You rock!

Dear Mike:
As part of the “Kraft Celebration Tour” local organizing committee, I’d like to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to Fort Frances, International Falls, Rainy River District, and Koochiching County for making this event a huge success!
Both TSN and Kraft were incredibly impressed with Fort Frances. The producers, co-anchors Jennifer and Darren, and the production crew all were blown away by the size of the crowd and the community spirit that was evident throughout the weekend.
Many of the TSN crew made a point of mentioning to us how well they were treated everywhere they went in Fort Frances, and they were very happy to end the “Tour” with such a fantastic event.
Every member of their team–not just the celebrities–received first-class treatment all over town.
The positive comments about our community were constant throughout the weekend. Not only did we garner the most votes in Canada this year, the crowd at the Sorting Gap Marina was one of the biggest and loudest that they’ve had since the “Tour” started five years ago.
While we were standing on stage during the cheque presentation, we couldn’t see where the crowd ended.
Not only were we able to put on a great event for Fort Frances, we managed to give Jennifer, Darren, and everyone else on the crew an experience they will remember for a long time.
When we learned that we won the online vote, we knew we had a lot of work ahead of us. But the community really came through and made organizing this event as easy as it could have possibly been.
Everywhere we turned, we found people asking us what they could do to help.
Not only did we have a ton of volunteers, but the local business community really stepped up to help us out, as well, and our media partners were instrumental in our success. We could not have accomplished this without the support of our entire community on both sides of the border.
In particular, thank you to our wonderful volunteers who worked tirelessly throughout the past few months, and especially on Saturday and Sunday for hours in the extreme heat, to make this event a reality.
We could not have done this without you.
Fort Frances, you rock! Thank you for showing TSN, Kraft, and all of Canada what a fantastic community this is!
Sincerely,
Charles Fisher
Fort Frances, Ont.