Volunteer Appreciation Party

Posted on July 21, 2017August 8, 2017 by ODT

The Jamestown S’Klallam tribe once again graciously donated the use of their beautiful Red Cedar Room in Blyn for our annual celebration of Peninsula Trails Coalition volunteers on October 19, 2014.

Blyn-area trail-adopter manager and S’Klallam tribe employee Ann Sargent spent most of her Sunday helping at the party and chose lovely door prizes on behalf of the tribe, including travel mugs, a wooden box with carved top, and a beautiful tribal-design blanket.

This year’s door prize scheme gave five tickets to each attendee, who deposited them in a raffle bag next to the prize(s) of their choice. Prizes included a raft trip on the Elwha River donated by Olympic Raft and Kayak, wine, handmade kitchen items, gift certificates, a birdwatching gift basket, and more. The grand prize was a biplane ride donated by board member David Trotter’s pilot wife, Summer Martell. Many prizes were hotly contested, and all received “votes.”

The biplane ride winner was a surprised Patti Carman, hardworking party organizer, former Port Angeles trail-adopter manager, and former PTC board member. Her excited squeak of surprise was priceless.

Yummy food, fun prizes, a brief overview of trail progress, and lots of applause for the volunteers made for a great event. See you in October 2015 for our next Volunteer Appreciation Party!

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Originally published in Trail Notes, Winter 2014. Get all the news first as a PTC member.