And then a dash to the Shelter where good friends meet to sip hot cocoa, nudge each other and laugh out loud. Your first Shelter memory may come from a family reunion, casual gatherings during your school years, graduation picnic or the wedding of a lifetime. Whether you were fishing and took cover from a summer thunderstorm or just pedaled over to look out on the blazing colors of an autumn day, you are one of many who have found magic in the Tenney Shelter. Some of us look back and remember holding onto a tiny mittened hand, letting go with our hearts in our throats, and watching as our child wobbled across the ice all on her own — then the glide, slow turn and beaming smile of triumph. Every time we sit in the Shelter and tie our skates, that smile surfaces again.

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