JeepEnd was founded with the intent of being a gathering for those who love Jeeps, nature, and adventure: a goal we strive to improve upon each year. Our hope was to create an environment in which Jeep enthusiasts of all experience levels could meet and share in the challenge of off-roading on Michigan's gem of Drummond Island.
During 2015's event, roughly twenty-four Jeeps and their families crossed the St. Marys River to attend JeepEnd. The raffle, in support of DC Strong, raised just over our goal of $500.
Despite heavy rain, the weekend became the highlight of our attendees summer. It was with the reassurance of those original attendees that we knew JeepEnd would continue each year.
View the 2015 recap video.
Immediately after 2015's event concluded, we started planning for 2016. Taking what went right and learning from what went wrong, as well as strongly encouraging feedback from attendees, we made a solid plan of action for the next event. Along with a majority of our new friends from the first year returning, we gained a wonderful family member: ACE Engineering.
ACE Engineering signed on for 2016 as our Title Sponsor and thus we renamed the event to JeepEnd with ACE Engineering. With ACE's help and generous donations we were able to significantly grow the charity raffle, a staple of JeepEnd.
JeepEnd 2016 saw just over 45 Jeeps, resulting in about ninety total attendees. The raffle raised over $1,000 for DC Strong.
View the 2016 recap video.
With our second year wrapped up, we had every aspect of the event dialed in. We were ready for our largest year yet. We also added two new destinations for 2017's event, Fossil Ledges and Glen Cove. The event moved it's main location to Trailhead Campground, with a bar and restaurant on site.
Tickets went on sale for March 1, 2017 and sold out in just fifteen days. We were thrilled to see what we created take off. JeepEnd with ACE Engineering 2017 had just over one-hundred and thirty-five total attendees. Fifty-five Jeeps and seven different sponsors attended.
With the help of our sponsors and our attendees, we raised over $2,500 dollars for Folds of Honor.
View the 2017 recap video.
