{"id":3273,"date":"2016-09-06T06:53:48","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T13:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sbbch.org\/?p=3273"},"modified":"2025-04-26T16:31:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T22:31:26","slug":"american-hiking-wants-to-send-you-volunteers-to-help-with-your-trail-needs-in-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/?p=3273","title":{"rendered":"American Hiking wants to send you volunteers to help with your trail needs in 2017!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AHO\"<\/a>
\nDear National Trails Day\u00ae Event Hosts,<\/p>\n

Thank you so much for participating in America\u2019s largest celebration of trails on June 4, 2016! I wanted to send a special thank-you to you all for inspiring volunteers nationwide and hosting a trail stewardship activity at your NTD event. In total, 25,900 trail volunteers contributed $2.8 million in sweat equity on 466 projects, building and maintaining 1,200 miles of trail across America, all in one day!<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sure one day of service is not enough to take care of all of the trail maintenance needs you have, so I wanted to tell you more about our extended trail maintenance program, Volunteer Vacations. If you are not familiar with the program, Volunteer Vacations <\/a>are week long trail building\/maintaining projects organized by AHS & hosted by federal and state land managers, trail organizations and other nonprofit partner groups across the country. We understand that with reduced budgets and limited resources, trail building and maintaining needs often get backlogged or remain incomplete. Our Volunteer Vacations program is designed to send you a crew of eager volunteers, ready to assist with your trail needs. Any government land management agency or nonprofit organization can request a crew. (non-profit organizations will need to be Alliance Members of AHS to host<\/a>)<\/p>\n

American Hiking provides the following project assistance:
\nPromotion of your trip nationally through our website, printed trip schedule, industry events and through our sponsors and partners
\nLogistical support and communication throughout the planning and trip process
\nVolunteer food stipend for trips that cannot provide food
\nAssistance from a volunteer crew leader who will aid with menu planning, food shopping and lodging logistics<\/p>\n

Volunteers Provide:
\nVolunteer labor and eager attitudes!
\nCamping gear (backpack, sleeping bag, tent, personal items) if indoor accommodations are not provided
\nTravel to and from a predetermined pick-up point, generally the closest major airport<\/p>\n

Hosts Provide:
\nProject plan and backup plan
\nTechnical expertise and supervision for the volunteers
\nLodging\/Accommodations for volunteers (cabin, lodge, house, improved or primitive campsite)
\nTools & safety equipment\/first-aid supplies
\nGroup cooking supplies<\/p>\n

Request a 2017 Volunteer Vacation Crew<\/p>\n

Step 1: Read the Host Guide 2017<\/a> to determine if your organization can fulfill the responsibilities of hosting a Volunteer Vacations crew.<\/p>\n

Step 2: Please consider the following, HERE<\/a>, prior to submitting your request.<\/p>\n

Step 3: APPLY ONLINE <\/a>for a 2017 Volunteer Vacations crew<\/p>\n

DUE DATE FOR ALL REQUESTS: OCTOBER 7, 2016<\/p>\n

We will review your project request and let you know if we have any questions. All submissions will be contacted in October, 2016. If your project request has been accepted you will be asked to confirm final trip details and sign the 2017 Host Agreement. Please don\u2019t hesitate to let me know if you have any questions. Thanks again for hosting an NTD event and potential interest in hosting a volunteer crew with American Hiking Society!<\/p>\n

Best,
\nLibby<\/p>\n

Libby Wile, Senior Director of Volunteer Stewardship
\nAmerican Hiking Society
\n8605 Second Ave I Silver Spring, MD 20910
\nlwile@americanhiking.org
\np 301.565.6704 x 704<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear National Trails Day\u00ae Event Hosts, Thank you so much for participating in America\u2019s largest celebration of trails on June 4, 2016! I wanted to send a special thank-you to you all for inspiring volunteers nationwide and hosting a trail stewardship activity at your NTD event. In total, 25,900 trail volunteers contributed $2.8 million in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-around-the-campfire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3273"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3275,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3273\/revisions\/3275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}