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trail champion
Your generous gift will bring us one step closer to building the Maine Trail Center
All contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law. MATC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
Trail champions naming gift opportunities
Interested in Naming Opportunities?
Please contact Lester Kenway, MATC President
Email: president@matc.org
| MAINE TRAIL CENTER | $750,000 to name the entire facility |
| Maintenance Fund | In Honor of the Leaders and Volunteers of the Maine Trail Crew |
| MAIN BUILDING | |
| Meeting Room | In honor of Myron Avery |
| Kitchen | In honor of Carl Newhall |
| Pantry | In honor of Elsa Sanborn |
| Screw Auger Falls | $20,000 to name the Showers and Laundry Facilities |
| Falling Waters | $20,000 to name the Restrooms |
| Vestibule | Named by Shawn Small |
| Crew Coordinator Office | In honor of the Town of Monson – Maine’s first Appalachian Trail Community |
| MAINTENANCE BUILDING | |
| Maintenance Building | In honor of The Bates Outing Club |
| Tool Storage Room | In honor of Lester Kenway |
| Camping Storage Room | $10,000 |
| Drying Area | In memory of Craig Rightmire, “River Wizard” |
| Workshop | In memory of Frank Trautmann |
| Breezeway | Named by Don & Heather Parker |
| CREW QUARTERS | Two buildings, each with three bunk rooms |
| Nahmakanta Lake | Named in honor or David B. Field |
| Flagstaff Lake | $20,000 to name this Crew Quarters Building |
| Bunk Rooms (6) | $10,000 each to name one bunk room |
| Walled Tents (5) | $1,500 each to name a Walled Tent 1 – Named by Nancy & Bruce Grant 1 – Named by Laura & Brian Gilbert |
| OUTDOORS | |
| Work Yard | In honor of Steve Clark and Barbara Clark |
| Parking Area | $15,000 |
| Future Trails | Named by Linda F. Woods |
| Private Drive | $100,000 HOLD |
| UTILITES | |
| Electric | $30,000 |
| Communications | $30,000 |
| Water | $45,000 |
*The facility will be referred to as the Maine Trail Center.
Naming signage will read: Maine Trail Center, “A Gift of…” or, “A Gift to Honor…”