After 30 Years, We’re Looking Towards the Future
Trekkers youth mentoring programs are proven to help students build resilience, create community, and develop aspirations for the future. Trekkers youth mentoring programs are proven to help students build resilience, create community, and develop aspirations for their future. Learn more about our history and our future, with the success of The Road Ahead Capital Campaign!
A Leader in Youth Development
Trekkers cultivates the inherent strengths of young people through the power of long-term mentoring relationships. Our best practices and principles have become a model of exemplary programming in the field of youth development.
Programming
Youth mentoring that utilizes outdoor, experiential, and travel-based education to strengthen resiliency, raise aspirations, and connect young people to their communities.
Training
Trekkers Training Institute provides training, coaching, and professional development opportunities based on our principles and practices.
Why Is Trekkers Important?
Since 1994, Trekkers has been providing long-term, mentoring relationships to hundreds of students from Midcoast Maine. Our students consistently report statistically significant positive change in indicators of resilience, reflection, empathy, trust, and optimism.
Research shows that young people in these kinds of programs are 55% more likely to enroll in college, 78% more likely to volunteer regularly, and 130% more likely to hold leadership positions.
STUDENT STORIES
See Gillian’s Story
Returning to Trekkers
By Gillian Lindsey, AmeriCorps Member, Trekkers Alum Class of 2021. Returning to Trekkers this summer was like stepping back into a world that has always felt like home. But this time, I wasn’t just a participant, I was able to get a glimpse of behind-the-scenes,...
See Myla’s Story
Myla Ferland
"As a young high-school student, older students can seem intimidating. However, I remember that the student leaders on my team made a genuine effort to get to know me, and listened to me. I remember thinking how amazing it was that these cool seniors were choosing to...
See Ashley’s Story
Ashley Geel
Ashley Geel, Class of 2008 After graduating from Georges Valley High School in 2008, I attended Saint Joseph’s College of Maine, in Standish, Maine. In 2012, I graduated with my Bachelors Degree in Sports Management with a Minor in Business...
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NEWS
Youth mentoring program Trekkers raises $2.5M for Rockland campus redevelopment
Article published on MaineBiz By Laurie Schreiber Trekkers, a nonprofit, outdoor-based youth mentoring program, completed a three-year capital campaign to raise $2.5 million for upgrades to its Rockland campus, training and programs. Campus plans include...
Trekkers Welcomes New Board Members in 2024
ROCKLAND, Maine – December 23, 2024 – Trekkers, a youth mentoring organization serving Midcoast Maine, is excited to announce the addition of new members to its Board of Directors. These new members represent a group with diverse skills and perspectives and a shared...
Trekkers Announces New Executive Director, Stephanie Welch
Rockland, ME – October 7, 2024 – Trekkers is thrilled to announce the appointment of Stephanie Welch as its new Executive Director. She assumed the role on September 30 and succeeds Kate Elmes, who served as Interim Executive Director since May 2024 and resumes a role...
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AmeriCorps Serving Here
Through the AmeriCorps Aspiration Program, Trekkers engages two AmeriCorps members each year to act as group leaders and mentors for youth in Knox County. Working closely with Trekkers’ staff, AmeriCorps members support core programming and expeditions. AmeriCorps is administered by the Corporation for National and Community Service, a federal agency that engages millions of Americans in service through its AmeriCorps and Senior Corps programs and leads the nation’s volunteering and service efforts. For more information visit: www.NationalService.gov