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Meredith McClurg

Meredith McClurg is the Founder of Rivers & Roads a nonprofit organization that is a community-driven, agricultural-based after-school and summer program that aims to teach local teens the importance of empathy, kindness and giving back.

In the fall of 2020 Meredith helped launch the first ever local teen center in Fryeburg, ME where Rivers & Roads was born. This summer they piloted an agricultural and culinary based program that has been a huge success, partnering with a local farm to harvest vegetables and learn how to prepare and cook them and have even created Fryeburg's first community garden!

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Dustin Stallberg

Dustin Stallberg started wheelchair basketball when he first moved to the USA in 2012. He was only 10 years old. A few years later he tried wheelchair racing alongside his mother Bianca, who ran. Together they put in work and practiced in their community, looking for roads and tracks that were wheelchair accessible. They completed their first half marathon before Dustin even had a specific wheelchair track chair.

Then in 2020, Dustin and his mother finished their first marathon. An incredible accomplishment. Dustin is passionate about training and is attending the University of Arizona where he’ll continue to push forward to even faster races!

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Maly Romero

Maly Romero is the Founder of Kona Playgrounds Foundation on the big island of Hawaii. KPF’s mission is to provide financial relief to parks in distressed conditions in Kailua Kona. They believe that all children deserve to have access to safe and fun playgrounds and that every community deserves equitable access.

Their board of directors is comprised of local community moms who are heavily invested in repairing community parks. Their foundation is a strictly volunteer organization and relies on fundraising from community donors and grants.

Details about their upcoming fundraising event and more about their Foundation can be found here.

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Alison Rootberg

Meet Alison Rootberg....she just won $1000 for Wellness4Every1, a Women Owned Small Business committed to providing equitable access to high-quality arts and wellness programming for schools across the country!

Alison Rootberg founded Wellness4Every1® with a vision to help others by working with local artists and professional athletes to lead weekly classes encouraging students and staff to stay active, express themselves, build community, and create inspiration. The past decade, Alison has turned this vision into a reality through her hard-work, resilience, and genuine nature. It is through Alison's dedication, and the partnerships she has made, that Wellness4Every1® has helped over 120 schools in Chicago, Connecticut, Denver, New York, and New Jersey reaching over 10,000 students!

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Eddie Holmes

Eddie Holmes is a retired teacher, High School coach, Elementary School Principal and now the President of the Gulf Coast Bicycle Club which promotes cycling of all types to all levels of riders. GCBC hosts events for beginners as well as season veterans with group rides that promote not just cycling but health and fitness as well. In the past five years GCBC has increased their number of events and works with the city of Gulfport promoting family rides that allow a social gathering of riders and community leaders. They also host a Christmas Bicycle Drive and have collected over 700 bicycles for children donated to schools and organizations along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

Eddie credits GCBC’s success to its riders and volunteers for their work!