Ripple Effect: 2023 CIGLR Annual Magazine

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Stand Up for Great Lakes: PA D D L E B OA R D E R S R A I S E > $ 2 5 ,0 0 0 I N FI FTH G REAT LAK E CROSSI NG STAND UP FOR GREAT LAKES paddle boarders have finished

publicity surrounding their trips

their 8-year quest to cross all five of the Laurentian Great Lakes.

to raise money for a non-profit

Having already crossed Lake Michigan (2015), Lake Huron (2017),

organization that conducts

Lake Superior (2018), and Lake Erie (2019), Lake Ontario was all

research and educates the

that remained. Once again, the Stand Up for Great Lakes team

public about the Great Lakes.

partnered with CIGLR to raise over $25,000 that is helping to expand Lake Ontario flood control and shoreline restoration work, as well as train the next generation of Great Lakes scientists.

“CIGLR is doing spectacular work, and they have dedicated many research

The team includes Jeff Guy,

The trio believes that many

efforts to safeguard the Great

a financial advisor with

little actions yield big results.

Lakes ecosystem,” says

Merrill Lynch in Traverse

Jeff, Joe, and Kwin love the

Lorenz. “They are experts in

City, Michigan; Joe Lorenz, a

water, love the challenge,

Great Lakes issues, and we

personal trainer in Traverse

and love the Great Lakes,

are thrilled to have them on

City, Michigan; and Kwin

so why not raise awareness

board our team once again.”

Morris, a middle school

and resources while stand-up

science teacher in the Elk

paddleboarding?! As each lake

Rapids School District and the

crossing is completed, Stand

owner of Twin Birch Golf Club.

Up for Great Lakes uses the

Stand Up For Great Lakes also partnered with CIGLR in 2019 when the trio paddled 80 miles across Lake Erie, raising over $17,000. The team started at the Belle Isle State Park in Detroit, Michigan and traveled down the Detroit River before making the Lake Erie crossing to Catawba Island State Park in Ohio. Lake Ontario was the last of the Great Lakes for the trio to cross on stand-up paddleboards, and arguably

Jeff Guy, Kwin Morris, and Joe Lorenz are pictured here in June after paddling across Lake Ontario.

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