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Gorham Trails Newsletter Gorham Trails Land Trust Inc. Update for Fall 2005 Coming Soon Winter 2002-2003 CONNECTIONS From the President's Desk... As we come to the close of another successful year, we ask for you to renew your membership by submitting the enclosed form and to consider making an extra donation. Makes a great Christmas gift and of course is tax-deductable.
Gorham Trails Land Trust Inc. is in the midst of exciting doings right now....the cross-town trail will hopefully become a reality in 2003....the new Cook's Hardware Trail off Main Street will be dedicated after completion early in 2003...we have some exciting conservation easement acquisitions happening off of Rte. 25 in west Gorham and a new connecting piece of land in Buxton is in the works. Your contributions are used to ensure that Gorham retains green space and that connecting trails are a part of your life.
The Board of Directors has three openings as of January 2003, all key positions including the Road Race Director. If you want to make a difference in your community, consider joining our Board. For a few hours each week you can be part of making trails and preserving green space! Happy trails, Bob Frazier Gorham
Family Fair Road Race Announcement
Plans for the Tenth Annual Gorham Trails 5K Run and 1K fun run are underway. The race will be held in conjunction with Gorham Fun Days on August 16. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Please
Come! Summer
Meeting: Recruiting Volunteers July
10th 2003 Noon
to 1:30 United
Way of Greater Portland 400
Congress St., 4th Floor, Conference Room 1, Portland, ME Parking
is at the Top of the Old Port lot at the corners of Pearl and Congress St.
Bring your ticket for free parking. The
location and topic of this meeting for directors of volunteers and volunteer
programs in Cumberland County have changed from the originally announced
location and topic. The reasons
for the changes are two-fold: 1.
Marilyn Traiser, our hostess, will have left the Casco Bay YMCA by
that time. Family maters are
calling her away from the world of work. Please keep her in your thoughts in
this time of transition. We will postpone our visit to the “Y’s”
Pineland program to another time. 2.
It is time to update listings on VolunteerPortland.org
for our next printed guide and many improvements have been made to our
volunteer site that will make recruiting volunteers through the site much
easier. a.
Direct link from your web site to your section on
VolunteerPortland.org so that you only have to maintain your listings in one
spot b.
Connections with Points of Light Web site and VolunteerMaine.org c.
Potential to recruit volunteers for one time events right from the
web site. d.
Automatically having your new listing send to the “Getting
Involved” Column (The newspaper doesn’t always print them but we always
send them) e.
Tracking volunteer hours through the site f.
Public Service announcements being broad cast on TV about the site
(We will view it – all 30 seconds of it) 3.
Other ways to increase your appeal to volunteers. 4.
Measuring the outcomes of your recruiting efforts. 5.
Please bring or send recommendations for programs this fall and
winter We
always like our summer meeting to have a festive atmosphere so come and we
will provide the lunch in an indoor picnic setting. Please
let Dorothy Grannell know that you are coming.
Either leave a message at 874-1000 x 318 or e-mail dgrannell@unitedwaygp.org
Look
for a postal mailing coming later this week that will tell you specifically
about the printed guide for www.volunteerportland.org
and how to access the web site in ways to showcase your volunteer
opportunity. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please return to Barbara Corriveau, Membership Chair, 306 Sebago Lake Road, Gorham ME 04038 or email us at gortrail@maine.rr.com 2003 Membership Application THANK YOU! Your contribution is sincerely appreciated! The membership year is January through December. Please remit by December 20, 2002 for the 2003 membership year. ___$10 Individual ___$15 Family $_______________________other
Please send me the following: ___2000 Gorham Trails Map book (include additional $5 + $1. 50 postage) ___Cumberland/Oxford Canal book (include additional $5 + $1 postage)
Name________________________________ Address______________________________ Town/State/Zip________________________ Email address_________________________ Phone_______________________________ _____new membership _____renewal Today's date________________________ Would you like to receive your newsletter and Gorham Trails news via email?____________ I am interested in: ___hiking ___cross-country skiing ___walking ___horsebackriding ___bicycling ___canoeing ___mountain biking ___snowmobiling ___helping with trail work Send comments and suggestions to gortrail@maine.rr.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2001 Gorham Trails Inc. Board of DirectorsRobert
Frazier, President
Barry Corriveau, Vice President Grace
Smith, Treasurer
Laurie
Bem Frazier, Secretary Barbara
Corriveau, Membership Chair
Mike Parker, Events Chair Jeff
Merrill, Parliamentarian
Gorham Trails, Inc. 188 Narragansett Street Gorham, Maine 04038 207-839-8000 or 207-839-4644 gortrail@maine.rr.com
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