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2006 Awards Granted

 Supported by private donations, raffles, and calendar sales, Send Them To Greenland is proud to announce the first two monetary awards of its history.

The first, in the amount of $1,000 dollars, is being awarded to Alison Sigethy, a Maryland kayaker who intends to compete in the 2006 Greenland National Kayaking Championships, to be held in Sisimiut, West Greenland, in July 2006.  For more information on Alison, please visit her website at: www.goingtogreenland.com wherein she describes her motivations and plans. A longtime kayaker, she has recently caught the ‘skinny stick’ bug, and we are looking forward to her sharing her cultural and competitive experiences with North American kayakers, upon her return.

The second grant, for $750 dollars, is being awarded to Vernon Doucette, editor of the Qajaq Journal, for the specific purpose of conducting an in-depth interview with the renowned qajaq scholar, H. C Peterson. This interview is slated to appear, in English, in a future volume of the Qajaq Journal, published biannually by Qajaq USA, an affiliated chapter of Qaannat Kattuffiatt.

Those of you who have donated to, or are interested in the goals of this fund may have recently noticed that STTG has modified and expanded the goals of its mission statement to include projects such as the Peterson interview. We believe that projects such as these can and should be a part of the Send Them To Greenland Mission, which now states:

Send Them To Greenland is a fundraising organization that seeks to support and enhance the relationship between Greenlanders & those North Americans interested in Greenlandic kayaking techniques. Candidates for Send Them To Greenland grant awards must demonstrate respect for the culture and the hospitality of the Greenlandic people.

We would like to thank all of the folks who, over the last 18 months, have made donations and calendar purchases, small and large. Without your support, these two individuals would go wanting, and we believe that the North American G-Style community would be poorer for it.

Sincerely,

Cheri Perry
Turner Wilson
Ed Zachowski

Executive Directors
Send Them To Greenland Fund