Elizabeth Stapleton a student of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA, was honored with the title Exceptional Ambassador for her 18 articles on the ASP website. You can follow Elizabeth’s updates on her America’s State Park Ambassador page.
Incentives were offered to ambassadors for their participation in the 2013 program. Prizes were awarded to the top two ambassadors and other prizes were awarded to active ambassadors through a drawing. For her achievement Elizabeth chose a $500 gift certificate from STIHL, Inc.

We here at STIHL are very proud of Elizabeth’s accomplishment, as well as the dedication and commitment from all the Ambassadors. STIHL has been a part of the America’s State Park movement for three years, and if you haven’t visited your state park recently, you are missing out. Visit www.AmericasStateParks.org and find a park near you.
Other 2013 Ambassador prize winners (randomly drawn from the pool of eligible ambassadors) and their prizes include:
Kristie Ridgeway (Fort Wayne, Indiana): 2014
Diamondback mountain bike
Zoe Sumrall (Winchester,
Virginia): Eureka backpacking tent
Talia Filipek
(Redmond, Oregon): Eureka backpacking tent
Chelsea Malwitz
(Bloomington, Indiana): Eureka
backpacking tent
Mason Lee (San
Antonio, Texas): Field & Stream
65-liter internal frame backpack
Brenna Kelly
(Albuquerque, New Mexico): North Face
fleece jacket
Katie Martin
(Newburgh, Indiana): North Face fleece jacket
Karen Zimmerman
(Austin, Texas): North Face fleece
jacket