Squannacook Greenways

Check out images of all the 188 bricks sold during the 2016 and 2018 fundraiser! Thank you so much to everyone!

As soon as permitting is complete, we will be looking for volunteers for installation.

Donate on-line, by check, or use Amazon Smile to help construct this rail trail!

The budget for construction of the Squannacook River Rail Trail is $150,000, or about $7.50/foot of trail built. Grants and fundraising alone are being used to build this trail. Anyone who donates $25 or more (including those who bought bricks) will automatically become members of Squannacook Greenways for one year starting on the day the trail opens. And thanks again to everyone who bought a brick!

Donate on-line

To donate on-line via PayPal, click the Donate button:

Donate by check

To donate by check, mail your check made out to Squannacook Greenways to:

Squannacook Greenways
88 South Harbor Road
Townsend, MA 01469

Donate by using Amazon Smile

Squannacook Greenways is now on Amazon Smile. Amazon Smile (smile.amazon.com) is a website where you can buy from Amazon at the same price you normally do, except Amazon will then donate 0.5% of your sale to Squannacook Greenways! You must first go to smile.amazon.com and log in with your regular Amazon account info. Type in Squannacook Greenways in the search bar and select it. Then log into Amazon using smile.amazon.com, and help build the Squannacook River Rail Trail! Watch the video below to learn more, or go to http://smile.amazon.com/about .

Click the 1 minute video above to learn more about using Amazon Smile to help build the rail trail.

Last updated Apr. 25, 2019

Not looking to buy a brick, but still want to donate? Donate securely using PayPal

To donate by check, mail your check made out to Squannacook Greenways to:

Squannacook Greenways
88 South Harbor Road
Townsend, MA 01469

Squannacook Greenways Granite Bench donors

Squannacook Greenways is honoring donors who have pledged $5000 or more with their names on granite benches to be placed along the Squannacook River Rail Trail. Please thank our granite bench donors when you see them!

In memory of Faith Wilkinson
In memory of Terrence McNabb
Bill and Deb Reeves
Sebring Mechanical
Joan Wotkowicz
Bill and Cheryl Rideout

Contact Bill Rideout if you are interested in discussing being a granite bench donor.

Squannacook Greenways Granite Pillar donors

Squannacook Greenways is honoring donors who have pledged $1000 or more with their names on a granite pillar to be placed along the Squannacook River Rail Trail. Please thank our granite pillar donors when you see them!

John and Mary Barrett
Ken and Sue Gerken
Bill Wilkinson
Hirk and Louise Fortin
Evans on the Common
Jeff and Beth Dominick
Brian and Heather Kyte
Steve Meehan
Bruce Easom
Peter and Jean Cunningham
Sharon Gage
The Shambergers
Edward Tokarski
Arrow Septic - Mike Whittemore
Workers Credit Union
The Catalano Companies - Dunkin' Donuts
North End Subaru Mazda
Nashoba Paddler
Deluxe Corporation
Rollstone Bank and Trust
Townsend Center Realty
Bailey’s Bar & Grille
Squanicook Associates Real Estate
Apple Meadow Hardware

Contact Bill Rideout if you are interested in discussing being a granite pillar donor. Pledges can be made on a recurring basis, such as $50/month for 20 months.

Squannacook Greenways Grants Awarded

Finally, Squannacook Greenways wants to sincerely thank those agencies who have awarded us grants. Without their help, this rail trail would never have been possible!

In June of 2017 we received a $15,000 grant from the Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts. This critical grant pushed the construction fundraising to $106 thousand dollars, well past the 2/3 of our $150,000 goal. In addition, in2013, the Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts awarded an $18,000 grant to Squannacook Greenways that played a key role in Squannacook Greenways being the first non-profit ever to sign the MBTA lease.

We have received two $10,000 grants from the Bruce J. Anderson Foundation, one in July 2016 and a second in July 2017, for a total of $20,000 grant to help pay for construction. Informed by intelligence, sensitivity, and the knowledge of many countries and cultures, Bruce J. Anderson was a serious and idealistic young man who cared deeply about the problems he saw around him. The Bruce J. Anderson Foundation was established in 1980 by Bruce's brothers and sisters to honor Bruce and support the causes he championed. The Bruce J. Anderson Foundation is a supporting organization of the Boston Foundation. Squannacook Greenways, with its goal of making life better and more active for all residents, but especially younger ones, is proud to have been chosen to receive these grants.

Squannacook Greenways was awarded a $6,100 grant from the Massachusetts Recreational Trails Program in August 2016. This grant will help cover cost associated with engineering and permitting, and includes money for public signs teaching about turtle conservation. In 2007, the Department of Conservation and Recreation awarded an $20,000 grant to to pay for Townsend's portion of a preliminary environmental and engineering study by a professional engineering firm.

In 2008, the New England Grassroots Environment Fund awarded the rail trail advocates a grant of $1,000. The funds from this grant were used to pay for an informational mailing to Townsend households about the public meeting held by Fay Spofford & Thorndike (FST).

Other business donors

Thanks to other businesses who have also donated to Squannacook Greenways!

Middlesex Savings Bank
Hannaford Bags 4 My Cause
Amazon Smile

Squannacook River Rail Trail Fundraising

Check out images of all the 188 bricks sold during the 2016 and 2018 fundraiser! Thank you so much to everyone!

As soon as permitting is complete, we will be looking for volunteers for installation.

Donate on-line, by check, or use Amazon Smile to help construct this rail trail!