To the Editor:

The Wilson Hill Association, the Town of Louisville, and the Louisville Volunteer Fire Department (LVFD) thank the many volunteers, local businesses, and participants who helped make the July 16, 2022 annual Turtle Trot a great success. The event raised a record $8,240.49 for the Louisville Volunteer Fire Department. A total of 244 registered for the event.

We would like to thank the 2022 contributors, donors, and sponsors who supported this event: BJ’s Wholesale Club, Eleanor Baxter, Cameron's Welding & Wood, Carney's Sales, Nancy Charleston, Coach’s Corner, Corky's Collision, Ann and Donald Duncan, Edge of Town Auto, Eyland’s Restaurant, Fay Motors, Dave & Christine Foster, David and Linda Frary, Christine and David Foster, JAC Tower, J.S. Cinema; Johnston's H2O Zone, Kinney Drugs, Legault Custom Builders, Manley Insurance Agency, Massena Savings and Loan, McDonald’s Restaurant (Main Street), Nancy Charleston, North Country Savings Bank, Northern Credit Union, Paquette Jewelry, Peets Jewelers, Pizza Hut, Price Chopper, Elmer Rakoce, Sharon Reynolds, River Course at Louisville Landing, SeaComm Federal Credit Union, Seaway Smokehouse, St. Lawrence Art Supply, St. Lawrence Recreation, Gail Schneider, Stewart’s Corporation, Time Quest Mini Golf, Waddington True Value, Walmart Superstore, Wood Chop Shop and Yelle Realty.

Contributors such as the New York State Police insured participant safety and have supported the Turtle Trot Walk-Run since its 2010 inception.

The Turtle Trot Committee would like to extend a very special thank you to Curran Renewable Energy for sponsoring free shirts to the first 200 who registered for the race; In-Law Brewing Company who provided a free beer to anyone who registered that was of legal drinking age; Blue Spruce Motel for hosting our timer; Breezy Maples Farms for allowing us to use their bounce house; Gideon’s Galley & Catering food truck; Kanab Orchards; Tracy Thomas, executive director of the Nicandri Nature Center for bringing some live turtles to the event and Pepsi Cola Bottlers for handing out free thirst quenching product as the runners and walkers cross the finish line. We thank them all for their support and generosity.

We would also like to recognize the efforts of Louisville Town Supervisor Larry Legault, (master of ceremonies); Louisville Town Clerk Joanne Cameron (registration table); Nancy Charleston and Nora Vice (same day registration table); Ron Aldous, and Phil Sawyer for helping out with t-shirt distribution and general registration duties. Louisville Recreation Maintenance Supervisor Lindsey Gladding did a fabulous job helping set up the event area.

We were most appreciative of the outstanding job Kelli Curran Ramsey did designing, creating, and administering the 2022 Turtle Trot Facebook page. A special thank you to Jerry Manor for promoting the Turtle Trot on television, radio, and live Facebook feeds. Also helping to spread the word were SLC Chamber of Commerce, SLC Free Trader, 1027 WICY and Wild Country 96.5 radio.

Bob Underwood, Underdog Race Timing, provided a very professional timing experience for participants. Thank you to Roger Bennett for providing a manual timing backup.

We have been very fortunate to have an extremely dedicated and effective Turtle Trot Committee. The members who planned and worked this event were Joanne Cameron, Nancy Charleston, Jerry Manor, Larry Reynolds and Merlon Rogers.

We would also like to give a heartfelt thank you to Geri Rausch and Gene Conte for covering the Silent Auction Tent, Sally Manor for covering the Raffle Tent, and Linda Tredo for covering the Door Prize Tent and Michelle and Kyrsten Stone for pitching in anywhere that was needed. There were many individuals not named here who came together to help make this event such a success. We thank them all.

Nancy W. Foster
Louisville Turtle Trot Committee