NEWS
Local Treats Fundraiser Features Bixby and Rock City
ROCKLAND - Trekkers’ annual catalog fundraiser, Local Treats, is on and students are taking orders! The catalog features treats from local Bixby Chocolate and Rock City Coffee. Staff favorites include Bixby’s Snacking Caramels, Bixby Peanut Butter Bites, and of...
One Thing We Learned During Mentor Month
Last Thursday and Friday, Program Manager Kaleb Robinson attended the virtual National Mentoring Summit, an annual conference for youth practitioners across the country. Unsurprisingly, youth mental health was a pervasive topic throughout the conference, as experts addressed how mentors could show up for young people and support them through their challenges.
Journalling: An Organization System For Perspective
(This is an excerpt from the Trekker Tracker, the monthly community email newsletter. Sign up here!) “One thing journaling has taught me is that the mind is a surprising place, and you often don’t know what it may be hiding until you start knocking around in there” ...
Observation Deck: Why Optimism
(This is an excerpt from the Trekker Tracker, the monthly community newsletter. Sign up here!) In this clip from 1972, Holocaust survivor and leading psychiatrist Viktor Frankl talks about the importance of optimism. He says “if you don’t recognize a young man’s will...
Thanks for Supporting the 2021 Community Auction!
ROCKLAND -- To the Community: First of all, I want to thank everyone who supported this year’s Community Auction – bidders, buyers, donors, volunteers, and sponsors! When we think of our annual Community Auction, cozy isn’t usually how we’d describe it, but this year...
Generosity Through the Roof – Horch Donates Roof to Trekkers
ROCKLAND – On the morning of June 16, Peter Horch and Kellie Russomano of Horch Roofing pull into the building that youth mentoring nonprofit, Trekkers purchased in January. The building was in need of a new roof, which days later, would be completely installed. Peter...
Largest Thomaston Trek Turnout on Record
THOMASTON — On Sunday June 6th, 123 people got “Back on the Support Trekkers,” running or walking the race virtually or in-person. It was the largest attendance on record for Thomaston Trek and many participants remarked on how great it was to be together again....
Back on Track for 2021 Thomaston Trek
THOMASTON – Trekkers will host its annual road race fundraiser in-person and virtually on June 6, 2021. In it’s 8th year, it will include traditions from years past – starting and ending at Thomaston Public Library, a whistleblow start, race t-shirts designed by local...
Q&A with Laura Miller, New Board Member
By: Teresa Valdepeñas I spoke with Laura Miller, of Tenants Harbor, who joined the Board of Trekkers last Fall. She’s a parent of a 6th grade “Trekkers-hopeful” and also three older sons who are in or have been in Trekkers (one who graduated in 2018, as well as a...
2021 Local Treats Catalog Fundraiser
Hankering for high-quality local chocolate made locally (bars? bites? a mug of cocoa?) How about a delicious Trekkers-blend roast from Rock City Coffee? This year's student catalog fundraiser starts February 12, 2021. Order by March 9, 2021 and students will begin...