The Taylor Strand family and friends are planning a couple of benefits to help raise funds for the medical expenses. Your participation is extremely vital to making these benefits a success.

There are so many generous people who have volunteered their time, products or services to help in these events. Taylor's family can't thank you enough for everything you have volunteered to help with.

• June 22nd, 2008
  Trobecs Event Center, St. Joseph MN.
  Bike Run/Spaghetti Dinner, Taco Bar.
  Bike registration is at 11:00 a.m., we are asking anyone interested to bring a teddy bear that will be given then to local emergency response teams, for kids involved in emergencies. Live music will be playing from 11:00 a.m. to midnight. Area local bands including Bay of Pigs, Redeye Flight, Hollow Face, Oath by Blood, Kyle Turck, Nelson Flavor, Black Sun, Frienemy, ending with BLT, Electric Allmighty and Menace closing out the evening. It's a celebration of Taylor's accomplishments, and life, and a day for hanging out and fun.
   
• July 23rd, 2008
  Internet Fundraiser Telethon for Taylor.
  New concept, a lot of fun to partake in. (more details to come)
   
• August 3rd, 2008
  Dawson-Boyd High School Gym, Dawson MN, 4-8 pm.
  Meal, Silent Auction. (more details to come)
   
• August 19th, 2008
  St. Cloud Famous Dave's 1st Annual Charity Golf Tournament
  Oak Hill Golf Club, Rice MN, 9 am sign in, 10 am shotgun start.
  $50/person, $200/team - 4 person scramble
  To register or for more information please call Mitchell at 320-980-0248
  All proceeds to benefit Taylor's fund!
   
• June 1st, 2008
  Benton Station, Sauk Rapids MN, 12 noon.
  Music from the following bands: Drifters, Hayseeds, Chaser, Mr. Allen , Diamond Back, Suicide Blonde, Clear Creek, and Black Sun. Plenty of food including pig roast, hamburgers and brats. Dunk tank, inflatable's for kids, magic show, clown, and much more!
  Silent auction from noon to 7pm, live auction at 8pm. Dierks Bentley autographed guitar to be auctioned off.
  Entertainment included, food and beverages extra.
  $10 - Age 16 and over
  $5 - Age 5 to 15
  Free - Under 5
   
• May 25th, 2008
  Golden Spike Speedway, Sauk Rapids MN, 5 pm.
  "Pass the Helmets for Tay". Sauk Rapids Mayor, Mark Campbell, has been working with Golden Spike Speedway management team and will be collecting cash donations during the intermission. Several of the favorite drivers will be walking through the crowd passing their race helmets for donations. Mark will be in with the track announcer sharing Taylor's story.
   
• May 24th, 2008
  Cokato Lake RV Resort & Campground, Cokato MN, 7 pm.
  Silent Auction & DJ Dance!
  http://www.cokatolake.com
   
• May 12th, 2008
  Space Aliens Grill & Bar in Waite Park, MN is happy to support Taylor Strand. Please bring a copy of this letter (click to download) to Space Aliens Grill & Bar, during normal business hours, on the above date, and 25% of your total purchase will be donated to this worthy cause. Please present this letter to your server at the end of your meal.
   
• April 18th, 2008
  Prayer Chain - Sauk Rapids-Rice Middle School to Summit Avenue Apartments, then from there to Stearns Manufacturing...starts 2 pm.

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  Hear Dierks' message to Taylor!
   
• May 18th, 2008
  Sauk Rapids-Rice Middle School, 4-8 pm.
  Food, inflatable fun, silent auction, bake sale, bracelets, t-shirts, and much more!
  Ticket Prices: $10/adult; $5 for children 12 & under.
   
• May 18th, 2008 (continued)
  Sauk Rapids-Rice Middle School – Community Arts Center, 4-8pm.
  Pray for Tay: A Service of Prayer and Song
  4:00-8:00pm (Open Prayer Time) Throughout the fundraiser, the Community Arts Center will be open for you to come and go as you please. Inside, you will have the opportunity to silently pray for Tay, and can explore various prayer stations. For those who would like to talk or pray with someone, Pastor Mark and trained prayer ministers will be available.
  
  6:30-7:15pm (Service of Prayer and Song) A worship service with songs, prayers, and a short message by pastor Mark. This service will be an opportunity to come together as a community, support Taylor, and hear God’s promises in the midst of tragedy. All proceeds from the offering collected will go to Taylor and her family. I hope you can come!
  
  We will start at Sauk Rapids Rice Middle School to 7th Avenue, right on 7th, cross 2nd Avenue and continue to 3rd Street. Take a right on 3rd to the end. We then will hit Summit Avenue, keep going north down Summit Avenue, on other street hang a right to the street near Stearns on 11th. Right at 2:30 the police will sound there sirens and it will be then 2 minutes of silent's and prayer time for Taylor and Family. We will have buckets at the main corners with pink balloons on them. When you arrive for this wonderful event, you will look for the pink balloons and start holding hands. You can start the chain at anyone of these points.

Other places helping Taylor's Family in donations:

• Mike's Deli Express - 3429 3rd St. N. (corner of 3rd & 33rd) St. Cloud
  Mention Taylor with your food order, they will contribute 50% of the sale to Taylor through Friday, April 25th, 2008.

Special thanks to the following people, companies and organizations for everything!

• JPs Grill & Bar-Sauk Rapids
• St. Cloud area BP Stores
• Mike's Deli Express-St. Cloud
• Penny Campbell
• Judy Templin
• Julie Forsberg
• Velvet Christianson

• Wild Country 99 Radio
• Jaime Conway (Aunt)
• Cheryl Schafer
• Becky Templin
• Mary Janssen
• Darren Lampert
• All others not mentioned

• Living Waters Lutheran Church
• Jeff & JuneMarie Friedrich & Family
• Kim Gerads
• Amy Meyer
• Randy & Rob Roberts
• Sauk Rapids VFW
• All of Taylor's Friends