Thank You for a Great Stroll Weekend! Tens of Thousands Came to See the Strolling of the Heifers Parade and Slow Living Expo on June 6
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Thank you for a great Stroll Weekend! Tens of thousands came to see the Strolling of the Heifers Parade and Slow Living Expo on June 6. Many, many thanks to everyone for turning out to support and honor our farmers! And thanks also to: • the many engaged citizens from throughout the United States and abroad who came to Brattleboro for the Slow Living Summit • all who enjoyed the Gallery Walk Street Festival and the finals of our Bread Baking Contest • all who came to our Famous Farmers Breakfast at The Marina on Sunday, and who took part in our Farm Tours • and the hundreds of cyclists who rode in the Tour de Heifer. Please make a note of next year's Stroll Weekend dates: June 3-4-5, 2016 (Parade: June 4, 2016, 10 a.m., downtown Brattleboro) Visit us online, year round: www.strollingoftheheifers.com, www.slowlivingsummit.org Join our e-mail lists for regular updates: use e-mail sign-up box on our site home pages. Purchase Stroll shirts, caps and gifts Join Strolling of the Heifers and Slow Living at any time via the online store at THANKS!! Summit on Facebook and Twitter! www.strollingoftheheifers.com THANK YOU!! Strolling of the Heifers To make a tax-deductible contribution: Visit our web site www.strollingoftheheifers.com to make a PayPal or credit card contribution Or mail your contribution to: Strolling of the Heifers, 105 Partridge Road, East Dummerston, VT 05346 Our year-round mission and purpose is to help save family farms by connecting people with healthy local foods. Listed below are the many, many people, businesses and organizations that help make that possible. When you get a chance, please tell these folks you appreciate what they do for Strolling of the Heifers. PRESENTING SPONSOR Robust/Valley Rentals, Sales Maple Harvest Specialties Brattleboro Area Realty Vicki Friedman, Volunteer The Boys & Girls Club of Brendan O'Donnell SLOW LIVING SUMMIT SLOW LIVING SUMMIT Helen Robb & Service Maple Nut Kitchen LLC Brattleboro Area Prevention Coordinator Brattleboro Caryn & Reissa Shield SPONSORS SPEAKERS, ARTISTS AND Vern Grubinger Sam's Outdoor Outfitters Marlboro College Coalitions Bobbie Groves, Bread Baking NewBrook Elementary School Chuck & Mary Jeanne PANELISTS Allen Davis SEVCA Weatherization / Miller Designs Brattleboro Time Trade Committee & Pinterest Cheerleaders Perlmutter Judy Fink PRESENTING SPONSOR Anna Witholt Abaldo Best Energy Savings Morel Woodcarving Building Green Consultant Holstein Association USA INC. Dan & Katelyn Rivero Susie Crowther DIAMOND Jason Amundsen Technologies Naga Bakehouse Cai's Dim Sum Teahouse Sam Groves, Float designer US Senator Bernie Sanders Diana Bander Commonwealth Dairy Lucie Amundsen Silver Forest of Vermont New England Shea Butter LLC Campbell & Boyd Ins. and builder Leland and Gray Rebels Elizabeth Stouman Sutat Anthachai TOUR DE HEIFER Signature Sounds Recordings Newton Business Services, Inc. Drew Hazelton and Karen Samba Band Fred Lee PRIMARY MEDIA Maya Apfelbaum SPONSORS (Green River Festival) Northeast Delta Dental Champlain Orchards, Inc. Rancourt, Rescue Inc. Edward Jones Investments Gerri Nadeau PLATINUM SPONSORS Keith Arnold SPONSORS Southern Vermont Cable Northfield Mount Herman Clark Mortenson Insurance & Liaisons PAX - Program of Academic Jennifer Holan Crop Organic Vodka Marilyn Aronoff PRESENTING SPONSOR BCTV SPC Marcom School Farm Financial Services Shabir Kamal, Tour de Heifer Exchange Jennifer Jacobs Farmer’s Organic Gin Cimbria Badenhausen Brattleboro Reformer Taylor for Flowers and Gowns Orchard Hill Breadworks Crofter Moving and Storage John Keppler, Courtesy Carts Brattleboro Swim Team John & Peggy Stetzel Sandy River Charitable Enrique Balcazar 100.3 FM & 1490 AM WKVT Teddie Peanut Butter (The Peak Expeditions Dalem's Chalet, Inc. Beth Kiendl, Entertainment New England Youth Theatre Kayla Troiani Foundation Betzy Bancroft Leavitt Corp) Pine Heights of Brattleboro David Brown Realtor Chair Bonnyvale Environmental Kevin Taylor Jamie Baribeau MEDIA SPONSORS The Lintilhac Foundation Pine Shop Woodcrafters Duo Restaurant Bob Kirkpatrick, Police Liaison Education Center Kim Fine Silver SPONSOR Richard Berkfield KEY SPONSORS: Keene Sentinel The Works Bakery Café Pinnacleview Equipment Inc. Families First Beverly Langeveld, Baking Noodle Daisy Balloon Bike Lauri Miner Agro Living Ali Berlow Against the Grain Local Banquet Thompson House Prentiss Smith & Company, Fireworks Restaurant Competition Coordinator Girls Scouts of the Green Linda Rood Nicole Berube Green Mountain Creamery Rutland Herald Transcanada Inc. Fitts, Olson and Giddings, PLC, Martin Langeveld, Marketing & White Liz Steele PArtNERS John Steven Bianucci Horizon Organic Dairy 93.9 & 105.1 The River Vermont Businesses