Event Summary
- Three GPRS Veterans will be chosen for a three-day/two-night stay in Toledo, November 9 - 11, 2022
Wednesday, November 9th:
- Veterans will fly into Detroit the morning of Wednesday, November 9th. 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 10th & Friday, November 11th :
Upland Bird Hunt and/or Guided Whitetail Hunt. Participants can choose to do one or both options.
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
Return Flights can be schedule for either Friday evening 11/11 or Saturday morning 11/12, if preferred.
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