Friends of Sturbridge Trails - Press Release

Friends of Sturbridge Trails 

Press Release: Immediate

For more information:  Tom Chamberland

                                      Email: tchamberland301@gmail.com

                                      Phone:        508-735-5683

Friends of Sturbridge Trails to Hold Annual Meeting.

Sturbridge: in the winter of 2013, a group of Sturbridge residents came together expressing an interested in establishing a local, nonprofit trail support group to be known as the “Friends of Sturbridge Trails” (FrOST) and how appropriate that their first organizational meeting was held in the winter of 2013.  This group was started by Sturbridge resident and Conservation Commission member David Barnicle, as the establishment of a friend’s group is one of the objectives set out in the Town’s Recreation Trail Master Plan.

From that start in 2013 the friend’s group has slowly grown, however as in any good organization, The Friends of Sturbridge trails is looking for new members from the Sturbridge area, with a desire to help the trails in Sturbridge, from casual hiking and dog walkers to highly technical Mt Bikers and everyone in between.  In its bylaws, the mission of the Friends of Sturbridge trails states “composed of individuals, businesses and families sharing an appreciation of the potential for trails and trail related activities, interests and pursuits.”

The 2024 annual meeting of FrOST will be held on Tuesday January 23rd ,2024, 7 pm graciously hosted by the Public House. On the agenda will be an update on the Friends of Sturbridge Trails, Election of officers, release of our 2024 activities and an update from the Sturbridge Trail Committee on their plans and projects.

Highlighting the agenda will be the awarding of our inaugural “Founders Award” named in honor of David M Barnicle to the Barnicle Family, and a presentation by scouts of Troop 161 who spent a week backpacking the Sangre de Cristo range of the Rockies in northeastern New Mexico at the Philmont Scout Ranch this past summer.

The guide to Sturbridge trails, trail brochures of the Leadmine, Heins and Riverlands properties, will also be available. 

The friends’ group is open to anyone who would like to support trails in Sturbridge.  If you cannot make the January 23rd   meeting, have questions or wanting to help in the organizational effort please email either Brandon Goodwin at bgoodwin321@gmail.com

or Tom Chamberland at tchamberland301@gmail.com   or email Sturbridgetrails@gmail.com

More information on FrOST can be found on our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Friends-of-Sturbridge-Trails-476149822433894/

and the Sturbridge Trails website: http://www.sturbridgetrails.org/

Membership forms to renew or join FrOST will be available that night.