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Hello Friends of FDRD! Wow, what a great summer it’s
been, and the rain this month has been icing on the cake! I’m looking forward to more outdoor
fun this fall – with the changing of the aspens just around the corner! September brings with it FDRD’s Volunteer
Celebration Day, so mark your calendars for Saturday, the 10th. It’s our day to celebrate all of you
who have made our service projects this summer so successful! Your opportunities for volunteering
don’t stop there, though - check out www.dillonrangerdistrict.com/fdrd/htm
for the Summit County Summer 2005 Volunteer Calendar and a complete list of
opportunities remaining through October. If you have any feedback,
suggestions, and ways to improve this newsletter, please share them with
me. ENJOY!! |
FRIENDS OF THE DILLON RANGER DISTRICT
SEPTEMBER 2005 Newsletter
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WHAT’S
HAPPENING
Saturday, September 10, Volunteer
Celebration Day – 9:00 – 2:30 - Please join in on the fun! This is a day for all of us to
celebrate you and the support you have provided to FDRD throughout this
summer. The day will include a
small project followed by a volunteer picnic celebration. We hope you can join us for both, but
if you can only make it for part of the day, please come, we would love to
see you! We will meet at Dillon
Ranger District at 8:45 and will spend the morning at Sapphire Point, working
on trail maintenance and restoration.
At noon, we will head down to the Windy Point pavilion for the
volunteer picnic celebration. Dress for
a day outdoors - dress in layers, bring water, work gloves, long pants and
long-sleeved shirt, sturdy boots, sunglasses, sun hat, rain gear, sunscreen,
insect repellent, lots of enthusiasm, and your favorite FDRD service project
memory! Contact Troy Wineland at
troywineland@comcast.net or
970-485-2961 to RSVP for this service project and/or volunteer
picnic celebration. Service Project Team – Can’t make it on the 10th, but would
still like to help out? Be a
part of the team that makes this fun day happen!! This effort includes:
· solicit food donations for the day · pick up food donations for the day · distribute press releases and contact the media for exposure
By being a part of our Service Project Team, you will help
to assure the smooth organization and logistics for this day. If you are interested in
participating on this team, contact Troy Wineland today at troywineland@comcast.net
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WHAT’S
HAPPENED
The Fire Mitigators take a break in
front of one of the slash piles in the Wilderness area Saturday, August 6– Fire Mitigation Day – Just when you think it can’t get any better!! Another round of applause goes out to FDRD’s stellar volunteers who joined in on the fun at our Fire Mitigation Day. These 25 volunteers and 6 Forest Service personnel generated 113 hours of volunteer stewardship for our local National Forest lands. They cleared fuels on approximately one acre, generating 45 slash piles. By clearing this area, they helped to decrease the risk of fire in the wildland urban interface in the Wildernest area of Summit County. A special thanks goes out to our sponsors - New Belgium Brewery, Safeway, Inxpot, and Keystone Resort– for providing us with much-deserved, delicious treats at the beginning and end of the day! Remember to support our sponsors on your next food and beverage run!
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DATES TO
REMEMBER
Mark your summer calendars for these upcoming FDRD
events:
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Volunteers Celebration Day (Sat.,
September 10) ·
Make a Difference Day (Sat.,
October 15) |
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NEXT BOARD MEETING Tuesday, September 20, at 6:00
PM. Please contact me at guffvanvooren@msn.com for
details. |
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Thanks again to all our wonderful
volunteers for a successful Fire Mitigation Day on August 6. Please join us for our Volunteer
Celebration Day on September 10, so we have the opportunity to celebrate you
and all that you do for FDRD!
Have a great Labor Day Weekend. See you
on the trails! With sincere thanks, Guff Van Vooren Executive Director Friends of the Dillon Ranger
District |