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Who are the Tour des Farms Hidden Heroes?

Answer: Volunteers

 

 

 
South Jersey Tour des Farms 2009 Hidden Heroes
 

On September 19, 2009 Tour des Farms had 239 riders. The event would not have been successful without assistance from our Volunteers. Our Volunteers helped set up the event on the day before, marked the routes, assisted with parking, registered the riders, ensured the food table was well stocked, iced the bottled water, provided route information to riders, manned the farm stands, photographed the event, brought purchases back to the Museum and assisted riders in general. The Council would like to thank all the Volunteers for their time and effort.

 

route markers

Sabra Jernigan, Rebecca French-Mesch, Ken Taaffe, Gina Berg
and Tom Waltz marked all three routes to prevent riders from getting lost!

Frank Wu

Frank Wu (right) seen here with Wayne Batten was
the Farm Stand Captain at 1895 Organic Farm.

Kristen

Kristen Chianese (yellow shirt) assisted riders in parking their cars.

Lance Lindstrom

Lance Lindstrom assisted the parking effort
and then doubled as Event Photographer.

Michael Mirage

Michael Mirage was the
Farm Stand General at Kumpel's Farm Stand.
 
 
 
 
"I am the very model of a modern Major General,
I've information vegetable, animal and mineral."
Gilbert & Sullivan - "Pirates of Penzance"

Nick

Nick Cassetta, Council Treasurer, registered
riders who had not previously registered online.

mike & vic

Mike Kent, Volunteer, and Vic DeVasto,
Council Member, processed the pre-registered riders.

Tami & Cathy

Tami Kelly, Volunteer in yellow shirt, and Cathy Costa,
Council Member, handled the "goodie bags" and T-shirts.

nicole

 

 

 

 

 

Nicole Ciccaglione (yellow shirt) was the Farm Stand Captain at
Russo's Orchard Lane Farm. Nicole ensured all riders were hydrated!
Bobby Lyons did a great job getting all purchases back to the Museum.
Marilyn Russo is the owner of Russo's Orchard Lane Farm.

Doug Lee

Doug Lee was an Event Photographer.

KP Kilpatrick

KP Kilpatrick was an Event Photographer.

chianese

Kristen & Craig Chianese assisted with parking control and
were available to answer immediate questions from the riders..

Mellor

[L-R] Jim Mellor and Craig Christo were Farm Stand
Captains at Pinelands Nursery. Christine Schmelzle was
the Farm Stand Captain at the Strawberry Hill Farm.

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Unfortunately I did not receive a good photograph of all Volunteers
at this years event. Below are photos of this year's Heroes taken at Tour des Farms 2008.
 

Maura

Maura Bohart-O'Toole has volunteered to photograph the event
for the past three years. Jack Sworaski is the Council Chair.

mike hill

Mike Hill, Council Secretary, delivered bottled water and coolers
to all farm stands. He also was available on the day to assist as needed.

joan & julia

The ALWAYS effervescent Joan Rogers (left) is our
volunteer extraordinaire. She managed the raffle, food and
many pre-ride activities. Julia Coriaty was unable to assist this
year but has volunteered her services for the past two years.

 

 

   

   
 
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