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Trail Champions, Campaign for the Maine Trail Center Receives Transformational Gift to Begin Construction

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SKOWHEGAN, Maine – Family and friends of the late Mark Andrew McAuliffe joined the Maine Appalachian Trail Club today in announcing a transformational bequest to Trail Champions, the Campaign for the Maine Trail Center, in fulfillment of Mark’s wishes. The bequest, which will likely exceed $1 million when finalized, has enabled the MATC to commence construction on the Maine Trail Center in Skowhegan, while it continues to fundraise to close in on the $3.2 million goal.

L.L.Bean Gifts $200,000 to Trail Champions

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SKOWHEGAN, Maine (May 24, 2022) – The Maine Appalachian Trail Club (MATC) announced it has received a $200,000 gift from L.L.Bean for Trail Champions, the Campaign for the Maine Trail Center, a forthcoming multi-use trail maintenance and training facility in Skowhegan centrally located to Maine’s Appalachian Trail (AT) footpath.

Bangor Daily News Article: For the 1st time in years, MATC volunteers will be able to shower on their days off.

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by Pete WarnerDecember 18, 2021 – Bangor Daily News For the first time in seven years, the volunteers who maintain the Appalachian Trail in Maine will soon have a modern, comfortable and permanent place to spend their days off. Each year, crews from the Maine Appalachian Trail Club head into the woods to perform maintenance and repairs …

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WABI Channel 5 Feature on Trail Champions Featuring Mike Stillman and Lester Kenway

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Yesterday, Trail Champions Chair/MATC President Lester Kenway and MATC Director Mike Stillman spoke with WABI Channel 5 Bangor’s Owen Kingsley about Trail Champions, the Campaign for the Maine Trail Center. Said Mike, “I think sometimes we can take for granted that these things just exist, that they’re just there for everybody, and they’ll just continue …

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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.