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Welcome to the Baldwin Trail Blazers new website
Teko, you will be sorely missed!~Rest in Peace!
Janice "Teko" Wiseman died at home on Sunday, November 27, 2011, after a full and joyous holiday weekend with all of her extended family. Teko was 83 years old, a native of Mobile, AL, who spent her life in activism and service to her community and her family. In the sixties, she and Hollis set an example of courage and commitment to justice and the city they loved by founding ABLE (Alabamians Behind Local Education), an organization to help peacefully integrate the Mobile County schools. In 1983, Teko helped found Keep Mobile Beautiful and worked as its coordinator for ten years. Teko turned her attention to the lack of sidewalks along the Bay, and conceived the project of building a hike/bike trail beginning at the Battleship on the Causeway and extending along the Eastern Shore to Weeks Bay. The organization she founded in 1995 to realize this dream, The Baldwin County Trailblazers, has raised over 6.5 million dollars through private donations and grants. Funeral is at 10:30 a.m. until noon at Dauphin Way United Methodist Church.The family is asking people in lieu of flowers please send donations: |
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From your first questions about our mission, to the completion of Baldwin County's eastern shore trails, and what new projects are next, our website can help you find the information you need, or how to contact someone on our board on how you can get involved. |
Mailing Address: Email: info@thetrailblazers.org |
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