6th Annual Jonathan Gilmour Scholarship Fund Ride and Walk

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The 6th Annual Jonathan Gilmour Scholarship Fund Ride and Walk

Saturday, May 11th at the Lawrence Barn in Hollis, NH

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The 6th Annual Jonathan Gilmour Memorial Scholarship Fund Ride and Walk, to be held on Saturday, May 11, 2013 in Hollis, NH is a bike-a-thon and walk-a-thon to benefit the Jonathan Gilmour Memorial Scholarship Fund.

Both the ride and walk will once again begin and end at Hollis’ historic Lawrence Barn, feature multiple routes that are specially designed for cyclists or walkers ranging from beginner to expert, and culminate with a festive barbecue for riders and volunteers, as well as their families and friends. Proceeds will support Zoo New England’s Jonathan Gilmour Memorial Scholarship Fund.

Details: The annual ride/walk will have three routes of 10, 25 and 50 miles that follow Hollis area roads of varying terrain. Walkers will follow a 3-mile course along lightly-traveled roads around the Lawerence Barn.

A large picnic for all participants, their families and friends, and volunteers will follow the ride/walk.

Registration runs from 8-10 a.m. Registration fee is $25 each, free for children under 12. Suggested fundraising minimum is $100.

Protecting Wildlife at Home and Abroad

Thanks to your generous support, in just the first 7 years of the Scholarship, 38 Zoo New England award winners have been able to participate in a variety of local and international conservation initiatives. Here are just a few examples:

• Reintroduction of endangered drill baboons back into the wild of Nigeria.


• The use of radio transmitters to study population dynamics of endangered turtles in Massachusetts.


• Assessment of the impact of jaguar predation on marine turtle populations in Costa Rica.


• Restoration of Atlantic puffin colonies off the coast of Maine.

The Gilmour Scholarship Awards, and the extraordinary work they support, are only possible because of your generosity and that of your fellow Gilmour Fund riders, walkers and donors. Thank you for being part of this remarkable effort and we hope to see you on May 11th!

For more information about the Scholarship Fund or to make a donation click here.