October 2009 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 7.
MAINE ISLAND T RAIL A SSOCIATION NEWS
MITA Honors Volunteers at Annual offering geographic information system to the nonprofit Maine Island Trail Associa- volunteer. In exchange, members have year-
Meeting Announces Award Honoring (GIS) expertise and volunteering hundreds of tion (MITA). Hanley turned over the keys to long access to the islands for camping, ex-
Founders Dave and Dorrie Getchell hours at the computer to enhance the his 32-foot speedboat ELUSIVE to Doug ploring or just enjoying from a distance. Eliza
ROCKPORT – The Maine Island Trail Asso- Association’s annual Trail Guide. Welch, Executive Director of MITA. Ginn, MITA’s Membership Manager, de-
ciation celebrated its many volunteers state- Lisa Oettinger (Penobscot) was the win- Through its professionally-brokered boat scribed it as “one of the best bargains in
wide during its annual Stewardship Party and ner of the Margaret C. Emerson Spirit of donation program (http://www.mita.org/ Maine.” (MITA membership costs $45 a year,
awards ceremony on August 20. Some 80 Giving Award for more than a decade of support/boats), the boat will be chartered $65 for a family). The number of MITA sites
guests attended from Maine and beyond to dedicated island stewardship in the Deer Isle and half of the proceeds, a minimum of has more than doubled in the last ten years,
honor a few of the hundreds of volunteers region and her ability to inspire others into $15,000 and perhaps over $50,000, will go to so the opportunity to expand stewardship
who log thousands of hours each year caring service. MITA. The funds will be used to support the resources through volunteers is particularly
for the wild islands of Maine. Each awardee was presented with a stewardship of the wild coastal islands and opportune.
Among the guests were three genera- framed photograph and an inflatable mainland sites that comprise the Maine Is- Hanley acknowledges he will miss the
tions of the Swett and Burt families of Round lifejacket generously donated by Blue Storm land Trail. thrill of piloting ELUSIVE at speeds of up to
Pond and Bar Island. The family attended to (http://www.bluestorm.us/). “This is a great surprise for MITA and a 40 knots but he is equally thrilled to help
thank the Association for its work to clear 220 In addition, at its annual meeting held the great day for the wild islands of Maine,” said MITA meet its financial goals. “MITA is the
derelict lobster traps from Bar Island in a same afternoon, MITA members elected two Welch. “In a year when charitable donations epitome of Maine tradition using local com-
major mobilization last spring. new trustees to the Board of Trustees: Nicole have been a little slow, this is a great shot in munity members to care for the precious
The highlight of the evening was the Connolly (Falmouth) a Major Gifts Officer the arm.” natural resources right in their own commu-
creation of a new annual award to honor the with the University of New England and ELUSIVE was built by Volvo Marine in nity where their families can continue to en-
founders of the Maine Island Trail Associa- Cyrus Hagge (Portland, Little Diamond Is- 1998 as a demonstration boat for Volvo en- joy them forever,” he said. “I’m delighted to
tion (often known as MITA). Twenty-one land) a real estate developer, commercial gines, so it is extremely fast. By contrast, be part of this remarkable organization and to
years ago, Dave Getchell Sr. launched the landowner, and philanthropist. The members MITA’s work boats are 18-foot open Lund help leverage its impact all along the Maine
vision that the wild islands of Maine should also ratified the mid-year appointments of skiffs. On ELUSIVE, Welch quips that coast.”
be open for recreation and the users them- two other Trustees: Kelly Boden (Portland), “MITA could probably deliver supplies from Casco Bay sailors may have seen Hanley
selves could be trusted to care for them. He an attorney with Verrill Dana and Lindsay Portland to our caretakers on Jewell Island in overhead as well as on the water he pilots a
and his wife Dorrie of Appleton worked tire- Hancock (Falmouth), the Assistant Director about 10 minutes,” but then notes that it float plane and an ultra-light aircraft. He is the
lessly to develop the Maine Island Trail As- of Development at Maine College of Art. probably makes more sense to charter it. founder and owner of Hanley Construction,
sociation. It was in their honor that the Asso- Trustees Scott Camlin (Belmont, MA/Wells) For more than twenty years MITA has Inc., also in Bristol.
ciation announced the establishment of The and Tony Jessen (Falmouth) were also developed and managed America’s first rec- The Maine Island Trail Association is a
Dave and Dorrie Getchell Spirit of MITA elected for continued three-year terms. reational water trail. Using a cadre of some 200 membership organization dedicated to the
award. At the meeting and party MITA also active volunteers from its ranks, MITA coor- protection and enjoyment of the wild islands
MITA Trustee Scott Camlin (Belmont, recognized two outgoing Trustees for nine dinates the management and care of many of of coastal Maine. With over one hundred and
MA/Wells) received this first ever award for years of service each: Greg Barmore the beautiful uninhabited islands that dot the eighty sites and over two decades of commu-
his years of immense and invaluable service (Harpswell) who is the retired Chairman and Coast of Maine. The uninhabited islands and nity-building, stewardship and education,
to MITA as a Trustee, Committee Chair, CEO of GE Capital Mortgage Corporation and coastal sites that make up the Maine Island the organization has developed a model of
project leader, strategist, and volunteer. Greg Shute (Alna) who is Wilderness Pro- Trail are owned by a combination of individu- sustainable recreation and created
Tom McKinney (Brunswick) was the grams Director at the Chewonki Foundation. als, land trusts, the state, businesses, and America’s first recreational water trail. The
winner of MITA’s Spirit of Stewardship OCEAN-GOING POWER BOAT other non-profit organizations. MITA edu- 375-mile waterway extends from the New
Award for his vital help in the office, at DONATED TO MITA cates its 3,600 members in low-impact recre- Hampshire boarder to Machias Bay. For more
outreach events and on the islands as a At the Portland Yacht Club Saturday ation practices, offers them opportunities to information visit www.mita.org.
cleanup volunteer and apprentice monitor Mark Hanley of Bristol generously cel-
skipper. ebrated two of his lifelong passions protect-
Alan Hammersmith (Kittery) was ing the coastal environment of Maine and
awarded MITA’s Spirit of the Trail Award for boating. He did this by making a unique gift
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