Skowhegan AmeriCorps Outdoor Recreation Program

We believe that everyone deserves the opportunity to enjoy time outdoors because the more people who connect with nature the more we all benefit. When people have meaningful experiences outdoors, their quality of life, health, and social well-being improve, and in turn, their communities become stronger and more sustainable. Our goal is to bring people together and expand the role of outdoor recreation in our community. The Skowhegan AmeriCorps Outdoor Recreation Program--a program of Main Street Skowhegan--offers free outdoor recreation activities, clinics, outings, and volunteer opportunities for the Skowhegan community. We are also working to build an outdoor recreation gear library for residents to borrow (for free!) gear that they need to get outside.

Outdoor recreation can improve quality of life and health and wellness outcomes and cultivate an active lifestyle culture in Skowhegan and the region. It can impassion our young people, reconnect our families, embrace our elderly, and develop our youth. Outdoor recreation can catalyze business development, innovation, and town revitalization. It can create opportunities for sustainable tourism, for environmental advocacy, for growth. It can bring us together as a community. Join us as we work to transform Skowhegan's community!