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PA Highlands Trail Celebration A Great Success!
posted May 30, 2009
The Highlands Trail is officially in Pennsylvania!
On Saturday, May 16th, with over a hundred in attendance, AMC, the NY-NJ Trail Conference and the Borough of Riegelsville celebrated the near-completion of the 150-mile Highlands Trail in NJ and NY and welcomed the Highlands Trail into Riegelsville, Pennsylvania. The celebration began on the NJ side of the Riegelsville Toll-Supported Bridge with speeches given by the NYNJTC and Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, and continued with a hike across the bridge welcoming the Highlands Trail into PA. This included a ribbon-cutting on the NJ/PA border in the middle of the Delaware River on the bridge. Speeches followed on the PA side adjacent to The Riegelsville Inn by the Borough of Riegelsville, AMC, Rep. Quinn, and DCNR. A special unveiling of the Welcome to Riegelsville/Highlands Trail sign proceeded officially marking the beginning of the Highlands Trail in PA. The celebration finished with refreshments and a silent auction at the Borough Park including hikes at Mariton Wildlife Sanctuary and paddling demonstrations on the Delaware River. AMC also unveiled Hike the Highlands cards, that AMC has done in partnership with Wildlands Conservancy. The cards feature 22 hikes throughout the 13-county PA Highlands. A big thank you to AMC volunteers for making the celebration a success!
You can find out more and view pictures of the celebration and the PA Highlands Trail Network by following our blog at www.outdoors.org/hikethehighlands. On this webpage you can also download individual Hike the Highlands cards.
AMC Fall Gathering, Oct 16-18
posted May 7, 2009
Mark your calendar! Save the date! The 2009 AMC Fall Gathering will be held in the beautiful Berkshires - October 16-18 - during peak foliage season! Hosted by the Berkshire Chapter, at Becket-Chimney Corners in Becket, Mass., the event will run from Friday afternoon through Sunday afternoon. Hikes, bike rides, paddles, cliff/wall climbing, rope courses, workshops and presentations, Contra-dancing, campfires, socials - we'll have it all! Bring the family - the program is "kid-friendly." Go to www.amcberkshire.org/gathering, or email amcfg2009@gmail.com, for more information.
Chapter Annual Dinner Report
posted Nov 17, 2008
The Delaware Valley Chapter held its Annual Dinner on Nov 15 2008. Highlights of the evening included presentation of the Chapter Conservation Award to Rep. Robert Freeman (D-Northampton), Charles Elliott and James Miles for their work on Act 24 (read more details in the news release), as well as presentation of the "Appie of the Year" award to Joan Aichele and "Golden Appie" award to Joseph Bell. Featured speaker and chapter member Phill Hunsberger gave an entertaining and informative talk on his adventures in the Himalayas. The event was held at the Inn at Towamencin in Kulpsville.
New AMC Member Center
posted Oct 8, 2008
The AMC Member Center is now open. You can now enter the Center and renew your membership, control your membership options, learn about member-only offers, and subscribe to e-newsletters. That's just the beginning. Soon you will be able to select the method that Footnotes will get sent to you, and in the not too distant future you will have the ability to customize the activity notifications that get sent to your email inbox.
Access to the AMC Member Center requires a log-in id and password. If you have a valid email address on file with AMC you should have received an email with log-in information. You can log on and then edit your log-in id and password. If you forget the id and password follow the membership validation procedure described below.
If you did not get an email, either because you do not have an email address on file, or the one that is on file is outdated, you then must validate your membership. You can do this by entering your membership number. Your membership number can be found on the Outdoors magazine mailing label (above your name). Continue through the process and if no email address is on file a form will appear. Populate the form with your information and an email containing log-in information will be sent to you. Once you enter the information and submit the form, please be patient. It takes several days before the records are updated and you receive your notification email.
If you have an outdated email on file and follow the same process as above because you did not get an email, a screen will pop-up saying you are already registered and an email with log-in information will be sent to your email address. This is fine if you forgot your log-in information but if it is an outdated email address you may not receive the message. In that case, you will need to contact Membership Services at the AMC. You can reach them at 800-372-1758 M-F 8 AM to 5 PM. Also, you can submit a form that is available on the website and update your email address. Once you submit the form it will take about two weeks before the change takes effect.
You don't need to be a member to join in any of our activities, but joining can help you stay informed and gives you access to the event hotline and other member benefits!
All outdoor activities have some degree of inherent risks; all participants learn of the risks before each trip and must have read and signed a liability waiver (provided by leader) before participating. Contact the leader of the trip for more information.
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