The Continuing History of WCBI
Mid 70's - Warpo's Bar "officially" opens for business in any and all flats he paid rent on. Be it a studio apartment or 3 bedroom house - Warpo would be there with cold beer on tap, a full bar, beer nuts, Slim Jims, and even credit (to those who could accept his terms).
Late 70s & 80s - Realizing that most houses do not come with 1500 square foot Living Rooms, Warpo starts renting halls at VFWs, Hotels and the like. Attendance grew to the hundreds. No lack of planning could prevent Warpo and his cronies from realizing a profit from the events. Now the question needed to be raised… "What do we do with the profits?" Knowing there were needing people out there, it was decided to offer the money to organizations that could put the money to good use. The effort seemed futile at first. Those people, who acknowledged receiving our gifts at all, did so at the speed of a glacier. We learned later that these moneys were dumped into a general fund and did not fulfill our goals of 'making a difference'.
The 90s - Warpo Charity Benefits Inc. (WCBI) is formed. Warpo's younger brother, Rick, who was working as a counselor for the St. Cloud Children's Home (SCCH), hears of Warpo's discontent with the use of these funds. He convinces Warpo on the idea that their efforts would go a lot farther helping troubled youth get back into the mainstream of society, and of the great job the SCCH was doing in this area.
1992 - The first Warpo Open kicks off. And the rest, as they say, is history.
Present - WCBI and SCCH make a difference. And so do you!
