Renee to Attend Glastonbury Family YMCA Benefit
This Saturday – May 15 – from 3 to 5 PM Renee will lending her efforts at the Glastonbury McDonald’s to help support the Glastonbury Family YMCA’s ‘Strong Kids Financial Assistance Fund.’
To create a carnival-like atmosphere, the YMCA has arranged for a Dunk Tank; Face Painting; Hair Braiding/Decorating; Inflatable Bouncy House and Obstacle Course; Carnival Games and Prizes. Renee, who years prior served on the Glastonbury Family YMCA Board of Directors, will be signing autographs during the afternoon of excitement.
[/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]“If you’re in the area, stop by and join in the fun. Across the nation, the YMCA provides a wonderful service for the community. In fact, as a kid, I did gymnastics for years with our YMCA. This is a great chance to help support a great cause and I’m honored to be asked to participate,” Renee recently expressed.
NY ‘Shoot For A Cure’ Benefit Event addded to Renee’s Schedule
On Saturday, June 19 Renee will be making her first appearance with the team’s newest partner – Shoot For A Cure.
As a representative of UNION Insurance Group, Renee will travel to Clinton, NY to the Clinton Fish & Game Club for the 1st Annual New York Shoot For A Cure – benefiting the Christin Gachowski Martin Foundation.
For those unfamiliar with the organization, Shoot For A Cure draws on the fun and excitement of sporting clays shooting to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for leukemia and MS research.
For the past seven years, Shoot For A Cure has been bringing together Labor Unions, outdoor organizations, business leaders and elected officials for a great cause. And they’re growing! During 2010 they have nine events scheduled in fourteen states; with a goal of raising $250,000.
“I’ve never participated in an event like this, but it’s something I’m looking forward to. Sporting clays shooting sound like a lot of fun and, more importantly, hopefully we’ll help to raise some much needed research funds,” explained Renee.
For those interested in participating – or becoming a sponsor of the June 19th event – please click here for details. For more information on the wonderful organization, please visit www.ShootForACure.us.
Stafford’s Spring Sizzler
Renee signs an autograph for a young fan. Hodge Photo.
After a one week delay – because of rain showers – the 39th annual Spring Sizzler event went off without a hitch at Connecticut’s Stafford Motor Speedway on Saturday, May 1.
The day began with Stafford’s annual ‘CARQUEST Belts & Hoses Pit Party.’ All of the teams in attendance participated in the hour-long festivities. Stafford’s Pit Party always provides a great opportunity for interaction between drivers and fans; and Saturday was certainly no exception.
Following the Pit Party the WMT held a brief 30 minute practice session.
“We were pretty happy with the car during practice. We did more than hold our own running with some top cars, so we figured we were good to go,” said Renee.
When the green flag dropped the UNION Insurance Group No. 90 held their own for a while, but eventually slipped back with a loose race car. With two long green flag runs to start the race off – and with a badly handling race car – the team made the decision to make a dreaded green flag stop.
“The car was so bad, we pitted under green for some chassis adjustments and fresh rubber. From there on out the car ran decent – but we were so many laps down, there was no sense in trying to run with anybody. At that point you just want to finish the day and not take any chance of wrecking the car.”
In the end, the team finished 18th. Despite the disappointing run, they did however move up one spot in the point standings and are now ranked 12th.
“We’ve identified a couple problem areas and will address them when we go back to Stafford at the end of the month.”
As Renee mentioned, the WMT is off until they return to Stafford on Friday, May 28 for the 20th annual TSI Harley Davidson 125-lap event.
For photos from the weekend, courtesy of Mary and Howie Hodge, please check out our gallery.
