Trail Group Thanks

Pennsylvania Conservation Corps

WILLIAMSBURG, PA – The owners of the Lower Trail took time out today to thank the Pennsylvania Conservation Corps for its work on the hiking and biking trail. In noon-time ceremonies at the Mount Etna trailhead, Rails-to-Trails of Central Pennsylvania recognized the PCC for its efforts to improve the trail.

 

Over the past three days, PCC Regional Crew Leader Paul Will directed four crews of six to eight men each, along with their team leaders, in re-roofing and painting a maintenance shed and in landscaping, repairing and cleaning the 17-mile-long trail through Blair and Huntingdon Counties.

The PCC is made up of men ages18-25 years working in crews under the guidance of crew leaders experienced in the building trades and skilled in motivating and training young adults. 

PCC’s mission is to develop the workplace skills, life skills and self-confidence of corps members; instill an ethic of citizenship; accomplish significant conservation and historical work; and carry out other projects of public benefit.  The Corps is committed to a comprehensive approach that fosters a spirit of teamwork and advances the concept of individual empowerment through community service.

Since 1984, over 14,000 unemployed young Pennsylvanians have taken part as PCC members in nearly 1200 community projects, including the construction and renovation of nearly 9,800 miles of trails. The PCC is administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry. 

The Lower Trail is the only privately-owned rail-trail maintained and administered entirely by volunteers in the United States. It is open to the public at no cost and receives no government operational funding.

PA Conservation Corps

Special Project to improve the Lower Trail

Noontime ceremony at Mt Etna pavillion

Introduction of Team Leaders

Presentation of Tee Shirts to All Workers

Feeding the Workers

The trail members took box lunches, beverages, and snacks to the job sites each day.  A cookout was held at the end of the project.

Hoss's and Holland Brothers donated much of the food; trail members provided home-made cookies, etc.

There are a few burgers, dogs, and kielbasi left

COME 'N GET 'EM!!

Trail members thanked the PCC workers