<WAVES January 2008>

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2007: Year in Review

RiverQuest Feature

RiverQuest Programs

RiverQuestion of the Month

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January 2008

2007: Year in Review

Another Eventful Year on the Water

This has been an exciting year for RiverQuest, full of challenges and opportunities. As we ring in the New Year, we would like to take this opportunity to share with you a snapshot of RiverQuest accomplishments for calendar year 2007.

• RiverQuest School Programs served more than 4,000 students.

• RiverQuest Teacher Programs served nearly 200 teachers.

• RiverQuest's Public Adventure Sails attracted 500 passengers.

• RiverQuest activities at events served an additional 1,500 visitors.

• RiverQuest welcomed Jim Roddey as new Board President.

We hope you'll join us on the rivers in 2008. Happy New Year!

Your Support makes RiverQuest possible.

RiverQuest offers heartfelt thanks to all of our supporters: foundations, corporations, government agencies, organizations, and individuals. Your support helps RiverQuest pursue its mission every day of the year, with students of all ages. For a complete list of contributors, click here.

	This is the perfect time to make or renew your gift in support of RiverQuest education programs. Whether you're a supporter of unique educational opportunities for tomorrow's leaders, an advocate of environmental stewardship, or a lover of all things related to the rivers of Pittsburgh--your support of RiverQuest education programs will satisfy all three!
	> Click here for more information: Pledge your Support for RiverQuest programs

RiverQuest Summer Camp Schedule - coming soon

It's never too early to look forward to summer! The RiverQuest 2008 Summer Camp schedule will be posted online in mid-January, with popular camps like Bugs & Boats and River Science Camp, and more, with programs designed for kids ages 5-17!

> Click here for information: RIverQuest Summer Camps

RiverTales Come to Your School!

Available through March: hands-on 45-minute classroom-based, environment and river-themed activities for elementary school students can come to your school. Each program is adapted for grade levels ranging from K-6, and provides a perfect lift from the mid-winter classroom doldrums!

> Click here for more information: RiverQuest RiverTales

On January 31, 1956, a B-25 bomber on route to an air force base in Harrisburg, PA, crash-landed in the Monongahela River, just downstream from the Homestead Grays Bridge. For decades, the "ghost bomber" has inspired debate over what the plane may have been carrying, and whether or not the wreckage was recovered from the river.

What really happened to the remains of the B-25 bomber?

Click here for this month’s RiverQuestion of the Month.

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