Good Deeds on Hold
Do to federal legislation, the Wenatchee Valley Sports Council is having to reorganize the way it provides scholarships and grants.
Beth Stipe, Executive Director of the Community Foundation of North Central Washington, informed the Sports Council Board of Directors at an October retreat that the Scholarship Fund and Charlotte Martin Grant would have to be awarded differently.
The board decided to create the Wenatchee Valley Sports Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that would distribute monies from the two funds, which are managed by the Community Foundation. The paperwork is currently being drafted, which is expected to be completed with the new foundation up and running by December or January.
Unfortunately, while the paperwork is being completed, the Sports Council cannot provide scholarship dollars to applicants. Patience is being asked those who have applied for monies while this reorganization is being completed.
Once this is complete, it is the opinion of the Sports Council Board that the newly-created foundation will provide more freedom to do more creative things with the money in the Wenatchee Valley. The Board is also in the process of further defining guidelines by which funds will be provided and when community members can apply. Stay tuned! |
Trail Maps are FINALLY Here!
The much-anticipated and highly-regarded "Wenatchee Valley Trips & Trails" guides were delivered to the Sports Council office October 12th.
The trail maps feature 14 different treks which are all minutes from downtown Wenatchee. From a simple walk along the Loop Trail to a mountain bike trek up Birch Mountain to a snowshoe adventure near Mission Ridge to a kayaking trip up the confluence of the Wenatchee and Columbia Rivers, we've got you covered year around!
Free copies of "Wenatchee Valley Trips and Trails - A Field Guide to the Wenatchee Valley" are available at the Sports Council Office at 25 N. Wenatchee Avenue, Suite C-111 or at any area sporting goods stores or bike shops and at area hotels and motels.
You can also download a .pdf version of the guide by clicking here.
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For the Good of the Order
Work will begin soon on the "Indoor Facilities Index" for the website and in hard-copy form. Right now, Wenatchee and Easmont Senior and Junior Highs and Middle Schools as well as W.B. Smith Gymnasium are on the list. If there are others that should be included, please contact the office.
Late word that the Wenatchee Triathlon Association is organizing the return of "Squilchucker." It will be a mountain bike race held at Squilchuck State Park June 14th, 2008. We'll have more information when it becomes available! |
