After 30 Years, We’re Looking Towards the Future
Trekkers youth mentoring programs are proven to help students build resilience, create community, and develop aspirations for the future. Trekkers youth mentoring programs are proven to help students build resilience, create community, and develop aspirations for their future. Learn more about our history and our future, with the success of The Road Ahead Capital Campaign!
A Leader in Youth Development
Trekkers cultivates the inherent strengths of young people through the power of long-term mentoring relationships. Our best practices and principles have become a model of exemplary programming in the field of youth development.
Programming
Youth mentoring that utilizes outdoor, experiential, and travel-based education to strengthen resiliency, raise aspirations, and connect young people to their communities.
Training
Trekkers Training Institute provides training, coaching, and professional development opportunities based on our principles and practices.
Why Is Trekkers Important?
Since 1994, Trekkers has been providing long-term, mentoring relationships to hundreds of students from Midcoast Maine. Our students consistently report statistically significant positive change in indicators of resilience, reflection, empathy, trust, and optimism.
Research shows that young people in these kinds of programs are 55% more likely to enroll in college, 78% more likely to volunteer regularly, and 130% more likely to hold leadership positions.
STUDENT STORIES
See Gillian’s Story
Jesse Ellis
Jesse Ellis, Class of 2008 After graduating from Trekkers in 2008, Jesse got her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Elmira College in upstate New York in 2012. During her time at Elmira College, she worked for many offices on campus,...
See Myla’s Story
Trekkers has taught me how to be a team player
“Trekkers has taught me how to be a team player as well as independent and how to help communities. It really showed me a lot about how to love people and how to spread kindness throughout my environment and surroundings. I love how Trekkers brings people of all...
See Ashley’s Story
Alec Young
Alec Young, Class of 2010 Alec Young (pictured on left) with fellow Georges Valley classmate from 2010, Nick Smith, after induction into the Senior Skull Honor Society.After graduating from Georges Valley High School in 2010, Alec attending the...
Join Trekkers in investing in young people and the future of Maine.
We are tremendously grateful for the generosity of the many individuals, businesses, charitable organizations, foundations, and local communities who make our work possible.
NEWS
Returning to Trekkers
By Gillian Lindsey, AmeriCorps Member, Trekkers Alum Class of 2021. Returning to Trekkers this summer was like stepping back into a world that has always felt like home. But this time, I wasn’t just a participant, I was able to get a glimpse of behind-the-scenes,...
Midcoast Community Collaborative launches website, tool for people who work with youth
ROCKLAND — The newly formed Midcoast Community Collaborative (MCC) has launched a new website, which includes a tool for those who work with youth in Knox and Lincoln counties to request resources for youth and families. As one of the first partners in the network,...
Trekkers on a national stage at the Mentoring Summit in Washington DC
The National Mentoring Summit, an annual 3-Day event, brings together mentoring practitioners, researchers, philanthropic investors, youth leaders, government and civic leaders and Mentor Affiliates from across the country. On Friday, January 26, Trekkers Training...
Join our mailing list to receive the monthly e-newsletter from Trekkers.
AmeriCorps Serving Here
Through the AmeriCorps Aspiration Program, Trekkers engages two AmeriCorps members each year to act as group leaders and mentors for youth in Knox County. Working closely with Trekkers’ staff, AmeriCorps members support core programming and expeditions. AmeriCorps is administered by the Corporation for National and Community Service, a federal agency that engages millions of Americans in service through its AmeriCorps and Senior Corps programs and leads the nation’s volunteering and service efforts. For more information visit: www.NationalService.gov