continued to evolve, growing to an Ice Bowl weekend the next year, which led to an Ice Bowl Corridor of six weekends in 2001 to today's Ice Bowl Corridor of eight weekends in January and February. Official Ice Bowls are played at courses all over the United States, and in Canada and Europe.
In 1996, fundraising for local food banks was made an important component of Ice Bowl, and disc golfers responded by providing over 5,500 meals. (Each dollar raised equaled seven meals.) In 1997, we set a modest goal of providing 10,000 meals, and provided 59,500. In 1998, the goal was a still-modest 100,000 and we provided over 145,000 meals. In 1999 we raised the bar quite high—300,000 meals—figuring it was better to have a lofty goal even if it took more than one year to reach it. We did well in 1999, providing 207,250 meals. In 2000, the goal remained the same, and we still came in short with 284,928 meals. In 2001, the goal was 330,000 meals and we raised the equivalent of 317,000 meals.
In 2002, we started expressing our worldwide charitable goal in dollars rather than meals, and began counting donations to all legitimate charities. This was due, in part, to 9/11, but also because several Ice Bowls had previously chosen to support other worthy causes (Red Cross, Unicef, Meals on Wheels, Boys and Girls Clubs, etc). Ice Bowl has continued to grow since then, usually meeting or coming close to our goals. There was a downturn in 2009 due to the economy, but we still collected over $224,000, but well short of our $275,000 goal. But last year, we rebounded and collected $261,000, reaching our $250K goal.We’re shooting for $300K in 2011.
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