Many of the people who are submitted to me for inclusion are very shy about their participation when I call to interview them. I hear the following phrases over and over again. There are others more deserving than I am. I'd like to respond to these comments individually. No one volunteer is more or less deserving of a little praise than any one else.
Different efforts accomplish different things.
We do not want to assign value or ranking to any volunteer effort for the trail. People have varying amounts of time and abilities to spend on trail work. Diversity of talents is a key ingredient in the success of promoting and protecting the trail, i.e. the computers, telephones and rocks which we'll get to eventually. I would agree that there are many long-time trail supporters who have not been featured, but one of YOU must request that person to be interviewed. Each person who is featured here has been submitted to me by another person or persons from the local area where the featured volunteer lives or works.