A huge thank you must go out to everyone who participated in the CAA’s regional Community Pride Day.
On Wednesday, May 6, over 800 volunteers, students and teachers were out and about cleaning up the streets in Thendara, Old Forge, Eagle Bay, Big Moose, Inlet, Raquette Lake, Blue Mountain Lake, Long Lake, Indian Lake, Lake Pleasant and Piseco!
Most of the volunteers agreed that there was less trash this year than last year, which is something we hope continues every year.
The ash grey t-shirts worn by the volunteers were made possible with $100 contributions from: ACE Hardware of Inlet & Old Forge, Adirondack Express, Adirondack Fairway B&B, Adirondack Museum, BJ Queen Building & Mechanical.
Blueline Electrical, Daiker’s, Hutchins Construction, Indian Lake Theater, Inlet Area Business Association, Insight Payroll Solutions, Irondequoit Inn, Ohio Tavern & Restaurant, Old Forge Hardware, Pine’s Country Store, Prospect Point Cottages, Raquette Lake Fire Department, Raquette Lake Preservation Fundation, Red Dog Tavern, Town of Inlet and Willie Van’s Excavating.
Contributions of $50 from: Adirondack League Club and OKWARIGA; $35 contribution from Strand Theatre of Old Forge; and $30 contributions from: Adirondack Garage, Adirondack Reader, Adirondack Reflections, Adirondack Woodcraft Camps, ARO, Billy’s Restaurant, Black Bear Lodges.
Brynilsen’s Viking Village, Burkhard-Evans, Inc., Candy Cottage, Christy’s Motel, Clark’s Marina, Community Bank, Community Transportation Services, Ltd., Dave Ameden Floor Care, Eagle Bay Village, Eastern Star-Abenaque Chapter #745, 5 Corners Café, French Louie ADK Sports, Gillis Realty.
Hutchins Logging, Inlet Barnstormers Snowmobile Club, Inlet Community Church, Inlet Golf Club, Kenmore Cottages, Kim’s Country Corner, Kowalik’s Hotel, Kullman Contracting, Lila Jand & Dora, The Lodge on Long Lake, Long Lake Association, Long Lake Central School, Long Lake Lions Club, Long Lake Storage.
Lou’s Marine Service, MAC’s Safe Ride, Marina Motel, Mike Marleau Builder, Eugene Melnyck, Moose River Candle Company, Mountain Greenery, Northern Lights, Old Forge Camping Resort, Oxbox Lake Motel, Pig II Dele, Piseco Volunteer Fire Dept. Auxiliary, Time & Theresa Pope, Quinn’s Lakeside Cottages.
Raquette Lake Navigation, Timothy J. Schofield, ESQ, Screamen Eagle Pizza, Shamrock Motel & Cottages, Shortridge Landscaping, Hugo Sikora, Spaghetti Jar Fund, Sunset Beach Cottages, T & J Builders, Ted Payne’s Bus Service, Tom & Judy Thibado, Town of Indian Lake, Water Safari, The Weekly Adirondack, and The Wine Shop.
Lunch for Inlet and Eagle Bay was held at the Eagle Bay Fire Hall and was provided by The Bay Café, Beauchamp Builders, Daiker’s Brookside, Daiker’s Inn, Eagle Bay Fire Dept. & Aux., Kalil’s Grocery, Seventh Lake House, T’s EZ Mart and The Woods Inn.
Lunch in Old Forge was provided by DiOrio’s Supermarket, Gallery 3040, Kinney Drugs, Old Forge Fire Department, Old Tom Morris Pub & Grill, Ozzie’s Coffee Shop, Randy’s Restaurant, Tony Harper’s and Walt’s Diner.
Route 30 One Stop provided lunch in Indian Lake.
A special thank you to Tal Daiker for delivering the shirts from Pennsylvania to Inlet; saving us shipping charges.
Thank you to the Towns of Webb, Inlet, Long Lake and Indian Lake and the Speculator Chamber of Commerce for recruiting sponsors, making lunch arrangements and picking up the bags of trash on the sides of the road left by the volunteers.
Community Pride Day gives everyone a chance to take pride in this beautiful area we call home. We encourage everyone to continue this effort throughout the year… and we’ll gather again the first Wednesday in May 2016.
Adele Burnett,
Inlet Tourism Director
