Islands National Special Event

To get your special Islands booklet, Mail a check for $10 to: Islands Special Event NW Tulip Trekkers PO Box 1603 Mount Vernon WA 98273 To receive your patch and hat pin, mail your completed booklet to the address above.

Island Hopping around the World
NW Tulip Trekkers are proud to sponsor the Islands Special Event. Simply participate in 20 sanctioned events that are on, or partially on, a named island anywhere in the world. Land masses that were once an island and are still called island (such as Grand Island, Nebraska) count too. The island can be in a lake, a river or salt water. The special event began June 1, 2007 and you can purchase your book until December 31, 2010.

Once you complete 20 sanctioned, qualifying events submit your book and receive a patch and hat pin. Take as long as you like to complete the book. We will hand out patches/hatpins as long as they last and we have plenty! Each book costs $10. We will not have a complete list of walks that qualify. Each club can determine if their walk qualifies for the program. If you find an event that is on a named island and the club doesn't mention that it qualifies, you can still stamp your book - and let the club know that their event qualifies for this Special Event! For more information, contact Helen Neher at close2u@fidalgo.net

Participants (so far) come from 31 U.S. States, 3 Canadian provinces, Germany and Austria. Some of the places we have seen listed in completed books are: Denmark, Great Britain, Canada, Japan, Nebraska, Virginia, Georgia, Arkansas, Washington, Oregon, Hawaii, North Carolina, Rhode Island and many more. Congratulations to the following people have completed the Islands Special Event and received their hat pin, patch and certificate:

	Dennis Kelly - Fresno, CA
	Sandra Donohue - Fresno, CA
	Curt Myron - Oak Harbor, WA
	Sheila Meeks - Beaverton, OR
	Shelagh Vogt - Sooke, BC
	John Vogt - Sooke, BC
	Sharon Fisher - Anacortes, WA
	Fred Fisher - Anacortes, WA
	Gordon D.C. Tyau - Honolulu, HI
	Ruth Asakura - Honolulu, HI
	Gilbert Okada - Honolulu, HI
	Marsha Okada - Honolulu, HI
	Andreas Lehner - Pregarten, Austria
	Shirley Stoklossa - Delta, BC
	Ellen Callahan - Langley, WA
	Jim Tompkins - Langley, WA
	Marie Weltz - Mount Vernon, WA
	Shelly Knezevich - Portland, OR
	Sheila Morrison- Lacey, WA
	Bob Morrison - Lacey, WA
	Donald Koch - Baltimore, MD
	Tamara Belts - Bellingham, WA
	Kathleen Lucus - Tacoma, WA
	Annette Tollett - Hampton, VA
	Lucy Voisine - Junction City, KS
	Tina Gerard - Bellevue, WA
	Nancy Wittenberg - Puyallup, WA