2024 Board Results
President – David Pawlick #12803
Directors:
Brent Pierce #5959 (thru 2027)
Bob Harvey #7442v (thru 2027)
Carla Denn #12655V (thru 2026)
Brant Schneider #12786 (thru 2026)
Winn Rea #9903 (thru 2025)
Sheila Young #2994 (thru 2025)
President – David Pawlick #12803
Directors:
Brent Pierce #5959 (thru 2027)
Bob Harvey #7442v (thru 2027)
Carla Denn #12655V (thru 2026)
Brant Schneider #12786 (thru 2026)
Winn Rea #9903 (thru 2025)
Sheila Young #2994 (thru 2025)
We have a new special merchandise offering available to all 46er finishers
This fall the special membership offering will be crewneck and hooded sweatshirts. We are going for that ‘old school’ soft, medium weight top for warming up or just showing off your accomplishment.
“PLEASE PLACE SPECIAL ORDERS SEPARATELY. DO NOT INCLUDE OTHER ITEMS ON ORDER FORM!”
Crewneck: 11 oz., cotton/polyester fleece. Engineered to resist vertical shrinkage. Side knit gussets. Rib knit cuffs and waistband. Full athletic fit-unisex.
Heather 60/40 Cotton/Poly blend, Athletic Forest 80/20 Cotton/poly blend
$49 XS-2XL (+$2 for 2XL) – PRICE INCLUDES SHIPPING COST
Hooded: 11 oz., cotton/polyester fleece. Engineered to resist vertical shrinkage. Side knit gussets. Lined hood with matching drawcord. Front pouch pocket. Rib knit cuffs and waistband. Full athletic fit – unisex.
Heather 60/40 Cotton/Poly blend, Athletic Forest 80/20 Cotton/poly blend
$55 XS-2XL (+$2 for 2XL) – PRICE INCLUDES SHIPPING COST
All sales will be taken online at adk46er.org/shop.
To Note – you must login to a finisher account to see the merchandise.
Distribution will not start until the sale ends, and the vendor starts production. PLEASE DO NOT EXPECT delivery of merchandise until the start of November 1st.
**DEADLINE TO ORDER IS SEPTEMBER 30th.**
Questions regarding special merchandise can be sent to 46rspecialmerch@gmail.com.
We have wrapped up our 2023 Trail Crew season and want to send along a huge THANK YOU to the 101 different individual volunteers who came out for our 20 different work days! That worked out to just over 2300 volunteer hours of caring for trails and lean-tos in the Adirondacks!
Remember that regardless of your size, strength, age or ability, there is always something you can do on the trail crew. At the end of each day, we want every volunteer to know that they did something useful and contributed to the improvement of the Adirondack trails and lean-tos.
Come join the crew in 2024!
Your Trailmasters; Brian Hoody, Doug Varney, Curt Snyder, Mary Lamb, Michelle McCall, Victoria Challingsworth, and Mark Simpson.
Additionally, we wish to thank our partners at Frontier Town Gateway who provide us with storage for our tools and parking for our crew!
The 46ers trailhead steward program has completed its last training session of the 2024 year. This would not be possible without our support team.
We wish to Thank the staff at the Adirondack Educational Center for providing us with a space to conduct our training.
We thank Tate Connor NYSDEC forester for his expert training for the last seven years.
Our heartfelt thanks to NYS Forest Rangers Pete Evans and Chris DiCintio for giving up their time on a weekend to prepare our trainees.
Training would not be possible without our 46er trainers Carla Denn- Authority of the resource.
Ben Bradford, Winn Rea, and Lisa Crandall, our Master leave no trace trainers.
Our behind-the-scenes team Laurie Rankin, Brian Hoody, Heather Daley, Ben Bradford, and Joe Ryan.
Finally, we want to than the 100 volunteers who will man our trailheads this season.
The Adirondack 46ers organization is unique in many aspects. Chief among those ways is that it is, and always has been, run entirely by volunteers. In fact, it could be said that without the commitment and effort by these hundreds, if not thousands, of people over a 75-year history, the organization would not likely exist.
Historically, the 46ers had gathered information and recognized the contributions of the Trail Crew in terms of hours. Those hours were recognized with patches according to how many hours they had accumulated; i.e., 46, 146, 346, 546, 746, and 1046. Other volunteer contributions such as those serving as Directors, Committee Chairs, and other elected and appointed positions had never been asked to track the hours they spent/accumulated in conducting that work. Those elected and appointed volunteers readily agreed to assist the organization with no expectation of earning any hours or other accolades. The Founders Award was established as a way in which historically these persons had been acknowledged.
As volunteer projects expanded, with the addition of the Outdoor Skills Workshop, Trailhead Stewards, Adopt-A-Highway, Herd Path Maintenance, and Correspondents, the eligibility for volunteer service hours (VSH) expanded. However, the Founders’ Award was not given appropriate timely attention and updating.
This need led to the melding of the Recognition Committee (who had developed the current Volunteer Service Hours protocols) with the Founders’ Award Committee. This joint group undertook the task to reform the criteria for the Founders’ Award, or develop something new.
The new committee has developed an entirely new award, The President’s Award, with its own criteria. It will replace the Founders’ Award. The first recipients will be honored at the spring meeting in May 2024.
In brief, recipients of the award will have demonstrated significant, exemplary service to the Adirondack 46ers and its client community for a lengthy time, typically in more than one area of service. The following criteria should be met (and considered a minimum for being nominated):
Additionally, nominees may also illustrate broader support of their communities in other volunteer roles (e.g., but not limited to, leadership in a local hiking or conservation group: this is illustrative only).
If you wish to nominate someone, please contact 46erpresaward@gmail.com, and you will be sent the necessary details. Remember the deadline this time only is 31 January 2024.
A physical plaque with the official emblem of the 46ers; affixed below the emblem is a personalized engraving with the recipient’s name, date presented, and a few words about their contributions.
Sample image below: (Wording is illustrative only; subject to change)
The emblem should be cast metal, similar to the ones used on the belt buckles that were sold at one time.
We recommend that the wood used be “local”, with each slab being unique in some way.
Limit supply of 2023 Special Order Merchandise leftover available – first come, first served. Order on the website store only.
Available items – Womens CORE365 Two-layer Fleece Bonded Vest, Mens CORE365 Two-layer Fleece Bonded Vest, Womens CORE365 Two-layer Fleece Bonded Jacket, Mens CORE365 Two-layer Fleece Bonded Jacket all in red or black (not all sizes and colors available in all items).
For completed and registered 46ers ONLY (dues must be current). Not all sizes / colors available.
See attached merchandise PDF for more details or visit the ADK46er store.
Questions regarding this special order merchandise can be sent to Wendy, Special Merchandise Coordinator at 46rspecialmerch@gmail.com.
THE APRIL 21ST TRAILHEAD STEWARD TRAINING DATE IS FULL! WE STILL HAVE OPENING FOR MAY 18TH AND JUNE 23RD.
Sign up now!
Greetings potential 2024 volunteers,
Training dates for 2024 have been determined. 4/21/24, 5/18/24, & 6/23/24. Prior to training you must first complete the sexual harassment course and send the certificate and a screen shot of the policy sheet to shtraining46@gmail.com.
Fill out the DEC VSA form and bring to training.
Please review the you tube videos below prior to training.
We need from your 46er#, shirt size, email address, cell phone # and mailing address. I will ask you to pick a training date in the future unless you have already determined the date. Please send them to trailheadstewards@gmail.com.
We look forward to seeing you at one of the training sessions.
Joe Ryan #3787V
Adirondack 46ers Code of Conduct and Sexual Harassment Policy
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