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Lake Padden Paddle for Food Relay
What: An all-paddlers-welcome relay race around Lake Padden, held to have fun AND gather food and cash donations for the Whatcom County Food Bank. (Teams are assembled by “judges” right before the start!)
Where: Lake Padden, Bellingham, WA. West parking lot…. look for all the boats and a growing mountain of canned food.
When: Saturday, October 17th, 2009, 10:00 a.m. start. Get there at 9 or so…
Who: Anyone who’s got a boat, a paddle, and some canned or boxed food as the “entry fee.”
Why: Read on… and check out the photos below…
Oh, and the entry fee: A bag of canned or boxed food — or cash — to donate to the Whatcom County Food Bank.
The memorable result of the grass-roots get-together has collectively been voted the “Best paddle race in Whatcom County!” and is sure to grow to critical mass in no time flat.
Racers laughed and cranked their boats around the glassy Lake Padden waters, surrounded by trees ablaze in crayon-like, autumnal oranges, reds and yellows. Spectators and resting paddlers crowded the hand-off area, cheering their teammates on and laughing as water-bottle-batons got dropped and G-rated cursing mixed with laughter and more cheers.
To this day, it’s doubtful anyone could tell you which team “won.” But the efforts for the Food Bank were a smashing success: over 300 pounds of food was collected, and over $600 in cash donations!!! Peter Marcus loaded it all up in his SUV and drove straight to the Food Bank for the delivery. When I called him two days later to congratulate him on a brilliant idea and world class execution, he was still buzzing from the experience.
As of this post, we’re less than a month from the 2nd Annual Paddle for Food Relay. It’s scheduled for Saturday, October 17th, 10:00 a.m. in the West Parking Lot of Lake Padden . If you need more info, e-mail me at brandon@nwhomes.net or call me at 360-319-0696 and I’ll put you in touch with the mastermind, Peter Marcus.
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