Norwich cadets march 50-mile legacy route to raise money for veterans

For Immediate Release
Oct. 12, 2011

Contact: Daphne Larkin
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NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Norwich University students will conduct a three-day, 50-mile march through the state beginning Thursday, Oct. 13 to raise money for The Veterans’ Place in Northfield and The Dodge House, a shelter for women veterans located in Rutland.

This is the second annual Legacy March fundraiser.

Participants will march 50 miles starting from the university’s original site at the village green in Norwich, Vt., arriving at the Northfield campus for the football game on Saturday, Oct. 15 at 1 p.m. against Gallaudet.

Marchers will receive educational instruction pertaining to history and geology along the way in the spirit of educational marches led by Norwich’s founder, Capt. Alden Partridge.

Anyone interested in donating to this fundraiser, please send a check made out to “Norwich University” to the Center for Civic Engagement and Campus Climate at 158 Harmon Dr. Northfield, Vt. 05663. Donations will be split evenly between the two veterans’ organizations.

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Norwich University is a diversified academic institution that educates traditional-age students and adults in a Corps of Cadets and as civilians. Norwich offers a broad selection of traditional and distance-learning programs culminating in Baccalaureate and Graduate Degrees. Norwich University was founded in 1819 by Captain Alden Partridge of the U.S. Army. Norwich University is the oldest private military college in the United States of America and the birthplace of our nation's Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC). www.norwich.edu