Orleans County Citizen Advocacy

2009 Echo Lake Road Race

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(2009 Photos Below)

Wow! A miserable day - cold, rainy and windy - and yet, 123 runners, walkers and bikers turned up for some fabulous (if muddy!) wonderfully spirited journeys around Echo Lake , raising money for Orleans County Citizen Advocacy.

The Orleans County Board of Directors and our coordinator, Ellen Bowen, sincerely thank all the people and businesses who helped make the 17th Annual Echo Lake Road Race a fun, safe and successful fundraiser for our nonprofit organization. With so many to thank, we are bound to leave someone out by mistake, and apologize if we have. The Echo Lake Road Race netted over $8000 for Orleans County Citizen Advocacy. Our mission is to build and support one-to-one relationships of friendship and advocacy between community volunteers and people with disabilities. Thanks again for all the support, and see you next year on the last Saturday in August!

We send our thanks to...

the T-Shirt Sponsors:

Blue Ribbon Sponsor: Radiant Floor Company

Red Ribbon Sponsor: Paul Decelles Investments

Yellow Ribbon Sponsor: Alan Fogg Insurance Company, Columbia Forest Products, Concept 2 Rowing, Taylor Moore Agency, North Country Hospital, Robert N. Taplin Inc.

Green Ribbon Sponsor: Blue Cross Blue Shield, Brighton Garage, Brown’s Drug Store, Chittenden Bank, Community National Bank, Degree Auction Services, Don’s Carpet One, Edward Jones, Garon-St. Sauveur Granite Co., Gene A. Besaw & Associates, Great Outdoors of Newport, Green Mountain Electric Supply, H&R Block, Hayes Ford, Hoagie’s Pizza & Pasta, Keene Medical Products, Louis Garneau, Nadeau’s Plumbing & Heating, Newport Jewelers, Newport Rental Center, Passumpsic Bank, Poulos Insurance, Rusty’s Electric, Village Bike Shop, Blue Flame Gas, Fred’s Plumbing & Heating, Newport Autoworks, Evansville Trading Post, Morgan Country Store, Auto Outfitters, Island Pond Motors & Brighton Motor Sports

and a special thanks to Sean McCarthy of Other World Designs of Hardwick…

the Food Donators:

C&C Supermarket, L & B Snack Bar, Price Chopper, Tim and Doug’s Ice Cream, Barb Delzio, Derby Village Store and Vermont Heritage Spring Water…

the Volunteers:

before, during or after the race, these folks were willing workers...

Ellen & Russ Bowen, Gerry Cahill, Connie Daigle, Mark Sokolis, Bev Davis, Jim Stewart, Winnie Stewart, Derek Piette, Lance Cleveland, Mark Russell, Barb Delzio, Sue Dwelle, Peter Engels, Graham Rae, Wanda Reed, Cindy Smith, Ann Stannard, Peggy Stevens, Cindy Stone, Roy Stuewe, Joan Alexander, Christian Wellhoff, Lynda Graham-Barber, Linda Bradley, Rever Kennedy, Jessica Fyffe, Carroll Silloway, Pete Davis, Amy Wagner, Roger Gosselin, Amy Fletcher, Doug Griesel, Lisa Rothman, Jeremy Edwards, Tom Worth,

Robin Kay…

the Prize Donators...

Advanced Auto Parts, Barton Village Corner Store, Birth of the Blues, Bond Auto Parts, E.M. Brown, The Chronicle, Currier’s Quality Market, Derby Village Store, East Mane Styling Salon, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Garden Patch, Greensboro Garage, Kingdom Trails, Kinney Drugs, L & R Automotive, Lake Hills Landscaping, Lois Barrow’s 10 K Granola, Louis Garneau, GrahaMassage, Maple Grove Farms, Newport Farm & Garden, Northeast Kingdom Balsam, Phogg Pottery, Pick & Shovel, Vista, Subway, Vermont Teddy Bear, Village Sport Shop, Nature By Design, Collette’s, Barton Golf, Northstar Nursery, Green Spirit Medicine, Starlight Waters Healing Arts…

the Echo Lake community....

What a beautiful setting! Seventeen years ago, it was Gerry Cahill who suggested that Echo would be a great spot for a race, and it has been! We thank the Engels for sharing their front yard, and Richard Mallory for the parking field, the State of Vermont and all the residents around the lake and the fishermen and women for their hospitality. We also thank Constable Martin Davis, ADA Traffic Control and the Derby Line Ambulance who helped keep everyone safe…

and the Racers!

No matter how many prizes, food, t-shirts and volunteers we pull together, it wouldn’t be much of a race without racers and so, finally, a big thanks to all for their enthusiastic biking, running and walking around the lake, even in the rain, the wind and the mud! Thanks to all the 167 registrants, and especially the 123 brave souls who tackled the course on a such a wild day!

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