NEWS
Trekkers on a national stage at the Mentoring Summit in Washington DC
The National Mentoring Summit, an annual 3-Day event, brings together mentoring practitioners, researchers, philanthropic investors, youth leaders, government and civic leaders and Mentor Affiliates from across the country. On Friday, January 26, Trekkers Training...
7th Graders Invited to Apply for Trekkers
Trekkers invites all seventh graders that live in Rockland, Thomaston, South Thomaston, Cushing, Owls Head, and St. George to apply to join the program. They will hold a Community Meeting for students and families to learn about the program and all the details for...
Trekkers Training Institute hosts series of summer youth engagement workshops
ROCKLAND — The Trekkers Training Institute (TTI) is hosting a series of Youth Engagement Workshops this summer at Trekkers in Rockland. Each three-hour session will be grounded in the principles and best practices that guide Trekkers’ youth programs. All workshops...
Trekkers 5K Results – A Successful Turnout on a Sunny Day
ROCKLAND — Over the weekend, 86 people gathered to run or walk to support Trekkers, a youth mentoring organization. It was a beautiful sunny day after a mostly rainy week, and participants from Maine, from Portland to Castine, to Vermont and Florida joined the race....
Who’s sponsoring Trekkers in 2023
ROCKLAND – In early 2023, Rockland-based nonprofit youth mentoring organization, Trekkers, invited businesses from across the community to answer its annual call for support. As of today, several businesses have signed on at varying levels of support, with financial...
Trekkers Hires Training Director for Institute
ROCKLAND – New Trekkers Training Director, Diane Sternberg, would rather see ten minutes into the future than one hundred fifty years if she had to choose. “Knowing what will happen in the future could inform how I carry myself. One of the things I’m most proud of is...
Automatic admission, scholarship to Maine universities
Students in the Aspirations Incubator program, which includes Trekkers, who have a 3.0 grade point average or above will receive a minimum merit scholarship of $500 and automatic admission to the University of Maine at the Orono and Machias campuses as well as the University of Southern Maine.
Letter to the Editor, from Kathleen Meil, Board President
Trekkers Board President, Kathleen Meil, thanks Board members Doug Erickson and Kamryn Prior for their service.
Trekkers makes Election Day a Paid Holiday
Above: 8th Grade Team Crux, November of 2021. ROCKLAND — Trekkers, a youth mentoring organization based in Rockland, has instated Election Day as a paid holiday for staff. Trekkers’ decision to provide paid time off for staff “helps encourage voting as a form of civic...
Letter to the Editor: Thanks to the Community
A letter of thanks from Executive Director Amie Hutchison, after the annual Community Auction Fundraiser. A recap of the event and results are also shared.