Family Day Rolls To Success

To the Editor:

On Sunday, October 21 Newtown Youth Services held Family Bikes, Blades, and Boards Day with about 90 participants enjoying the beautiful, scenic routes of Fairfield Hills and surrounding countryside. We appreciate the support of the community for this event and especially this year it was a pleasure to see families out together sharing some fun. We had a glorious day for being outdoors whether on roller blades, skateboards, bikes, tricycles, or scooters.

In recognition of all the work that went into making the day a success, we would like to take this opportunity to thank the following: Ski Market for the first prize scooters, Norelco, TC Cycle, the Bicycle Goodie Shop, Monroe Cycle Fitness, and Pepsi for the other wonderful prizes; Blue Jay Orchards, Dunkin Donuts, Bagelman, Dannon/Evian Water, Big Y and Stew Leonard for their generous food stops; Tunxis Management at Fairfield Hills; The Newtown Bee for helping us to promote our event; Newtown Congregational Church, Parks & Recreation, the Highway Department and Bob Tendler Real Estate for the use of their equipment.

Lastly, we truly appreciate the efforts of Bob Stowell, who with the assistance of the dependable duo of Debbe and Bob Burkhart, co-chaired the event for the sixth year along with the combined efforts of the NYS board members and the Youth Advisory Board and other volunteers, who helped to make this a most enjoyable family day.

Sincerely,

The Newtown Youth Services Staff,

Deborah W. Richardson

Jane Todorski

Anita Arnold

Roseanne Loring

Jonathan Aragones

41-A Main Street, Newtown                                       October 30, 2001