On Friday, September 3, 2021, Lori Pugh, Mary Phelan and Veronica Berounsky swam the 6 mile length of Narrow River for the second year in a row! More great photos are included below!
Check out this essay by swimmer and Narrow River enthusiast Veronica Berounsky about this swim!
Veronica Berounsky swam to raise awareness for the improving water quality conditions in the Narrow River, celebrating the enjoyable place it is for swimming. She also swam to support “Donate Life” which encourages people to sign up to be an organ donor, because she donated a kidney 6 years ago and knows firsthand how that decision to donate saves lives. Even with one kidney, Veronica is physically fit to swim the length of Narrow River!
Lori Pugh is an internationally recognized artist from North Kingstown, and Mary Phelan is a realtor with the Narragansett office for Residential Properties. Veronica Berounsky is a coastal ecologist staff member at the University of Rhode Island, Vice President of Narrow River Preservation Association, and Chair of the RI Rivers Council.
More information about Donate Life here: https://www.donatelife.net/
THANK YOU TO ALL who made the 2020 Source to Sea Swim a huge success!!
On Monday, September 14, 2020, Lori Pugh, Keith Ballard and Veronica Berounsky swam the 6 mile length of Narrow River! This “Source to Sea – the Narrow River Long Swim” was a great success.
The swimmers raised over $2,000 funds for Narrow River Preservation Association (NRPA) during its 50th year, highlighting the river as a wonderful place to swim.
Veronica Berounsky also swam to raise awareness for “Donate Life” which encourages people to sign up to be an organ donor, because she donated a kidney 5 years ago and she knows how that can save lives. And even with one kidney, Veronica is physically fit to swim the length of Narrow River.
Lori Pugh is an internationally recognized artist from North Kingstown, and Keith Ballard is the owner of Wakefield Running Company. Veronica Berounsky is a coastal ecologist, Vice President of Narrow River Preservation Association, and Chair of the RI Rivers Council.
Photos of the event can be seen at narrowriver.org/sourcetosea and on the NRPA Facebook page, which also includes videos.
More information about Donate Life here: https://www.donatelife.net/
