Volunteer Appreciation Party a Huge Success!
Last Friday over 140 people—more than 3x last year’s attendance—came together to hang out and celebrate the hard work and dedication of Evergreen's incredible community of volunteers.
Volunteers, Evergreen staff, and board members spent the evening catching up, talking trails, and making plans for the coming year—all while enjoying pizza sponsored by Element Cycles, beer from Bellevue Brewing Company, and some great mountain biking movies. Attendees were even treated to a premier of the latest installment of the Peak to Creek series provided by our friends at Freehub.
The night allowed the Evergreen board and staff to publicly thank the volunteers who are the engine behind Evergreen. “Without your time, commitment, and passion” said Executive Director Glenn Glover “there would be no Evergreen. It’s all of our work together that has turned us into a powerhouse for mountain biking in Washington.”
Mike Westra (Project Manager) and Mike Sidwell (Education and Volunteer Manager) then recognized several volunteers who went “consistently above and beyond the call of duty”:
Education Program Instructors
Alison Angione & Thom Hudson for always being the first to help out when there was a gap to fill. (Thom also taught the majority of the dirt
rider series at both Duthie and Big Finn).
Trail
Len Francis, Peter Partel & Eric Nusbaum for their awesome chainsaw work at Tiger (SS, JR, FR and now the DT) and for clearing most of the backcountry.
Nick Newhall for all his work at Tiger (SS, JR, FR, BailOut and now the DT) and his exemplary rock armoring on trails.
Silas Smith for all his work down at Swan Creek.
Rick Heinz for rallying support and the community around Black Diamond
Website
Pavel Dolezel for tirelessly building, testing, and honing the new Evergreen website.
Emily Thompson for her graphic design expertise and continued help with the layout of the new website.
The evening wrapped up with a huge raffle with great prizes from REI and Platypus Hydration!
Thank you to all the volunteers who were able to join us—and to those who were not able to make it this time.
Special event thanks to REI for providing the venue, Platypus and REI for the fantastic raffle items Element Cycles and Mad Pizza for the awesome pizza, Bellevue Brewing Company for the wonderful beer, and Big Tree, Freehub Magazine, Rosita's Mexican Grill, the Trek Bicycle Store, Starbucks, Bauhaus Coffee, Greenlake Bar and Grill, and Gregg's Cycle for the all the generous volunteer recognition gifts!