Events and News 'Spring-Up'
from Greenway Challenge!
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Calling all
non-profits!
Every year the
Greenway Challenge Steering Committee is proud to make a
charitable contribution to a Blackstone Valley
non-profit organization that is also working in the same
way as our mission: “To promote the recreational quality
of life in the Blackstone River Valley”. Working with
partner organizations, the Greenway Challenge supports
clean water campaigns, hiking and biking trails,
wildlife projects, environmental education and
development of water way access.
Last year, we presented a check for
$2,500 to the Blackstone River Coalition which is a
partnership of numerous organizations and individuals
working to restore and protect water quality and
wildlife habitat in the Blackstone River Corridor and
advocating for sound land use in the Blackstone River
Watershed.
If you think your organization would
benefit from a contribution from this year’s Greenway
Challenge and if your organization is able to host a
transition site on the day of the event, please send us
a letter of no more than two pages outlining what your
mission is and how your organization would use this
donation. A representative from your organization should
then be prepared to be involved in the event’s
pre-planning by attending monthly logistics committee
meetings along with your organization’s commitment to
host the transition site on the day of the event.
Please include your
organization’s name, the contact person’s daytime phone
number and e-mail address, the group’s mailing address
and web site URL. The submission should be mailed to
Greenway Challenge Request, One Depot Square,
Woonsocket, RI 02895 Attn: Barbara Dixon by April 30,
2007. |
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This month the Woonsocket Rotary awarded its Vocational
Service Award to Kevin Plouffe.
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"Challengers in the News".......see what they do off
the course !
Woonsocket Rotary honors Kevin Plouffe
- We all know Kevin as the Team Captain and paddler for the
"Woonsocket Teachers Guild," Team #59 in the
Championship Division, which finished in third place in
last year's Greenway Challenge. But did you also know
that Kevin is the Band Director for Woonsocket High
School?
This month the Woonsocket Rotary awarded its' Vocational
Service Award to Kevin Plouffe. The award is given to an
individual "who adheres to the highest ethical
standards, including faithfulness and fidelity to their
employer, employees and associates, fair treatment of
them and of their competitors, the public, as well as
all those with whom they have any business or
professional relationships and the contribution of one's
vocational talents to the problems and needs of
society." And if you know Kevin, you surely know how
deserving he is of this award!
Kevin is in his 12th year as Band Director at Woonsocket
High School, is a Burrillville, RI, resident and has
competed in the Blackstone River Valley Greenway
Challenge for all six years with his team from the
Woonsocket Teachers Guild. He holds a masters degree in
music education with an emphasis on conducting from the
University of Rhode Island, teaches percussion at Brown
University and conducts the Brown University Percussion
Ensemble.
Congratulations Kevin on a much deserving
award! (Do you know a
Challenger in the News? Please email us for future
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Jennifer
Shultis presented the Ironwoman trophy!
On January 4,
2007, Jennifer Shultis was
presented the First Ironwoman
Trophy at the Annual Meeting of
the Blackstone River Coalition
held in Woonsocket, RI.
Jennifer has competed in the
Triathlete Division for the last
two years representing Eastern
Mountain Sports. In 2005
Jennifer placed overall as a
Triathlete in 4th place, with a
time of 5:15’03 and in 2006 her
time was 5:48’49, both years as
the fastest “woman” going solo.
Jennifer is an
assistant to Professors Robert
Stavins and Robert Lawrence at
the Kennedy School of
Government, Harvard University,
in Cambridge, MA. Due to the
increasing popularity of woman
competing as triathletes, we
will now be separating the
Triathlete division into the
Ironwoman and Ironman divisions
for the Blackstone River Valley
Greenway Challenge.
Congratulations Jennifer!
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One of our
Own, in Action! New Director of Development - We welcome Jennifer
Teguis of North Smithfield, RI, as the Director of
Development for the Greenway
Challenge. Jennifer knows and
loves the Challenge and has been an active
participant on the team of Desperate Housewives for the
last two years.
Combining her passion and enthusiasm for
the event with significant fund-raising experience,
Jennifer will help the Steering Committee maintain the
'local' character of this Blackstone Valley event while
making it a more rewarding experience for all!
If you know a company who would
like to sponsor the Greenway
Challenge, contact Jennifer at
jteguis@charter.net or give
her a call at 508-864-0022. |
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Greenway Challenge Donation
is Hot CorridorKeeper Auction Item!
During the live auction at
the John H. Chaffee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor
Commission's Annual
Dinner, held on March 8, 2007 at Wright's
Farm, the bidding was hot and heavy for
the Greenway Challenge team registration
package. Team Great Canadian had
hardly appeared on the floor in full
Greenway Challenge attire to get the crowd
pumped up when Massachusetts State
Representative George Peterson was declared
the winning bidder at $750! All proceeds
raised from this auction will go to support
programs of the Corridor Keepers. |
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Blackstone
River Coalition Check Presentation
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Members of the Blackstone River Valley
Greenway Challenge Steering Committee
presented the Blackstone River Coalition (BRC)
with a check for $2,500 at the BRC’s board
meeting on Thursday, January 4, 2007. “We
are thrilled to receive this generous
donation,” Jackie Murphy, coordinator for
the BRC, said. “The Blackstone River flows
through two states and affects 29
communities in its watershed. This will go
far to help us work with communities in the
Blackstone River watershed to better manage
stormwater and to advance our efforts to
make the Blackstone ‘Clean by 2015.’ On
behalf of the BRC, a huge thanks to everyone
who participated in the Greenway Challenge.” |
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Your Greenway Challenge
Steering Committee |
Charles Thompson, Chair
Irene Blais, Secretary
Captain Morin, Logistics and River Safety
Gary Rice, Bicycle Logistics |
Lisa Mosczynski, PR and
CorridorKeepers Liaison
Michelle Fontaine, Webmaster/ Photographer/Graphics
Barbara Dixon, Event Coordinator
Jennifer Teguis, Director of Development |
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Greenway Challenge contact information: 401-762-0250 ext. 30
e-mail:
barbara_dixon@nps.gov
surface mail:
One Depot Square, Woonsocket, RI 02895
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