Runners, volunteers and committee thanked for Olympic Torch involvement

The Akwesasne Olympic Torch Committee held an appreciation dinner last Thursday evening to thank and recognize all those who were a part of Akwesasne’s involvement with the 2010 Olympic Torch Relay.

Among those honored were the official torchbearers Erin Seymour and Mike Benedict, Jr., runners Steevi King and Dave White, and Aronhaiaes Herne who was selected as a youth flame attendant. He accompanied the Olympic Flame from Greece, back to Canada and across the country as it made it’s relay to Vancouver.

In December, the Olympic Torch Relay came to Akwesasne where hundreds of community members gathered to celebrate the Olympic spirit at the A’nowara’kowa Arena.

President of the local committee Tim Thompson thanked all those community members who were involved and who made the event one of Akwesasne’s most memorable.