Join the fun On April 26th, from 1 to 3 pm with
Carolina Mountains Credit Union, along with RiverLink, The Forest
Service, and the Little River Volunteer Fire Department collaborating to
celebrate the completion and opening of the New French Broad River Access at
Penrose, NC, near Brevard. The event, to be held at 170 Apac Drive in
Penrose, is part of the Earth Month River Celebration and will begin at 1 p.m.
CMCU's special event, called "When Pigs Swim!" , will be a Swimming
Pig River Race at 2 p.m. This race will be on the order of a rubber duck
race, where children can choose a plastic pig, put their name on it, and then
cheer along their favorite swimming pig to compete for prizes for first,
second, and third pig to the dock. All pigs involved in the race will be
rescued by the Little River Fire Department's Swift Water Rescue Team at the
end of the race.
You must
be present to win! And there is a limit of 150 pigs to enter the race!
There will also be a special
appearance by Penny, the Pig, the Carolina Mountains mascot. Carolina
Mountains Credit Union and its parent organization, Self-Help Credit Union,
have a long-standing relationship with RiverLink. Volunteers from CMCU
have participated for years in RiverLink's Adopt-A-Stream days, helping to keep
the French Broad River a place to live, work, and play. RiverLink also
recognized Self-Help in 2012 with a RiverBusiness Award for its economic
development work in the River District. Self-Help's entry in the 2012
Anything That Floats parade, the Fabulous Floating Floral Fantasy, was that
year's winner in the "Most Creative" category. Self-Help
is also one of the sponsors this year of RiverLink's Voices of the River art
and poetry contest.
Carolina Mountains Credit Union
was originally chartered by the Employees of Dupont. The land that this new
river access is on was once owned by Dupont, who gave it to the Fire Department
for water rescue training. The Fire Department signed it over to the
Forest Service, who, in turn, worked with RiverLink to develop this new
river access point.
RiverLink staff will be present
and offer watershed education and hands-on activities with the children.
This event is free and open to
the public. For more information, contact Connie Corn at 828-884-8835.
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