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Trail Champions, Campaign for the Maine Trail Center Enters Public Phase of Fundraising

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SKOWHEGAN, Maine (April 18, 2021) – The Maine Appalachian Trail Club (MATC) announces the public phase of fundraising for Trail Champions, the Campaign for the Maine Trail Center, a multi-use trail maintenance and training facility centrally located to Maine’s AT footpath in Skowhegan. To-date, Trail Champions has raised more than $743,000 toward the $1.3 million fundraising goal and has secured endorsements from 17 conservation-focused organizations, land trusts and institutions. The campaign must raise the remaining $633,000 by year-end 2021 in order to break ground in spring 2022.

Ron Tebbetts

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Baldpate District Manager Town, ME Ron has been a maintainer on the Grafton Loop Trail since 2020. He was on the UMO faculty from 1979 to 1984 as an Instructor of Forest Resources, and holds a BS Forest Management degree from LSU. Ron has been a hiker for years, first stepping foot on the Appalachian …

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Jonathan Ellis

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Treasurer Brentwood, NH Jonathan has been the Treasurer since April 2018. He has been a Club member since 1993, a corridor monitor since 2009, and has helped construct the Horns Pond lean-tos and several recent accessible moldering privies. A native of Augusta, Maine, he graduated from Swarthmore College in 1969 with a BA in Economics. …

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Dave Dore

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Kennebec District ManagerDave has been a maintainer with the club for 4 years. Along with his wife, they have maintained a 3.5-mile section of trail that runs from the South bank of the Kennebec River to Bowtown Road; this section includes two blue-blaze side trails and half of the Kennebec River crossing. Dave has been …

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Brad Deane

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Whitecap District Manager Guilford, ME Brad is  the Manager of the Whitecap District  and replacing Dick Welsh as the Manager in April of 2021.  Brad also has been a maintainer in the Whitecap District for the past 6 years.   Over the last few years he has spent many hours on various work outings in …

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Alan Bellows

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Vice President Boothbay, ME A lifelong hiker and backpacker, Alan began his trail work experience in college with week-long AT work trips with the Bates Outing Club (BOC), and two summers as a YCC crew leader at Mt Blue and Baxter state parks.  After retiring from a career in applications development and IT management,  he …

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David Theoharides

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MATC Webmaster & MAINEtainer EditorWhately, MADavid has been a member of MATC for over 15 years starting as trail maintainer on Barren Mountain in the 100 mile wilderness section of the Maine AT and then serving as District Manager for the White Cap District.  He is the webmaster for the MATC website – www.matc.org and …

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Sasha Nyary

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DirectorNew Gloucester, ME Sasha is a writer, editor and copy editor currently working in higher education marketing and communications. A journalist by training and experience — she began her career at Sports Illustrated and Life — Sasha has also worked in communications and fundraising for nonprofits, schools and community groups. She co-founded Katharsis Theater Company with …

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Dick Welsh

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Whitecap District Manager of Trail Portland & Monson, ME In addition to serving as Manager, Dick is a trail maintainer and a Corridor Monitor. He is currently retired and lives in Monson (his wife’s home town) from the end of mud season through fall. The rest of the year they reside in Portland. Dick graduated from Bates College. He …

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Janice Clain

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Recording Secretary Levant, ME Janice grew up in Piscataquis County, not far from where the A.T. passes through the Hundred Mile Wilderness. She has degrees in World Languages and Education from the University of Maine, and has been teaching for nearly 50 years. She came to MATC after advising a high school hiking club for …

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