for Social R E Dunklee & Sons Law Offices Director Rich Earth Institute LouAnn Dodge Marlboro College Stephan Brandstatter LineSync Architecture The Commons Responsibility Rebecca M Jones MD Food Connects George LaPanne, Parking Brattleboro Union High School Lucas McKinney Global Round Table Ingrid Bredenberg Rudi’s Organic Bakery Vermont Public Radio Vermont Land Trust Red Hen Baking Co. Friends of Brooks Library Assistant Band Marilyn Gill Leadership Nancy Cain VTDigger Vermont Technical College Red Moon Artisans Granger Real Estate Fred Lee, tee-shirt pro The Grammar School Mark & Christina Schultz World Learning Margaret Christie BIKE SHOP SPONSORS: WCAX TV Vermont Vinyl Rich Earth Institute Green Mountain Division of Peter Lynch, Fire Dept. Liaison Grace Cottage Hospital Meg & Tom Harriman Building Green Timothy Cipriano Burrows Specialized Sports 96.7 FM & 1450 AM WTSA West Hill Shop Rigani Wood Fired Pizza the Society of American Steve Major, Veterinarian Relay for Life of Windham Meris Morrison Slow Money Stacia Clinton West Hill Shop Hot Country 104.9 WYRY WJD Enterprises River Valley Credit Union Foresters Kevin Parry, Sound County Michael Bosworth Taylor Cocalis Suarez Bicycles Unlimited Yankee Farm Credit Road Scholar Ker Westerlund Funeral Home Bob Perkins, Police Liaisonb WVEW Norb Johnston BRONZE SPONSORS Cindy Conner Quad Cycles SILVER Rockville Market Farm Kondos Crafts Helen Robb, support and The Commons Pastor Matt Miller Keurig Green Mountain Louisa Conrad Ben & Jerry's Ron King Lets Grow Kids inspiration Food Connects Peter Doubleday SUPPORTING Linesync Architecture Skye Cornell FOOD & SUPPLIES Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Saratoga Peanut Butter Members 1st Credit Union Steven Rowell, Parking & Oak Meadow Curriculum and Peter Green 18 Rabbits Lintilhac Foundation Elizabeth Ehrenberg DONORS: Brattleboro Retreat Company Michael J. Hertz Law Offices Bus Chair School Roger Turner A Candle in the Night Vermont Technical College Cyndal Ellis C & S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. Savor Milk Paint Steve Shriner, Tour de Heifer Yellow Barn Sarah Young Against the Grain A.L. Tyler & Sons Shanta L. Evans-Crowley Horizon Organic Dairy Sawyer-Made + Ingredient L Miller Brothers-Newton, Inc. Coordinator River Gallery School of Art Saskia Grooms Brueggers Aerus Electrolux PATRONS Dr. Michael Finkelstein LineSync Architecture Saxton River Distillery Mocha Joe's Inc. Donna Simons, Expo Vermont Workers Center Susan Avery Cabot Creamery Cooperative Allard Lumber Co. Antioch University New Paula Francis Price Chopper SBFK Inc Monkey Moon Challah & consultant Southern Vermont Dance Suzanne Hendricks Cape Cod Potato Chips American Cancer Society England Richard French Rudi's Organic Bakery Seacolors Yarnery at Catering Cindy Sterling, Zero Waste & Festival Twyla Wallace Clif Bar Amy's Bakery Café Ben and Jerry’s Abigail Gehring Udderly Smooth Meadowcroft Farm Moo Dooers / VNAP Expo Manager Bene Group for rCredits Victoria Chertok Commonwealth Dairy Anchor Seafood Restaurant Grassroots Capital Drew Gradinger United Natural Foods Inc. Seventh Generation Neighborhood Schoolhouse Peter Stickney, Parade World Learning/SIT Vivian Prunier Drew's All Natural Angry Goat Pepper Co. Management Alisa Gravitz Windham Foundation Sherwin Williams Co. NOFA VT Animals Chair Whetstone Ledges Farm Stand Winnie Morales Dunkin Donuts Anon's Thai Cuisine Trillium Asset Rachel Greenberger Antioch University Shin La Restaurant and Oak Meadow Curriculum and Elizabeth Stoumen, Sunrise Farm Float with Alan Equal Exchange EXPO & PARADE: Vern Grubinger BRONZE Appalachian Gap Distillery, Inc Sushi Bar School Administrative Assistant Greenleaf & the Doctor G. Housen Beth Perkins SUSTAINING SPONSORS Carol Hazen Against the Grain Bart's Ice Cream/Snow's Nice Shire City Herbals Inc. Fire Outer Limits Health Club Amelia Struthers, Dairy and Alfred Hughes, Jr. Grafton Village Cheese Brendan O'Donnell Cabot Creamery Cooperative Alison Hooper Aldi Cream Cider Phillips, Dunn, Shriver & Godmother Horizon Organic Dairy David Bingham Minuteman Press - Anore Horton Brattleboro Ford / Brattleboro Basin Farm Sidehill Farm Carroll, P.C. Hanna Thurber, Tour de Heifer PARADE MARSHALS Pete and Gerry's Organic Eggs Fred Lee Brattleboro Noah Hoskins-Forsythe Subaru Baystate Financial Sillie Puffs - Gourmet Cotton Phoenix House Coordinator Richard Chapin - Parade Rudi's Organic Bakery John Mudge New Society Publishers Bonnie Hudspeth Brattleboro Savings and Loan Big Rock Goat Farm Candy Pieciak & Company, Inc. Tristan Toleno, Executive Chef Coordinator Runa Mike Italia Trust Company of Vermont Seth Itzkan Brown Family Farm Blackberry Slump Saori Solar Source/The Melanson Pinnacleview Equipment Inc. Bob Trier, Expo consultant Linda Aiken Vermont Creamery Xian Anderson Katherine Jandernoa Efficiency Vermont Weaving Co. Putney Road Market