TOCA Staff takes ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

TOCA Staff – Den Gardner, Barb Ulschmid and Kristy Mach – took the ALS “Ice-Bucket Challenge” and donated to honor the 2006 Environmental Communicator of the Year Kevin Trotta, who is afflicted with ALS.  Kevin, as we all know, is nationally known for his work on improving athletic fields and other turgrass areas, reducing their environmental footprint. His IPM work in New York schools significantly improved sports fields and other turfgrass areas. He has been a friend in our industry for more than 30 years.

 TOCA Ice Bucket Challenge (Video of the craziness.)

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Can you put your company together during a noon-hour or before or after work or on a weekend and take the challenge? What a way for TOCA members to show their support for one of our leaders in the industry and someone TOCA has recognized for outstanding work.

To handle your donation to Kevin and his team for ALS research, please see note below from Kevin to TOCA.

Thank you so much for your interest. I’ve put all the details below, in a format that provides appropriate links to our efforts with the ALS Association. (The same association that is the focus of the ‘viral’ Ice Bucket Challenge, making the Challenge and our Walk to Defeat ALS more than compatible.) Here is a link for our (growing) team of family and friends, FYI. http://web.alsa.org/site/TR/Walks/GreaterNewYork?team_id=307503&pg=team&fr_id=10147

This is such an important cause. Some of us believe that the greatest advances made in the 75 years since Gehrig, have been in wheelchair technology. Believe me, the need is great.