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Squannacook River Rail Trail Fundraising

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Check out images of all the 170 bricks sold! Thank you so much to everyone!

 

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The budget for construction of the Squannacook River Rail Trail is $150,000, or about $7.50/foot of trail built. Grants and fundraising alone are being used to build this trail. Anyone who donates $25 or more (including those who bought bricks) will automatically become members of Squannacook Greenways for one year starting on the day the trail opens. And thanks again to everyone who bought a brick!

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Donate by check
To donate by check, mail your check made out to Squannacook Greenways to: 
Squannacook Greenways
88 South Harbor Road
Townsend, MA 01469
Donate by using Amazon Smile
Squannacook Greenways is now on Amazon Smile. Amazon Smile (smile.amazon.com) is a website where you can buy from Amazon at the same price you normally do, except Amazon will then donate 0.5% of your sale to Squannacook Greenways! You must first go to smile.amazon.com and log in with your regular Amazon account info. Type in Squannacook Greenways in the search bar and select it. Then log into Amazon using smile.amazon.com, and help build the Squannacook River Rail Trail! Watch the video below to learn more, or go to http://smile.amazon.com/about .
Riding the trail video
Click the 1 minute video above to learn more about using Amazon Smile to help build the rail trail.

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Last updated July 3, 2017
Squannacook Greenways Granite Bench donors

Squannacook Greenways is honoring donors who have pledged $5000 or more with their names on granite benches to be placed along the Squannacook River Rail Trail. Please thank our granite bench donors when you see them!

  • In memory of Faith Wilkinson
  • In memory of Terrence McNabb
  • Bill and Deb Reeves
  • Sebring Mechanical
  • Joan Wotkowicz
  • Bill and Cheryl Rideout

Bench for grantite bench donors

Contact Bill Rideout if you are interested in discussing being a granite bench donor.
Squannacook Greenways Granite Pillar donors

Squannacook Greenways is honoring donors who have pledged $1000 or more with their names on a granite pillar to be placed along the Squannacook River Rail Trail. Please thank our granite pillar donors when you see them!

  • John and Mary Barrett
  • Ken and Sue Gerken
  • Ken Wilkinson
  • Hirk and Louise Fortin
  • Evans on the Common
  • Jeff and Beth Dominick
  • Brian and Heather Kyte
  • Steve Meehan
  • Bruce Easom
  • Peter and Jean Cunningham
  • Sharon Gage
  • Katherine Shamberger
  • Edward Tokarski
  • Arrow Septic - Mike Whittemore

Grantite pillar donors

Contact Bill Rideout if you are interested in discussing being a granite pillar donor. Pledges can be made on a recurring basis, such as $50/month for 20 months.
Squannacook Greenways Grants Awarded

Finally, Squannacook Greenways wants to sincerely thank those agencies who have awarded us grants. Without their help, this rail trail would never have been possible!

Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts

In June of 2017 we received a $15,000 grant from the Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts. This critical grant pushed the construction fundraising to $106 thousand dollars, well past the 2/3 of our $150,000 goal. In addition, in2013, the Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts awarded an $18,000 grant to Squannacook Greenways that played a key role in Squannacook Greenways being the first non-profit ever to sign the MBTA lease.

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We have received two $10,000 grants from the Bruce J. Anderson Foundation, one in July 2016 and a second in July 2017, for a total of $20,000 grant to help pay for construction. Informed by intelligence, sensitivity, and the knowledge of many countries and cultures, Bruce J. Anderson was a serious and idealistic young man who cared deeply about the problems he saw around him. The Bruce J. Anderson Foundation was established in 1980 by Bruce's brothers and sisters to honor Bruce and support the causes he championed. The Bruce J. Anderson Foundation is a supporting organization of the Boston Foundation. Squannacook Greenways, with its goal of making life better and more active for all residents, but especially younger ones, is proud to have been chosen to receive these grants.

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Squannacook Greenways was awarded a $6,100 grant from the Massachusetts Recreational Trails Program in August 2016. This grant will help cover cost associated with engineering and permitting, and includes money for public signs teaching about turtle conservation. In 2007, the Department of Conservation and Recreation awarded an $20,000 grant to to pay for Townsend's portion of a preliminary environmental and engineering study by a professional engineering firm.

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In 2008, the New England Grassroots Environment Fund awarded the rail trail advocates a grant of $1,000. The funds from this grant were used to pay for an informational mailing to Townsend households about the public meeting held by Fay Spofford & Thorndike (FST).