Volunteer  Recognition

Thank-You, Chief Noonday Chapter Volunteers!

A number of the Chief Noonday Trail Adopters had a Get-Together at Kellogg Forest on May 10, 2008 with Dave Cornell.  Pictured here between the Hawkins brothers, Mick (Chief Noonday Webmaster) and Larry (Chief Noonday Chapter President) ably serving as bookends, are adopters (from left) John Rudnicki, Susan Bond, Larry Pio, Mary Fleming, Ron Sootsman, Jim Martin, Joe Higdon, and Steve Hicks.  Rounding out the group but not present for the picture were George Lee, Wayne Marvin, Jerry Pattok, Roxanne Potter, Marcia Mellen, Tom Funke, Josh Richie, Jeff Fleming, Greg and Lynne Durham, and Terry Meden.  Once again trying to avoid being in the picture was Dave Cornell (inset) who took this photo – perhaps unaware that there's more than one way to Photoshop skin a cat....  (To see a larger image in Firefox, right-click on this picture, then on View Image.) Our TRAIL ADOPTERS accept a section of the Trail where they hike at least once each month and perform “easy to handle” maintenance, i.e. trimming brush, mowing grass, removing branches from the trail, refurbishing blazing, etc.  Volunteers are also needed at the national office in Lowell.  Contact Laura Lindstrom, Office Manager and Financial Administrator for info. They file a monthly report on the condition of their trail section and outline larger maintenance projects to be carried out by the Chapter work crews.  We owe them our gratitude for keeping our trail open and in a good hiking condition for all of us to use.  This list changes regularly (such as new adopters being added), so if you have a section of trail and you are not listed, or you are interested in helping, please contact Dave Cornell to be added!

(* Open) From Johnson Road to Crane Road Note:  A new adopter is needed for this section!  Wayne Marvin & John Morgan have retired, and we salute and thank them for their service. Jerry Pattok From Peets Road, a mile west of M-37, to Chief Noonday Road (M-179) Roxannne Potter From Chief Noonday Road (M-179), southwest to Bassett Lake Road, past Hickory Point Road, to McDonald Lake Joe Higdon From McDonald Lake, past Hall Lake (in Yankee Springs Recreation Area), to Gun Lake Road Marcia Mellen Gun Lake Road to Norris Road Tom Funke From Norris Road (in Yankee Springs Recreation Area), south to McKibben Road (in Barry State Game Area) Josh Richie McKibben Trail Head to Mullen Road    George Lee Mullen Road to Keller Road (John Gay property) Jim Martin Baseline to C Avenue Ron Sootsman From C Avenue (beginning at 1/3 mile west of 42nd Street), south to M-89 Jeff & Mary Fleming From M-89 (beginning at 1/3 mile east of 42nd Street), south into MSU Forestry Farm to start of Dr. Sackett property Greg & Lynne Durham From Dr. Sackett property, south to EF Avenue Terry Meden From EF Avenue, south to Augusta Drive trailhead (0.4 mile north of M-96) Larry Pio From Kalamazoo River thru Fort Custer Cemetery, to Armstrong Road Sue Bond From Brady Rd, entrance of Battle Creek Linear Trail, to Emmett Street and Van Buren Street John Rudnicki From Jamison and Ott Preserve entrance, to Historic Bridge Park.    (List updated May 2008)

Awards for Cumulative Hours of Volunteer Work

400 Hour Award:  National Park Service button-down/collar shirt with your name embroidered

200 Hour Award: 32 oz Nalgene water bottle w/ NCTA & NPS logos

100 Hour Award:   National Park Service Volunteer Pin and personalized name badge

(Note: The actual awards can change from year to year.  The items above were given out in 2006.) 

Please note:  We are aware that there are others of you out there who are not listed above and by all rights SHOULD be listed.  In order to be counted and recognized, we need you to submit your volunteer hours regularly (monthly, or quarterly, or per event / day) by updating your information on the web site found at Record Volunteer Hours.  Without a formal record, we have no way of knowing how many hours you have helped us. 

We apologize for any missing names.  If you feel you have been missed, AND you have logged all your hours on the national website, then please contact our chapter president (please refer to our Chapter Contact web page).

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