Benefit Concert for Mat-Su Trails and Parks Foundation
Contributed by Kathryn Swartz, Vice Chair, Board of the Mat-Su Trails and Parks Foundation
Tuesday, July 30, 7 to 10 pm at the Palmer Ale House
Love recreating in the Mat-Su? Come out and support our trails and parks! Singer-songwriter Tim Easton is performing live at the Palmer Alehouse on Tuesday, July 30 at 7pm. All proceeds from the event go to the Mat-Su Trails and Parks Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to supporting trails, parks, and outdoor recreation in the Mat-Su Borough. You don’t want to miss this event; there will be a live and online auction, with fabulous items donated by some amazing Mat-Su businesses, including Talkeetna Air Taxi, Backcountry Bike and Ski, Skeetawk and many others! Check out www.matsutrails.org for more information. This is the perfect opportunity to relax, have fun, and support your favorite trails and parks in the Mat-Su.
Proceeds from ticket sales go to Mat-Su Trails and Parks Foundation:
$10 Adult
$5 12 and under
Based in Palmer, Alaska, Mat-Su Trails and Parks Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization that serves the entire Mat-Su Valley. Since 2014, with a mission to be the trails and parks resource for a healthy community in the Mat-Su, Mat-Su Trails and Parks Foundation (MSTPF) provides grant funding to various non-profits and agencies, resulting in over 85 miles of new trails and 12 parks, the purchase of essential trail grooming and maintenance equipment, trail markers, and interpretive signage, and necessary trailhead amenities like bathrooms. In addition to grantmaking, MSTPF works with land managers, including AK State Parks, to apply, manage, and provide matching funding for federal and foundation grants. These projects allow us to leverage our community donations to facilitate million-dollar investments in the Mat-Su, as with the Curry Ridge Connector Project, or the preservation of Independence Mine State Historical Park. To date, our total grantmaking investment in the Mat-Su Borough has been just over $2,350,000. With your help, MSTPF plans to make an additional $2.5 million investment over the next five years in developing sustainable trails and regional parks in the Mat-Su Borough.
Name: Mat-Su Trails and Parks Foundation
Non-Profit Status: 501(c)(3)
IRS EIN #: 90-0699180
Physical Address: 642 S. Alaska St., Suite 215, Palmer, AK 99645
Mailing Address: PO Box 652, Palmer, AK 99645
Telephone: 907-746-8757
Website: www.matsutrails.org
Email: info@matsutrails.org
American songwriter Tim Easton was born on the Canadian border in upstate New York and spent his formative years living in Tokyo, Japan and Akron, Ohio. Traveling early and often, he learned the ways of the road and rails and spent 7 years as a bonafide troubadour, making his way around Europe, playing the streets and clubs, living in Paris, London, Madrid, Prague, Dublin, and wherever he laid his hat. It was this period of time when he developed his songwriting style - folk based storytelling and personal traveling tales, often peppered with bold confessions or "tell it as it is" reality. Rolling Stone Magazine praised him as "having a novelist's sense of humanity." He currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee.