Young Members
Welcome to the Maine Young Members Committee!
The Maine Chapter Young Members Committee is currently in the process of being formed. Once active, our goal will be to get (and keep) people in their 20’s and 30’s involved in AMC activities. We are hoping to increase young membership in the AMC and to ensure that the Maine Chapter remains strong and active well into the future. The young members committee will work in conjunction with other committees to plan workshops, trips, and events geared towards younger members. We are also working with the many environmental and outing clubs on Maine’s college campuses to build a relationship that we hope will benefit both the colleges and the AMC immensely.
As this committee is still in its formative stage, there is plenty of room for anyone who’s interested to get involved and to have their opinions taken into account.
Do you want to meet people with similar interests on awesome hiking, paddling, climbing, or skiing trips, both overnight and day trips, all over the state? Do you want to brush up on old skills or learn new ones in skills workshops? Do you want to improve your leadership skills and lead trips for your peers? Do you want to work on important conservation issues and educate members of your community about environmental issues relating to Maine?
Let us know, and we’ll try to get things organized!
If you are interested in getting involved or hearing more about what Maine Chapter young members are up to, please email or call Carrie Walia, vice-chair at carrie.amcme@yahoo.com or (207) 928-2277. If you are a college student interested in joining an outings club that partners with the Maine Chapter, contact Emma Gildesgame at ergildes@colby.edu.
Don’t live in Maine? Want to see what established Young Members Groups do? For more information on young members committees in other chapters, please go to their websites:
- Boston Chapter: http://www.amcboston.org/youngmembers/index.html
- Worchester Chapter: http://www.amcworcester.org/ym/
- New Hampshire Chapter: http://www.amc-nh.org/youngmemb.html
- New York/North Jersey Chapter: http://www.amc-ny.org/recreational-activities/youngmembers/
- Connecticut Chapter: http://www.ct-amc.org/ct-amc-ya/index.shtm
- Berkshires Chapter: http://www.amcberkshire.org/ym
- Washington D.C.: http://www.amc-dc.org/Files/youngmembers_new.html
- Delaware Valley: (scroll to the bottom of the page) http://www.amcdv.org/Activities/
