Northern Division Tropies Of Grace Kings Collection

2015 WAS ANOTHER EXCITING AND REWARDING YEAR FOR NORTHERN DIVISION OF TROPHIES OF GRACE. TRACY BREEN, A SPEAKER AT ONE OF THE EVENTS WE ATTENDED, WROTE AN ARTICLE ON TOG IN THE WHITETAIL NEWS MAGAZINE, WHICH PROVIDED AN EXPANDED INTEREST IN MINISTRY. THIS PROVIDED EVENTS FOR US IN INDIANA AND PENNSYLVANIA, ALONG WITH BOOKINGS IN MICHIGAN, ILLINOIS AND NEW YORK STATE FOR 2016. OUR COLLECTION OF WHITETAIL MOUNTS CONTINUE TO HELP US IMPROVE OUR SERVICES BY ALLOWING US TO; (1) PROVIDE CUSTOM DISPLAYS FOR OUR HOST CHURCH'S NEEDS WHICH HAS RANGED IN SIZE FROM AS LITTLE AS 9 WHITETAIL DEER MOUNTS, TO AS LARGE AS 40 WHITETAIL DEER MOUNTS, (2) BE ABLE TO VARY THE DEER WE BRING TO THE EVENTS WHICH ALLOWS US TO PROVIDED DIFFERENT WHITETAIL STORIES AT EACH REOCCURRING EVENT AND (3) WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BOOK AS MANY AS THREE DIFFERENT EVENTS ON THE SAME WEEKEND. ITEM NUMBER (3) IS IMPORTANT SINCE THE MAJOR DEMAND FOR OUR SERVICES AT SPORTSMEN'S EVENTS OCCURS FROM JANUARY THROUGH APRIL. WE ARE JUST NOW STARTING TO BOOK A FEW EVENTS IN THE SUMMER AND EARLY FALL PRIOR TO THE DEER HUNTING SEASONS. IN 2015, NORTHERN DIVISION TROPHIES OF GRACE PROVIDED DISPLAYS AT 14 EVENTS, WITH 4 OF THESE EVENTS COMING FROM FIRST TIME SPONSORS. WE HAVE CONTINUED OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HUNT FOR THE HUNGRY WISCONSIN DEER DONATION PROGRAM, AND HAVE PROVIDED INFORMATIONAL FLYERS FOR THEM AT THE WI EVENTS WE HAVE ATTENDED. WE HAVE ALSO PARTNERED WITH THE WISCONSIN STATE HUNTING EXPO AND HAVE BEEN ONE OF THEIR KEY ATTRACTIONS TO HELP DRAW IN THE APPROXIMATE 10,000 SPORTSMEN THAT ATTENDED THIS THREE-DAY EVENT. THESE TWO PARTNERSHIPS HAVE HELPED US IN PROMOTING THE PURPOSE OF TOGN BY PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY TO INVITE SPORTSMEN TO THE EVENTS PUT ON BY THE CHURCHES THAT WE SET UP OUR DISPLAY AT. ATTENDANCE AT THE EVENTS WE HAD OUR DISPLAY AT RANGED FROM 75 TO 10,000 MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN. IN 2015, NORTHERN DIVISION TROPHIES OF GRACE HAS CONTINUED TO EXPAND OUR SPEAKING ROLE AT THE VARIOUS EVENTS WE HAVE ATTENDED. WHEN WE FIRST STARTED PROVIDING THE KEY NOTE SPEAKER SERVICE IT WAS FOR EVENTS OF 100 OR LESS, AT THIS TIME WE HAVE PROVIDED THAT SERVICE FOR EVENTS WITH OVER 300 ATTENDEES. THIS HAS ALLOWED US TO SHARE THE STORIES OF OUR PERSONAL UPBRINGING WITHIN THE HUNTING COMMUNITY, THE VICTORIES AND STRUGGLES WE FACED AND HOW A FAITH IN OUR CREATOR, GOD, HAS HELPED US TO BE A POSITIVE INFLUENCE IN OUR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES.