Up the Creek Without a PADDLE Reminder

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Rotaract Club of North Bay-Nipissing
News Release

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The Rotaract Club of North Bay-Nipissing, partnered with the North Bay Canoe Club is back again for the 2nd Annual Up the Creek Without a PADDLE.

This exciting fundraising event will take place at Olmsted Beach on Friday, August 20, 2009 from 1-3 p.m. in support of the Providing Adults with Developmental Disabilities Lifelong Experiences (PADDLE) Program.

The event will find local politicians, business leaders and other community members stranded in a dragon boat on Trout Lake where they will have to solicit donations from their friends, families and colleagues in order to purchase a paddle to return to shore.

Members of the North Bay Canoe Club have also been collecting pledges for a spin-off event called PADDLE for PADDLE and will be paddling around the lake throughout the event in support of the program.

PADDLE is a growing, community-based program that provides adults with special needs lifelong learning experiences through academics, physical fitness, life skills education, recreation and leisure. To learn more about PADDLE visit www.paddlenorthbay.ca.

Rotaract is Rotary-sponsored service club for young men and women ages 18 to 30. It is Rotary’s most significant and fastest-growing service program, with more than 7,000 clubs in about 163 countries and geographical areas.

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