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February 01, 2007
Volunteer Vacation to coincide with
Great Southeastern Hiking Festival in Montreat, NC
Ed Benson from Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado providing
leadership at a Volunteer Vacation in South Carolina in '05
Photo by Heyward Douglass
The week of April 29 - May 5, 2007 a Volunteer Vacation will take place at the beautiful Montreat Conference Center in Montreat, North Carolina. Participants will spend a week in the rugged & gorgeous Black Mountains performing trail maintenance. Montreat Conference Center has more than 2,500 acres of forested wilderness that is protected with a conservation easement. This land adjoins the Pisgah National Forest.
A past Volunteer Vacationer. The smile says it all!
Volunteers will camp evenings in an improved campsite, eat breakfast and dinner in the historic Assembly Inn, and enjoy boxed lunches out on the trail. Starting Thursday May 3rd, volunteers can join in the fun and entertainment that is part of The Great Southeastern Hiking Festival. That means you'll have an opportunity to enjoy some outstanding music, great speakers, and get to mingle with hikers from throughout the southeast.
Leading the Volunteer Vacation Crew will be Ed Benson from Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado. No special trail working skills are required. Ed is an excellent teacher, and this Volunteer Vacation doubles as a training session. Joining Ed will be Andrea Ketchmark, American Hiking Society's Volunteer Vacations Program Manager. Andrea also hails from Colorado, and is excited about the prospect of her first visit to the North Carolina mountains.
The fee for the trip is $130 ($100 for American Hiking Society members) and includes your meals, camping, a t-shirt, a one-year membership in American Hiking Society, and most importantly, an opportunity to give something back through a service project. So don't delay! Sign up today! This trip is going to fill up quickly.
Volunteerism | By Jeffrey Hunter | 11:35 AM
