GPRS Veterans Day Appreciation Event Details

Event Summary

• Three GPRS Veterans will be chosen for a three-day/two-night stay in Toledo, November 9 - 11, 2022

Wednesday, November 9^th:

• Veterans will fly into Detroit the morning of Wednesday, November 9^th. They will be provided a rental vehicle and will meet at the Corporate Office on Monroe Street by 11:00am
• A brief introductory meeting and welcome will begin in the conference room at 11:15am
• A Veterans Luncheon hosted by several members of our Leadership Team will take place from approximately 11:30am to 12:30pm
• After the luncheon, the Veterans will gather for photos, followed by special interviews with the Marketing Team to discuss the event and/or their own personal story around their military service with GPRS
• At approximately 1:30pm the Veterans will be escorted to their lodging destination in Portage, Ohio
• Each Veteran will have the opportunity to hunt deer or pheasant with members of the GPRS Leadership Team for the following two days
• Veterans will board their return flights out of Detroit the evening of 11/11 or the morning of 11/12

Thursday, November 10^th & Friday, November 11^th :  

Upland Bird Hunt and/or Guided Whitetail Hunt. Participants can choose to do one or both options.

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Whitetail Deer Hunting:

• Wake-Up 5:30am - 5:45am 
• Breakfast 6:00am - 6:30am
• Morning Hunt 7am - 10:30am
• Lunch 11am - 1pm
• Free Time 1pm - 2pm
• Afternoon Hunt 2pm - 5pm
• Same schedule for Day 2 if chosen with afternoon hunt dependent on return flights home

Upland Bird Hunting:

• Lunch TBD prior to hunt
• Plan to arrive at Bear Creek Hunt Club by 1 - 2pm (approximately 1 hour drive from Toledo)
• 2:30pm - 5:00pm – bird hunt with guide and dogs

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Return Flights can be schedule for either Friday evening 11/11 or Saturday morning 11/12, if preferred.

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Additional Details:

• This is an “all-expenses paid” trip courtesy of GPRS for the three Veterans selected
• Winners will be randomly selected from eligible submissions to participate during the week of 10/4 - 10/10, 2022; drawing and winners will be communicated company-wide via email and through the Radar-Guys podcast
• This event will be considered “working hours” for the selected Veterans. No PTO will need to be used
• Andy Caputo will organize the upland bird hunt the Bear Creek hunt club in Hudson, MI https://www.bearcreekhuntclub.com/
• John Kessinger will organize the Portage River Whitetails deer hunt at hunting properties in either Portage, OH or Pioneer, OH
• If you are not interested in either hunt but would still like to be recognized and receive logoed swag, please register and indicate ‘no hunt’
• Hunters will each be provided with a $250 hunting gear package. There will also be special GPRS swag provided for ALL GPRS Veterans, company-wide
• Pictures and Video captured throughout the event may be used by the GPRS Marketing Department
• All Veterans who participate in the hunting event will be required to sign a Release of Liability Waiver
• Previous winners of the Toledo trip will not be eligible for another Veterans Day Appreciation Event for a period of five years from their win