Camillus Volunteers First to Enroll
SYRACUSE – Volunteers from Erie Canal Park in
Camillus were designated New York State’s first “Canal Ambassadors,” the
New York State Canal Corporation announced today.
The Canal Ambassador Program will enlist
volunteers across New York State to help canal communities
welcome tourists, maintain parks and waterfronts, give tours of historic
facilities, and offer services at festivals and events.
Volunteers who sign up and qualify for the
program receive a certificate designating them as a Canal Ambassador and a
shirt to identify them as participants in the program.
Howard P. Milstein, Chairman of the Thruway
Authority and Canal Corporation, said, “As New Yorkers, we are proud of our
heritage, history, and tradition of hospitality. Nowhere is this pride more
evident than in the spirit of volunteerism found in Camillus. Our first
Ambassadors here set a standard to inspire even more volunteers statewide to
become involved in their canalside communities.”
Canal Corporation Director Brian U. Stratton
said, “The innovative Canal Ambassador program will help New Yorkers become
more invested in and connected with the waterway which made New York the Empire
State. We are grateful for the support and hard work of these volunteers”
David W. Beebe, D.D.S., founder and director of
the Camillus Erie Canal Park, said, “I commend the Canal Corporation for
developing this new program that recognizes the efforts of these volunteers who
work tirelessly to keep the Erie Canal Park in tip-top shape.”
Established is 1972, Camillus Canal Park
includes a replica of an Erie Canal store, a fully restored Erie Canal aqueduct
over Nine Mile Creek, and other exhibits and attractions. Staffed by
volunteers, the park offers visitors a variety of informational and entertaining
opportunities ranging from more than 10 miles of scenic wooded paths and
walkways, to boat rides along the historic Erie Canal.
Click here to register as a Canal Ambassador.
For more information about the Camillus Erie
Canal Park, click here.
Photo courtesy of http://canalny.com.
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