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Thank You for Supporting Trails Forever Proceeds from Topography will support Cuyahoga Valley National Park Association’s TRAILS FOREVER Legacy Fund to ensure, in perpetuity, that Cuyahoga Valley National Park will have the resources to maintain and operate a world-class trail system. The park offers visitors 104 miles of hiking, bicycling and horseback riding trails, providing the public with access to nature, stunning landscapes, cultural history and healthy outdoor recreation.
Experiences Volunteer Stewardship Planning Trail System Enhancement Endowment Our goal is to raise $10 million in legacy pledges by the centennial anniversary of the National Park Service in 2016. For more information, contact Chief Development Officer John Debo at 330-657-2909 ext 122 or jdebo@cvnpa.org. TRAILS FOREVER Legacy Fund is held equally at The Cleveland Foundation and The Akron Community Foundation.
An evening of celebration of the trails, the landscape and the mission of Cuyahoga Valley National Park.
The Events of the Evening Hike the TRail Cocktails, appetizers, music and mingling The Ledges Overlook The Woodland Path The Gathering Tent 7:00-8:15 Dinner Dinner Tent 8:30 Dessert and dancing The Ledges Shelter 9:30 Campfire The Meadow After dark The Gathering Tent and the Shelter will stay open throughout the evening. Restroom facilities are available on the path to the Overlook and in the Shelter.
Musical Performances by Hey Mavis CVNPA Artist in Residence The Ledges Overlook Lisa and Heather Malyuk The Woodland Path
The Waxwings The Gathering Tent The Discovery Band The Ledges Shelter
Cuyahoga Valley National Park Cuyahoga Valley National Park protects 33,000 acres along the banks of the Cuyahoga River between Akron and Cleveland, Ohio. It preserves and protects for public use and enjoyment the historic, scenic, natural and recreational values of the Cuyahoga River Valley and maintains the open space necessary to the urban environment.
Virginia Kendall Crowning this section of the park’s Virginia Kendall unit are high sandstone bluffs, a large outcropping of Sharon Conglomerate some 320 million years old. This is known as the Ledges and includes the CCC-designed Overlook, a vantage point for a vista of forested ridgelines to the northwest. The Ledges Shelter was designed by Albert H. Good of Akron in 1933 and built by the Civilian Conservation Corps. It includes a covered pavilion and a two-story building once a caretaker’s residence. The Shelter is built of wormy chestnut and sandstone, materials native to the region.
Ways to Get Involved Become a member, volunteer, hike the trails, advocate for the National Park, donate, sponsor an acre, shop Park Place and Trail Mix, run the Towpath – there are hundreds of ways you can become involved in Cuyahoga Valley National Park Association and Cuyahoga Valley National Park. For more information visit www.cvnpa.org
Menu Welcoming Cocktail Trail Kick Vodka with ginger beer, simple syrup and fresh lime and mint Appetizers At the Ledges Overlook Cornmeal Local Perch Bites with Pickled Ramp Tartar Spring Beignet of Local Farmer Cheese and Spring Herbs At the Trail Stations Benedictine Canapé of Cucumber, Spring Onion and Cream Cheese on Toast Point Sweet and Spicy Camp Verde Pecans in House Mix Potato & Mac Goat Cheese Pirozhki with Green Garlic Crème Fraiche At the Gathering Tent Homemade Rosemary Matzo Early Summer Crudités Local Artisan Cheeses Dinner Muddy Fork Asparagus Salad Arugula, roast mushrooms, shaved Parmesan, garlic croutons & lemon vinaigrette Rosemary Sage Brined Tea Hills Chicken Smashed new potatoes, English peas, baby carrot, snow peas Epi Loaves, Hartzler Butter dessert Stations in the Shelter Mini Cheese Cakes Local berry stew and cookie crumbles Mini Vanilla Pound Cakes Macerated strawberries and lemon curd, Amish whip Lilly Handmade Chocolate Truffles Coffee Service
Tonight’s menu of seasonal dishes was created by Spice of Life Catering Co. using local farms practicing sustainable means of agriculture. Spice of Life sources all its ingredients from small family farms within a 150-mile radius of Cleveland and from the company’s three local gardens.
Sponsors and In-Kind Donations BLAZING NEW TRAILS
FOR ALL SEASONS
Heidelberg Distributing Company
Dick and Joan Ainsworth
KeyBank
Alcoa Foundation
FOR ALL TIMES
Cuyahoga Valley Trails Council
Buckingham Doolittle & Burroughs LLP Cohen & Company Ernst & Young Forest City Enterprises, Inc. The Richard M. and Yvonne Hamlin Foundation Kurtz Bros., Inc./ K.B. Compost Services, Inc.
Pam Carson FirstEnergy FirstMerit Bank GAR Foundation GOJO Charles and Marie Grossman
Marcus Thomas LLC
Kaleidoscope Magazine/ Women of Color Foundation
Parker Hannifin Corporation
Kohrman Jackson & Krantz PLL
PNC
Litigation Management, Inc.
The Sherwin - Williams Company
Littler Mendelson P.C.
The J.M. Smucker Company
The Musical Arts Association
Summa Health System
Old Trail School
Swagelok
Oswald Companies
The University of Akron and University Park Alliance
Parma Community General Hospital Roetzel & Andress RPM International, Inc. Thompson Hine LLP
In-Kind Donations Akron Life and Leisure
Tom and Diane Tyrrell Western Reserve Trail Runners
Heidleberg Distributing, Co. Kleidon & Associates North Coast Litho Ohio Magazine Pernod Ricard USA Thirsty Dog Brewing Company
Table Captains Jody Bacon Diana Lueptow
Leadership Teams TRAILS FOREVER LEGACY LEADERSHIP TEAM
CVNPA Board of Directors
Thomas N. Tyrrell, Chairman
Jeri Chaikin, Vice-Chairman
Jody Bacon
Daniel Nagy, Vice-Chairman
Robert W. Briggs
Gayle Thompkins Agahi
Pam Carson, Chairman
Candace Campbell Jackson
Dick Ainsworth
Christopher M. Connor
Sandy K. Auburn
Bennett L. Gaines
Cynthia Flynn Capers, PhD
Gary Hanson
Sam Chestnut
Michael L. Hardy
Larry Cuy
Brooke M. Hice
Samuel DeShazior
Scott R. Lange
Guy Gadomski
Henry L. Meyer III
Sean Grindall
Jim Nash
Mary K. Holmes
Elaine A. Price
Jeffrey Hyde
Thomas J. Strauss
Nora Jacobs
Maryann Wolowiec 2010 EVENT COMMITTEE Diana Lueptow, Chairman Jody Bacon Christopher M. Connor John P. Debo, Jr. Mary Pat Doorley Stephen Hawthorne Brooke M. Hice Nora Jacobs Janet Jankura Lisa Mandel Jim Nash Allison Peltz Stacey Rusher Mark Shelton Deb Yandala
Greg Kall Sue Klein Lisa Mandel Chuck Mlakar Rory O’Neil John Perduyn Michael Shuster Terry Squire April Walton Douglas J. Weber
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