TABLE OF CONTENTS
A HISTORY OF THE EAST LYME PUBLIC TRUST FOUNDATION
September 2021
June M. Hoye
Publicity Chairperson
PREFACE
The East Lyme Public Trust Foundation would like to express its profound gratitude to June Hoye for her work in producing this history section for our website. As our volunteer Director of Publicity for many years, she has authored, often with an engaging personal touch, many of the stories included that describe our past activities. She is, in fact, our historian.
THE DREAMERS
PAPPAS AND GIONET – Two Men with a Bold Vision
THE DOERS
IN THE BEGINNING
VOLUNTEERS WHO MADE THE VISION A REALITY
Bob DeSanto and John Hoye – the Godfather of the Boardwalk and the Voice of the Boardwalk
Jim Gallagher – Beach Grasses and Monitoring
Serendipity Volunteers – Michael J. Burnett, Wayne Gronlunds
ENHANCEMENTS TO THE BOARDWALK
Plaques – The Soul of a Community
BEYOND THE BOARDWALK
The Promise of Tomorrow’s Trees
DONATIONS THROUGH THE DECADES
Funding to Build the Boardwalk and Value Added