Volunteer T-Shirt Contest 2008!

And the Winner is...

Thanks to all of our great volunteers for submitting their designs to the second annual Volunteer Trail Crew T-Shirt design contest!

The Winner of our 2008 Volunteer T-Shirt Contest is:

William Duke and Family for this design seen here to the right!

[Unfortunately our scanner was not able to capture the whole image - sorry]

Look for this winning design on the backs of all of our Volunteer for Trails T-Shirts in the 2008 season.

The first prize for this contest was free participation in any AMC Volunteer Vacation in the 2008 season, valued up to $175.00! Enjoy!

We would also like to thank our other Trails Volunters that entered their designs this year.

Here they are, in no particular order:

Oliver Dettler: Entered 4 different designs based on images taken while participating in Volunteer Vacations in Acadia National Park.

Chris Dippel: Entered this pop-art design of his crew photo in Acadia National Park, 2007.


















Brett Walker: Entered this spin on the classic design that speaks to the dedication of our Trails Volunteers.


















Thanks again to all of our volunteers that entered a design for the 2008 contest! If you have a great design idea that you would llike to see on the back of a T-Shirt in 2009, it is not too early to start now! We are always looking for new and fresh designs for our Trails Volunteer T-Shirts.

See you on the trails,

-Alex

Writers Corner: Essays from a Trail Adopter

A Bug, a Water Snake, and a Toad

As we shoveled, dug, chopped, and scraped along the trails of the great White Mountains; we had some competition with lots of heart! Mr. Leafbug appeared after we had dug in front of a rock step. He hobbled across the trail and seemed to be carrying a leaf... it turned out to be part of his body. Mr. Leafbug escaped the shovels and limped into the woods a free man.

A green watersnake then swam right across the top of my left boot after we spent the whole day setting three hundred and fifty pound boulders in place to become rock steps.

Mr. Toad, who was no bigger than half of my thumb, was climbing Mount Washington on his own while the instructor and I build bog bridges.

These three underdogs had more heart than all us trail workers put together. Sometimes we think we are pretty special, all clad in fancy T-shirts and orange helmets. Don't forget the powers of nature are right by our side. In this case, it was a bug, a water snake, and a toad!

Submitted by: James David Christmas - Trails Volunteer