Our club is always on the lookout for ways to raise money to support the Bruce Trail Conservancy's mission of securing a conservation corridor along the Niagara Escarpment. We also need to raise funds to support our own ongoing trail maintenance projects. Incredibly, our club's annual operating budget has exceeded $20,000 per year for the last several years, so fundraising is a constant necessity.

In the past we have had great success with our annual Christmas tree sales, raising approximately $10,000 so far. We have also organized a cook book sale, run Hike-a-thons and organized group outings with a portion of the sales going to support our endeavours.

We will look at any opportunity to fundraise, so if you have any great ideas please send us an email info@caledonbrucetrail.org

KEEN Canada Boots Give Back

The KEEN Canada Boots Give Back program launched recently and you are all invited to take part.

The program is a simple and fun way to support the Bruce Trail Conservancy. All you have to do is snap a picture of your boots in the outdoors and upload them to the KEEN Boots Give Back Website . For every pair of photographed boots, KEEN will donate $5 to the organization that you choose.

The Bruce Trail Conservancy has been partnering with KEEN since 2008 in similar programs – first Boots on the Bruce, and then Boots Across Canada . Thanks to the support of thousands of trail lovers we have raised nearly $110,000 through these programs.

This year the Bruce Trail Conservancy is one of 4 charitable organizations that individuals can choose to support.

Please help us make Boots Give Back a success for the BTC.

Send in as many submissions as you can before October 31, 2010 and tell your friends and fellow hikers to do the same.

Pass along this e-mail to help spread the word.

For more information and a link to the upload page see the BTC website: http://brucetrail.org/pages/boots-give-back

Happy hiking!

Laura Tuohy
Membership Coordinator
The Bruce Trail Conservancy