2009 Venture Outdoors Festival Wrap-up
May 18, 2009 by admin
Thank you to everyone who came to the Venture Outdoors Festival. Point State Park made a great setting for thousands to enjoy kayaking, biking, climbing, yoga and fishing. Even a little rain in the afternoon couldn’t tarnish the mood; exhibitors, volunteers and festival goers enjoyed an entire day of festivities.
Some of the highlights this year included an obstacle course by Grass Roots Racing, an owl named Martha Stewart with the Animal Rescue League Wildlife Center and boat tours of RiverQuest’s green boat The Explorer.
Venture Outdoors would like to especially thank our great volunteers for making this event possible!
Raffle Prize Winners
If you see your name below, email Lou at lou@ventureoutdoors.org
Norma Chase – Breathe Yoga Certificate for 4 Classes
Derec Drake – Women of the Cloud Forest Seed Necklace and Bracelet
Carol Forman – Pittsburgh Flying Disc Society Disc
Liz Kennon – Steel City Dragon Boat Gift Certificate
Tom Knapp – Confluence Bed and Breakfast Stay
Richard Liberto – Regional Environmental Education Guided Hike
Abdelazic Mansour – Wilderness Voyagers Whitewater Rafting Gift Certificate for Four
Nicole Moga – Karavita Sunscreen
Tom Mooney – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Comic Umbrella Package
Linda Mraovic – Crooked Creek T-Shirt
Shanna O’Duffy – Venture Outdoors Tee Shirt
Daniel Orth – Pittsburgh Curling Club Gift Certificate
Misty Parshall – Grassroots Racing Team Entry Certificate
Jay Race – Apre Velo T-shirt
Delaine Swearman – Emotion Kayak – Spitfire
Lisa Thompson – Butler-Freeport Trail tee
Bill Warnick – Allegheny Land Trust Baseball Cap and Tee
Eleanor Weintraub – Allegheny Land Trust Baseball Cap and Tee
Ken White – American Healthcare Group – Table Magazine Subscription
Dan Willenbring – Grassroots Racing Team Entry Certificate
Sarah Wojdylak – REI Daypack and Group Climbing Package
Carol Yoffee – Mountain High Sales Keen Bag
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The Pittsburgh House Rabbit Club volunteers — and the shelter bunnies — had a GREAT time at the festival!
We were thrilled to have the opportunity to promote rabbits as house pets (yes, they really DO use the litterbox) and to educate people about the dangers of domestic rabbits being set free outdoors.
We are currently recruiting volunteers to help trap pet rabbits abandoned in streets, parking lots, fields, cemetaries, suburban backyards, and generally anywhere OTHER than safely indoors. Free training will be offered on Wednesday,, June 10, at Animal Friends.
For details about this fun and unusual way to help animals, email us at info@pittsburghhouserabbit.org
Thanks for a great event! We will definitely be back next year.