WEEK 5

Urban Trails

TKO BY THE NUMBERS:

Urban trails in 2022

0

Hours of Service

0

Feet of Trail Improved

0

Volunteer Participants

0

In-kind value

Week 5 Goal: $10,000

51%
 

Trails are for everyone

IN 2022, TRAILKEEPERS OF OREGON…

Trailkeeping

is for everyone too!

REI Co-op has some pretty sweet offers for those who support trail stewardship this week!

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Give $30 and you’ll be entered to win a Day Hiking Starter Pack, which includes an REI Trail 25 daypack + a Nalgene waterbottle + an REI beanie!

WE HAVE FIFTEEN PACKS

to give away, so your odds of winning are better than ever!

There’s more than one way to give!

Anyone who donates their time at a TKO trail party this week (11/28 – 12/4) will also be entered to win!

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Oregon Hikers

Accessibility Project

One of the biggest challenges of outdoor recreation for people with disabilities is a lack of pertinent information. In an effort to make the Oregon Hikers field guide a helpful resource for all trail users, TKO collaborated with Access Recreation to hold a series of training sessions on gathering trail and facility accessibility information. Volunteers learned about the necessity of accessibility information and how to gather it at the trail, and the collected data will be added to the pages of the ten most popular hikes on Oregon Hikers.

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Family Friendly Stewardship Days

One of TKO’s guiding principles is that “trails are for everyone.” Throughout 2022, we sought to expand this to include our youngest trailkeepers with our family friendly stewardship days. These inclusive stewardship events allow families to get active outside, fostering a sense of place and responsibility for our natural spaces that helps to build the next generation of stewards. Most importantly, kids as young as 4 got out on trails and had fun caring for these important urban access points to nature!

We hope to double down and offer even MORE kid-oriented stewardship activities next year.

Can you help us? 

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