Susquehanna Appalachian Trail Club
Susquehanna Appalachian Trail Club offers an extensive schedule of activities including scores of group hikes each year with many social and natural exploration possibilities, and numerous trail work outings building our trails and a special sense of camaraderie at the same time!
SATC is one of thirty-one groups
that maintain part of the Appalachian
Trail, a footpath following the crest of the Appalachian Mountains
for
over 2,180 miles from Maine to Georgia. SATC is a Pennsylvania
incorporated 501(c)3 charitable not-for-profit organization. SATC
volunteers contribute well over a thousand hours each year toward 
the
care and preservation
of this and other footpaths in Central
Pennsylvania.
SATC invites you to join in
exploring and learning about nature on
scheduled group hikes, in caring for our footpaths, and in helping to
preserve and
conserve our trail lands. Scheduled hikes and trail care
outings are open to everyone - membership, while welcome, is not
required.
SATC invites you to see what
we have done and are doing to preserve, and to join us on the footpaths exploring,
our local landscapes around Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Upcoming
Events:
Mark your calendar and watch for more information in the March - May 2012 edition of the Bushwack Bulletin.
- March 24th - Hiker Leader Training and Trail Maintenance 101 Workshop @ Ironmaster's Mansion, Pine Grove Furnace SP.
- March 30th - Annual Banquet and Meeting - Nolo's Restaurant, Rich Valley Golf, Mechanicsburg.
- April 26th -
Membership Meeting, Community Room, Giant
Foods,
Camp Hill.
What's
new?
- SATC Giant Boot Award
Nominations Open
Do you know an SATC member who has been inspirational, has volunteered beyond the call of duty, and meets the below criteria? Nominations may be submitted by any SATC member and should state how the individual qualifies for the Giant Boot Award based on the criteria. Please submit your nomination on or before Tuesday, Feb. 6th to Lorrie Preston.
- Demonstrated long-term
commitment to SATC.
(Rule of thumb - at least 5 years of active service, but probably longer) - Made exemplary contributions to SATC (as a board member, hike leader, trail maintainer, work with trail issues, etc.).
- Performed significant service
hours independent of any paid professional duties.
(rule of thumb - 750+ hours, probably more than 1,000 hours)
- Duncannon
Becomes
PA's
Second
Appalachian
Trail
Community
Susquehanna Appalachian Trail Club recently supported the Borough of Duncannon, PA's application for the Appalachian Trail Community program and has club representatives serving on Duncannon's Appalachian Trail Community Committee. Check out the Committee's blog for updates and save the date for the June 2nd, 2012 designation celebration!
Earth Poem
This earth we know.
This earth does not belong to us; we belong to the earth.
This we know.
All things are connected like the blood which unites one family.
All things are connected.
~ Chief Seattle
