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Friends of the Cresheim Trail

PO Box 4341

Philadelphia, PA 19118

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Lost in all the excitement about our fundraiser (w

Lost in all the excitement about our fundraiser (which is Saturday night and whose tickets you can buy at the link in our bio) is our April volunteer service day, coming THIS SUNDAY. This weekend is the confluence of a number of holidays, and Earth Day is the one we’re hitching this — and every — workday to.

We’ll be back on the Friends Loop, which we built this time two years ago. Now, we’ll be expanding the loop into its second phase, from the top of the stone stairs out to the Chestnut Hill East train tracks and back. It will add another ~quarter mile of trail and turn the Friends Loop from a 10 minute walk to a 20 minute walk, with some nice features along the way.

One of those features is of course the old schist quarry, which we’ll continue clearing of the invasive vegetation and deadfall that have accumulated there through years of disuse. Through this process, we’ve been uncovering terraces and rocks placed just so during the space’s years as the Woodward Rock Garden.

Join us Sunday morning, April 20th, at 9am. We’ll meet at Chestnut Hill Mermaid Park, 7645 Germantown Avenue. The farmers market doesn’t operate on Sundays so there should be ample parking if you’re driving.

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Rebecca Maury MD, pictured here with Elsie in the

Rebecca Maury MD, pictured here with Elsie in the Wissahickon, lives and practices within walking distance to the Cresheim Trail. She recognizes the value it brings to not only the Northwest Philly community, but the entire Philly region. Friends of the Cresheim Trail are grateful to her and @herbal_care_rx for their sponsorship of the Trail to the Future.

On top of her love for the Wissahickon, Dr. Maury has been an active member of the Mt. Airy and Chestnut Hill business communities for years. And since the Pennsylvania medical cannabis program began in 2018, Herbal Care Rx has been certifying patients to help get their medicine in PA.

Learn more about HC and book an appointment at herbalcarerx.com, and join us at our fundraiser this Saturday.

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A big welcome to our friends in @noggin_hill, who’ll be laying down some old time mountain music for us at the Trail to the Future.

You might have seen the band at Attic Brewing, or on other stages around the Philly region, or perhaps even out on the trail. Most of the band members live in Germantown and Mt. Airy, and as Cresheim Trail users and fellow Wissahickon lovers, they were happy to gig with us. In fact, as you’ll see in slide 3, the cover to their album Friends on the Hill features a familiar Valley Green scene.

Check out the last slide for a little preview, “Diamond Joe,” the cowboy song popularized by Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, then come check them out in person on Saturday, when they’ll be pickin’ and grinnin’ onstage at the Venetian Social Club.

Hear some good tunes, support the Cresheim Trail, go home happy. Tickets at yonder link in bio.

As you may have heard, Friends of the Cresheim Tra

As you may have heard, Friends of the Cresheim Trail will host our annual fundraiser this Saturday, April 19th. And we are extremely grateful to Dr. Rick S. Hock for planting a generous sponsorship seed to get the event going.

If you’ve spent much time volunteering with us or @fowissahickon, chances are you know him. And if you’ve been to the Mt. Airy EcoLab, that’s almost a definite.

Rick, a retired professor and Mt. Airy resident, is a volunteer extraordinaire. As featured in the current @weaversway Shuttle, Rick is the site director and co-lead at the Mt. Airy EcoLab, the site behind SEPTA’s Carpenter Station that @westmtairyneighbors has rehabilitated into a wonderful community asset. With FOW, Rick has been a regular member of the Q-Team, the group of volunteers led by David Bower who began meeting weekly during the pandemic and who team with FOCT on our Sunday volunteer service days — including this coming weekend. And he’s a recent addition to the board of the Wissahickon East Park Friends.

Rick is pictured here in pic 1 with Susan Dannenberg, FOCT’s retired longtime president of the board, and in pic 2 with FOW crew leader Jim McClory, trail ambassador Debbie Hoellein, and Hall of Fame volunteer David Bower at the Q-Team plank. Rick, Jim, and Debbie teamed up to fund the plank in honor of David and his years of service to the Wissahickon.

There are still a few last-minute sponsorship opportunities available, so if you or your company are interested, please email cresheimtrail@gmail.com ASAP.

And speaking of volunteering, our next service day is THIS SUNDAY, April 20th. We’ll meet at 9am at Chestnut Hill Mermaid Park, the green space between the Chestnut Hill flower shop and Mermaid Inn (drop a pin at 7645 Germantown Ave).

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The third and final round of new merch: At last, a

The third and final round of new merch: At last, a Cresheim Trail map!

Printed on thick cardstock, this map looks equally nice in an antique gold leaf frame or sprawled out on the table with coffee stains as you plan the day’s hike or ride. It features up-to-date trail alignments, connections into Wissahickon Valley Park and Wissahickon East, and an inset with the overall long-range CT plan.

They’re only ten bucks, an easy way to support your local trail organization and have a new visual aid to study. Like the new t-shirts and water bottles, they’ll be available beginning next Saturday night — at Trail to the Future, Friends of the Cresheim Trail’s fundraiser. Tickets to the event are at the link in our bio.

We’ll also have all three items at our volunteer workday the following morning, Sunday, April 20th.

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New CT merch: Round 2! Presenting: The Cresheim Tr

The first step toward strong muscles and mental ac

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