This is my page for saying thank you to various Organizations and people who have supported me. Your support fueled my attempt to Cross Lake Ontario, You all helped make it possible for me to go for this adventure and I thank you more than I can express!
These include:
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I have heard nothing but great things about this from people who wanted to see how we were doing out there!
Accipiter Radar sponsored me and my crew to help generate awareness for the crossing and the environmental challenges that face Lake Ontario
They tracked my progress with radar in real time so you were able to watch me swim the lake live. See their link: http://www.accipiterradar.com/page/melanie-price-lake-crossing
I have heard nothing but great things about this from people who wanted to see how we were doing out there!
Thank you to Accipiter Radar!!
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Xterra Wetsuits donated a Volt wetsuit (value $200) to the cause, which was raffled off after the crossing. For more details about the raffle, see http://melaniepriceadventures.blogspot.com/p/fundraising.html Thanks Xterra, for helping get another person into open water!!
My open water advisors and training mates - Rob Kent (MIMS and Lake Ontario Swim Team (LOST) founder), Madhu Nagaraja (English Channel), and Miguel Vadillo (Lake Ontario) and other members of LOST http://lostswimming.com/and Christine Arsenault (who also successfully swam Lake Ontario this summer)
Burlington Masters Swim Club(BMSC) http://www.bmsc.ca/ and all my team mates support, push and inspire me! I gratefully was allowed to double-up some swim practices too. BMSC members also set up my first newspaper article: http://www.thespec.com/feature/article/476120--busy-mom-trains-for-52-km-swim-across-lake
Hamilton Aquatic Club (HAC) http://www.hamiltonaquaticclub.ca/ generously provides me with some extra pool time and moral support. As well, we worked together to hold a fun little event with the novice kids "HAC Novice vs the vice-coach (me)". As well HAC got the crossing in print in Sportsxpress: http://hamiltonsportsxpress.ca/2011/08/14/hamilton-aquatic-clubs-novice-coach-melanie-price-conquers-lake-ontario/
Chartered Accounting Firms: Pettinelli, Mastroluisi LLP and Beckett, Lowden, Read LLP support my efforts to swim across Lake Ontario.
David Lord, an avid sailor generously volunteered his sailboat, Kachina, and his time to guide me across the Lake. David is founder of ExcelPlan Financial http://www.excelplan.ca/.
Grimsby Auxillary Marine Rescue Unit http://www.gamru.com/ volunteered their zodiac and supplied boat drivers for the crossing.
The UPS Store - Westdale Village http://www.theupsstorelocal.ca/20-Hamilton/index.html took care of all my promotional material printing.
Bronte Harbour Yacht Club (BHYC) http://www.bhyc.on.ca/ supported my adventure by letting us use their club house for our social / fun-raiser on June 25, 2011 (see funraising tab for more details of the event).
Julie Redford is my massage therapist, who really helps keep me going!! Getting my shoulders, neck and back all loosened up, she certainly deserves my thanks!! (And I enjoy our conversation too!)
I connected with some members of Peninsula Paddlers Kayaking Club http://www.peninsulapaddlers.com/ and they provide me with some kayak support during training swims out in the Lake. Hope they had some fun kayaking really slow!
Garment Imaging http://www.garmentimaging.com/ covered the shipping costs for the event T-shirts order.
Auction items & door prizes for the June 25th fun-raiser were contributed by:
- Alexis Williams of Transition Health http://www.transitionhealth.ca/Welcome.html Alexis is a Registered Dietitian and Certified Personal Trainer from
Burlington ,Ontario Louisville - Ray Zahab, www.rayzahab.com former pack a day smoker, ran 7500kms across the
Sahara Desert Northern Africa . After witnessing and experiencing the water crisis in northernAfrica , Ray decided to leverage his future adventures to raising awareness and funding for causes that he supports and believes in. "Running The Sahara would begin a journey of discovery- of learning that some of the largest barriers to success are the ones we put upon ourselves. Breaking these down, we can truly achieve extraordinary things." Ray founded impossible2Possible (i2P), www.impossible2possible.com, an organization that aims to inspire to reach beyond their perceived limits, educates youth through adventure learning, inclusion and participation in expeditions. i2P youth are ambassadors for social and environmental action. - Artist Catherine Shane http://www.catherineshane.com/ After a long career with a telecommunications giant, Catherine Shane pursued her artistic passion and embarked on her “Make Your Walls Laugh” series of imaginative, whimsical and abstract acrylic paintings, utilizing vibrant colours and humour in paintings that tell a story and may encourage a chuckle or two. Catherine has studied with numerous artist mentors and has also studied the arts at
Sheridan College - Barbecues Galore is a Canadian owned and operated store located at 3100 Harvester Road in
Burlington - Keora Aveda Salon & Spa is located at 2025 Lakeshore Road in Burlington. It offers hair salon services, spa treatments and products all designed with little impact to our environment. Trained and up to date professionals and products that are 98% natural provide clients with quality and comforatble experiennces. They are strong supporters of many local charities.
- Tyler Lord of Hiperformance Personal Training Studios Inc. http://www.tylerlord.com/ Tyler Lord is a professional triathlete, coach and certified personal trainer, who has started HIPerformance Personal Training Studios Inc, specializing in specific training, nutrition and weight loss for all enthusiasts from beginner to advanced. Tyler has done some swim training with Melanie in the past.
- www.autoshare.com AutoShare members get convenient, self-serve, access to the greenest fleet of vehicles at over 100 locations across
Toronto Toronto - HSBC, RBC and TD Canada Trust. Melanie found out about Lake Ontario Waterkeeper through RBC's Blue Water Project. A project whos aim is to help protect the world's most precious natural resource: fresh water, by:
*providing grants to not-for-profit organizations that protect watersheds and provide or ensure access to clean drinking water.
*promoting responsible and sustainable water use with our employees and clients through education and awareness programs that create an understanding of the value and vulnerability of our water resources; and to reduce the intensity of our own water footprint;
*by encouraging the growth of North American businesses that develop and commercialize innovative solutions to the water issues facing the world and increase our ability to provide financial services to these companies;
*taking a leadership role to encourage the involvement of other corporations and encourage a spirit of collaboration among and between all sectors to help protect the world's freshwater. - The following individuals also contributed items personally or helped find contributors: Fiona Lowden, Melanie Price and William Johnson, Lorna and Ross Johnson, Geoff Farrow, Jennifer Fisher, Tony DeLuca, Gene Pettinelli, Rob Kent, Andrew Ullock, Dave Bilton
