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For Immediate Release
December 28, 2009
HHYF WELCOMES NEW TRUSTEES TO BOARD
The Harness Horse Youth Foundation Board of Trustees recently elected two new trustees to the group. Sam McKee from New Jersey and Claire Chappell from New York will now serve.
Sam McKee is currently employed by The Meadowlands as Director of Simulcasting/Announcer and offered “it’s an honor to be a part of the HHYF board. Without more people being interested in, exposed to and getting involved in harness
racing, our future in extremely limited. The HHYF programs are making an impact and getting bigger and better every year. I'm looking forward to being a part of the organization's growth and expansion."
No one is a bigger fan of harness racing than Claire Chappell who actively participates in and supports she and her husband’s successful racing stable. She shared “the world of harness racing is worth preserving and promoting. Many of the young adults active in harness racing have told me that they attended one of the youth camps and that these camps had an important influence on their current involvement with harness racing. Thus I hope working with HHYF will help both the kids directly served and the world of harness racing, as well as giving me the chance to work on a meaningful project with a great group.”
The board also reelected its current slate of officers: Callie Davies-Gooch, President; Paul Fontaine, Vice President; Leah Cheverie, Secretary; Marlys Pinske, Treasurer.
Established in 1976, the Harness Horse Youth Foundation addresses youth education throughout the United States and Canada. A charitable organization, the HHYF continues to enlarge and improve its programs. For more information about the organization and its programs, please call the HHYF office at 317-867-5877 or visit www.hhyf.org.
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