Celebrating Our New Canoe & Kayak Fleet

We recently celebrated the addition of nearly two dozen new canoes and kayaks for our waterfront program which our campers will enjoy for many summers to come.

We are grateful to Klave’s Marina and Char Schiller for initiating the “Build the Fleet” campaign. Our donor honor roll for the fleet is listed below.

 

Along with generous individual sponsors, we are grateful to the following local organizations  for their contributions: Pinckney, Putnam, Hamburg, Hell Chamber of Commerce; the Greater Brighton Area Chamber of Commerce; and AZ Pools, Spas & Land Architects.

Individual boat donor recognition includes:

Aquarius (canoe) | Bill Connaughton
Taurus (canoe) | Amanda Burns Connaughton
Pisces (canoe) | Mallory Brincat
Cancer (canoe) | Rodger & Michael Asbury
Capricorn (canoe) | Chase Stockton
Virgo (canoe) | Norma & Scott Dentler
Pegasus (canoe) | Friends of Hi-Land Lake
Scorpio (canoe) | Norma Dentler & Kerry Klave
Sagittarius (canoe) |Char Schiller
Aries (kayak) |Anita Wamsley in honor of Kelly Rea
Leo (kayak) |Shelly & Stewart Rea in honor of Kelly Rea
Gemini 1 (kayak) | Kennedy Industries
Gemini 2 (kayak) | Cheryl & Brian Dehmlow
Orion (twister) | John Dinkel
Libra (twister) | Gary & Linda Locher
Lyra (twister) | First National Bank of Howell
Pyxis (twister) | Rick Beaudin ReMax Realty
Draco (twister) | Klave’s Marina in honor of Norman Klave

(A special thanks to Kelly Parkinson, of Allegra Printing, for helping us to create our fleet signage.)

Enjoy one more view: This one features another recent donation, our new waterfront benches, given by one of our youngest donors, Noa. Read the inspiring story behind her gift.