Jack Saye has been a faithful RiverLink volunteer since June 2002 where he has helped us with everything from river cleanups to posting event posters around town to staffing our information booth at festivals and conducting our Riverfront bus tours.  He even calls us up and asks if we need any help spur of the moment.  When asked why he started volunteering with RiverLink, Jack says, "I liked the variety of volunteer activities - some indoor and some outdoor, heavy manual labor, like the river clean-ups, the river fest, etc.  I also liked the small number of staff and the resulting high level of contact."
 
Jack and his wife Linda moved to Asheville in 2001 from Ft. Hood, Texas which is an Army base located in the town of Killeen, Texas about an hour north of Austin.  They moved Jack's 86 year old mother to Asheville in 2003 to be with them.  Jack has his Masters of Science in Nursing and spent 26 of his 30 years of nursing on active duty in the Army.  He retired from the Army as a full colonel.  When not volunteering with RiverLink, Jack enjoys kayaking on the French Broad River, hiking on the many trails in the WNC area, reading and walking with Linda and other members of the Asheville Amblers, an American Volkssport organization.
 
Thank you Jack!