CTSF Test Division shows support for Ride 2 Recovery event

By Madeline Wright, CTSFMarch 22, 2012

CTSF Test Division shows support for Ride 2 Recovery event
Guest speaker, Lt. Col. Patricia "Patty" Collins extolls the virtues of a healthy lifestyle. Collins, a paralympic national champion cyclist in road racing and time trials, helped draw the winning names for a fund-raising give-away that included as p... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

The CTSF Test Cell hosted a "Go Green, Get Healthy" luncheon, a give-away, and sold Ride 2 Recovery (R2R) t-shirts, in support of the R2R cycling program, and its local participants David McClung, CTSF Technical Director, and contractor Bill Crain.

The Test Cell's donation to R2R from these events was $407.

Lt. Col. Patricia Collins, commander, 57th Signal Battalion, a national paralympic cycling champion, was the guest speaker at the luncheon.

She advised CTSF Test Division personnel to start exercis-ing and to not give in to excuses for not taking good care of their bodies. Her speech motivated several Test personnel to start ex-ercising the following weekend.

The giveaway consisted of three bicycles, 2 work out bas-kets, 2 reusable lunch bags, a kettle bell basket, a Guinness beer basket, a smoothie blender basket, and an exercise ball basket, and 28 consolation prizes consisting of reusable bags, water bot-tles, garden plaques, and vegetable and flowering plant kits. As a "thank you" for supporting the event, each Test Cell member received a reusable water bottle.

The t-shirts were designed by Donna Bryant, Test Floor Manager, and sold to CTSF personnel. To show our support, Test Cell members will wear the t-shirts at the III Corps R2R Ceremony April 19.