POWER CONNECTION

Ron Den Hartog started the first Power Connection in 1991.  He expected about 250 junior high students to register and ended up with 600! With the drastic increase of participants, shower facilities on location were not capable of holding all the student so Ron called up the Eagan, MN Fire Department and asked if they would hose the youth down.  Sure enough, 600 students overtook over the church parking lot in bathing suits with soap and shampoo in hand while the fire department sprayed water at them!

Over the years Power Connection has doubled in numbers, having up to 1200 students in attendance.  It is now hosted on college campuses which can handle the large numbers and their showers are no longer provided via the local fire departments!   

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