Donate Financially

Friends of the Pumpkinvine Nature Trail, Inc. purchased the Pumpkinvine railroad corridor in 1993 and are donating the land to local park departments when design and engineering are ready for trail construction. You can see on on the Trail Availability page of this website that three sections of trail are already open for public use. Trail construction started between Middlebury and Shipshewana in autumn 2010 and the new 6.5-mile trail is expected to be complete in autumn 2011.

While Friends were working on their vision of building the Pumpkinvine Nature Trail, Goshen Parks was building the Maple City Greenway and Elkhart County built the MapleHeart Trail. These projects will connect Elkhart, Goshen, Middlebury and Shipshewana with about 25 miles of trail within a couple years, greatly exceeding Friends original dreams in 1993.

These accomplishments do not finish Friends' work. We are currently engaged in the following activities:

• We organize volunteers to assist with trail monitoring and maintenance.
• We share the costs of fencing 50/50 with neighbors.
• We need to buy several hundred feet of land to complete a section of the corridor with a blind end.
• We distribute brochures and maintain this website, a Facebook page and a blog to inform the public about our trails.
• We organize the annual Pumpkinvine Bike Ride.
• We have exhibits at special events and give presentations to interested organizations to promote trail use.
• We support enhancement projects, such as planting native grasses and flowers to impove the experience of trail users.
• We assist with preparation of grant applications for construction of unfunded sections of trail.

Trails are a wonderful asset to our community. They do not happen without public support. Your donations help us complete and maintain them

Friends annual memberships
Family	$30
Sustaining	$40
Contributing	$60
Patron	$100
Benefactor	$250
Bronze	$500
Silver	$1000
Gold	$2500
Platinum	$5000

To donate securely online using your PayPal account or credit card, please click this button. Thank you!

 

 

Snail mail to:
Friends of the Pumpkinvine Nature Trail, Inc.
P.O. Box 392
Goshen, IN 46527

Email to: Friends of the Pumpkinvine