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Y’s 26-Day Challenge starts on June 1 Press Release
The Southington-Cheshire Community YMCAs are preparing for their annual 26-Day Challenge to raise $36,500 total for both communities to support the Race4Chase Youth Triathlon program. The goal is to raise $20,000 in Southington and $17,000 in Cheshire ($10,000 of that goal has been raised to date).
Each participant in the 26Day Challenge has been asked to raise monetary donations with an overall goal of $510 per person to help make up the remaining $27,000. The challenge will kick-off on June 1 with YMCA CEO Mark Pooler, followed by 26 volunteers in both Southington and Cheshire. Volunteer athletes include YMCA board members and staff, teachers and
faculty, business owners, Y young athletes he inspires members and community each summer. leaders. The Race4Chase Youth All will be running, bikTriathlon program, offered ing or swimming 2.6 miles for free to young athletes, for 26 consecutive days in is run at over 29 sites memory of Chase Kowals- across Connecticut, Rhode ki and the other students Island and South Carolina. and teachers who lost The programs in Souththeir lives at Sandy Hook ington and Cheshire allow Elementary School on young athletes from the Dec. 14, 2012. two communities to train Chase Kowalski competed for six weeks and compete in his first triathlon in the in a real triathlon on Aug. 5 at YMCA Camp Sloper. fall of 2012 and now his memory lives on in the On June 1, Mark Pooler
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Reader app
Symphony
The OverDrive reading app has been discontinued. The Cheshire Public Library is advising patrons to switch to Libby, OverDrive’s newer app. For more details about the switch to Libby, visit cheshirelibraryblog.com.
The Cheshire Symphony Orchestra is in its 37th season under the direction of Dr. Hilarie Clark Moore. For information about joining, visit cheshiresymphony.org.
Cheshire FD
The Town of Cheshire provides a container at 1304 Waterbury Road (adjacent to the Town Garage) for disposal of residential grass clippings and leaves.
Applications for membership to the Cheshire Fire Department are always welcome. Visit cheshirefd.org.
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Each day after June 1 another runner in each community will join him and run or exercise each consecutive day until June 26.
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