COLORADO CONNECTION

Colorado Connection

The well-known Colorado truck stop, Johnson’s Corner (http://johnsonscorner.com/), has become a staunch supporter of the NSA Trail Crew program. To that end, they have declared September 14 as “Smokejumper Day” and are going to donate 15% of the proceeds that day to our Trails program. They will have a display area for pictures of our activities. They did the same thing last year, from which we received almost $1,000.

They have also supported two specific trails projects, (thanks at least in part to the effort of Stan Linnertz MSO ‘61) one in Utah and one of the Stanley, ID projects by supplying all food, and even sending one of their employees with the company van to cook it.

So what can you do? If you would like to hang out that day, or part of it, contact Stan Linnertz stan@cmca.Com. Or, if you are ever in Colorado on I-25 between Longmont and Fort Collins, take Exit 254 and drop in. Identify yourself as a Smokejumper and say “Thanks for the support of the Trail Crew”. They just may say “Thanks” right back in a very pleasant way.

If you aren’t in the area, you can still say “Thanks”. Go to the link above and find a “Contact us” button to send them an email message.

They have a list of “Our Affiliations”. Along with the usual 4-H, Boys & Girls club, and other very worthy causes, you will find a link to the NSA Trails Maintenance Resource page maintained by Bill Ruskin (CJ ’58).