Dorwin Hamm Memorial Scholarship Winner presents her program

   Michele Watkins, a student at SUNY-Cobleskill, was selected by the Schoharie County Conservation Association to receive one of this year's Dorwin Hamm Memorial Scholarships.  Fields of Grace Outreach was pleased to be asked to be among those organizations that were sponsoring this year's scholarships. 

   She presented her program on Thursday, May 10th at the Middleburgh Library to an enthusiastic crowd.  Her project was done on the environmental capacity for salamanders at Looking Glass Pond.  Her power point presentation prompted many questions regarding her project and the salamander population at the pond. 

    At the end of her own program, Michele presented a power point of one of the other winning projects which detailed the trout count on one of the local creeks.

    Michele will be continuing her studies toward her masters in the field of environmental science, possibly teaching at the high school or college level.  We were happy to be able to award her this year's scholarship.

     Click here to view a further description of Michele's project.

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2012 GRACE RACE RESULTS!

This year's GRACE RACE, Saturday, April 21st, helped benefit the flood relief Fields of Grace is able to give to those impacted by the devastating flooding in Schoharie.  A portion of the proceeds went to help the residents of Schoharie County with recovery and rebuilding.

The event brought out many new faces as well as our veteran runners and walkers from past years.  Participants ranged in age from 3 years old to 80. A huge thank you goes out to all those who participated in running or walking the course and to the volunteers.  The volunteers who manned the water stations, called times along the course, helped set up and work the registration point at Twin Oaks, set up the BBQ and Awards areas on the Fields of Grace site, guided traffic, set up and worked at the finish line, and all who stayed to clean up were greatly appreciated and helped make the day run smoothly.  A special thanks also to the "Crossroad Riders" chapter of CMA (Christian Motorcyclists of Am.) who provided all the equipment and volunteers to prepare the BBQ food and early morning coffee too!  

Many more youth participated this year as each year Fields of Grace seeks to involve younger people in this healthy, outdoor event. 

We are especially thankful to all of our sponsors this year who continue to encourage the growth in mind, body, and spirit, through fun outdoor activities for the youth and young adults of our area.

This year's 4th Annual GRACE RACE sponsors: Twin Oaks Campground, Stewart's Shops, Aaron's Electric, Price Chopper-Cobleskill, Middleburgh Rod & Gun Club, Howe Caverns, Chobani Greek Yogurt, Bush Lumber, Barnett Insurance Agency, Fred's Sanitation, Middle Village Pasta & Grill, Good Gun Buys, H & R Block-Cobleskill, "Alleluia Archers" chapter of the Christian Bowhunters of Am., Fenimore Asset Management, "Crossroad Riders" chapter of the Christian Motorcyclists of Am., Greiner Home Improvements, Evangelical Lutheran Church, Say It With Shirts, the Meredith, Waring and Merritt Families, WSDE Radio, Schoharie County Chapter of Whitetails Unlimited, NBT Bank-Cobleskill, and Road ID which provides the runners'/walkers' bibs each year.

More photos ...

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NEW MEMBER of ADVISORY BOARD

 The most recent member of the Fields of Grace Outreach Advisory Board, Matt Avitable, was voted upon and received at the March Board of Directors Meeting.  Matt has been digging in with his position already, helping tremendously at the Annual Grace Race.  He has sat on the Youth Commission in Middleburgh also and we are looking forward to collaborating on future events with him.  Welcome aboard, Matt.

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FLOOD RECOVERY MOVING FORWARD