Hi Fellow Volk Folks,

Camping time is almost here! It�s just about time to wake those buses up
from their winter slumber. Buses By the Beach.com would love for you to come
out and make it to one of our campouts this year. We are a loose group of VW
enthusiasts in West Michigan that get together and have a great time. We
don�t have any officers and we refuse to call our group a club. We just want
to keep it fun and informal and do some good at the same time. Although we
are in West Michigan we draw people from all over the Good ol� US of A and
Canada. These events are designed to be benefits for burn survivors. We
raise money by receiving donations from campgrounds, organizations, and by
having BBQ�s, raffles and selling t-shirts and stickers. We apply the money
we receive to a charitable giving matching grant foundation to make a little
money into a lot of money for our charities.

This year we have three events planned. May 21, 22, 23 we are planning the
2nd annual Burn Survivors Car Show and Campout. We have lots of great
activities planned for the whole family. We are going to have BBQ ribs,
music, campfires, train rides, canoe/kayaking and a VW item raffle. There
will be over 500 cars at the Car Show on Saturday (All makes). But don�t be
intimidated by the car show. (the rustier, the better) We are all about
celebrating our life style with the vehicles we love and showing people how
much fun we can have with a box on wheels. On Sunday we are cara-bus�n
(caravanning) to the Michigan Vintage Volkswagen Show sponsored by VW Trends
in Ypsilanti, MI. They are a major sponsor in our event and they have
extended a special invitation for us to come and be official participants in
their car show.

We are also planning a one day, all VW, fun event June 12 called �Volks
Folks at the Zoo� in Lansing, MI. We are meeting at Westphalia, MI and
cara-bus�n/cara-bug�n/cara-ghia�n to Potter Park Zoo in Lansing. Then this
fall we are going to have the 2nd annual �Bus Boo!� September 17, 18, 19.
It�s a Halloween theme campout near the beaches of Lake Michigan.

For more information on any of these events or to see pictures of past
events go to www.busesbythebeach.com

Be sure to click on the �Mailing List� link if you want to be updated on
future events.

Wishing you many miles of smiles in your VW�s!

The Volks at Buses By the Beach.com

Todd Olson

Grand Rapids, MI

Todd.olson@charter.net

www.busesbythebeach.com

1970 Westy (Stella Blue)

1987 Westy (Scarlet Begonia)

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