Mariners Trail is a 5.5-mile paved recreational trail running along the shore of Lake Michigan between the cities of Manitowoc and Two Rivers, Wisconsin. (continued)
Friends of Mariners Trail (FOMT) is a non-profit organization formed in 2003 to assist in the operation, up-keep, promotion and future development of the trail so as to ensure sustainability of the trail to the communities of Two Rivers and Manitowoc. (continued)
Trail-a-Thon Volunteers Sought 
(posted: July 15, 2008)
Volunteers are being sought for a variety of tasks for our Saturday, August 9 Trail-a-Thon. People are needed in the area of set up and take down, auction help, and food/water distribution, as well as for other jobs. Please call Judy Corrado at 684-0828 if you would like to volunteer. Participation for even a couple of hours would be helpful, and you need not be a Friends member to join in.
Our Trail-a-Thon is our big money-raising event of the year. Beside a Trail walk, it includes a 5-mile Fun Run and Radio Auction, and takes place at the Woodland Drive Wayside, across from Aurora Health center. Click here for more information.
July Monthly Meeting Last Meeting before Trail-a-Thon!! July 23, 2008
The July FOMT monthly meeting will be held on Wednesday, July 23, at 6:30 pm at our Two Rivers meeting location, the Hamilton Community House - Senior Center, 1520-17th St., Two Rivers. There are convenient entrances to the building from the main entrance on the corner of 17th and Adams Streets, or from the 18th Street parking lot.
This our last meeting before our Trail-a-thon on August, and certainly there will be planning for that event.
Newly Planted Flower Beds Now Sprouting (posted
6/11/08)
Twenty
colorful flower beds along the northern part of Mariners Trail are in place
thanks to the participants in the FOMT Flower Bed Project. Dozens of
community members have spent hours weeding, planting, and watering the past
three or four weeks. Signs will be in place soon telling who is responsible
for each of the beds. The next time you're on that part of the Trail, slow down
and have a look at the great work that has been done.
"Thank you!" to all involved.
Trail Map News (posted 5/29/08)
At the May FOMT meeting on May 28, Judy Goodchild reported that the trail map project is nearing completion. The advertising cutoff will be soon, and the maps will then be printed in time for distribution before the summer travel season is in full swing.
The new maps, featuring Mariners Trail and Rawley Point Trails, will have essentially the same format as the 2005 map. They will be placed in distribution boxes along Mariners Trail, and passed out to local businesses and the state park. (Mariners Trail has three map distribution points, the two commemerative brick locations and the Woodland Drive Wayside.)
The map project is an undertaking of the Friends of Point Beach, Pont Beach State Forest, and the recreation Manitowoc and Two Rivers departments, along with FOMT.
August Monthly Meeting Wednesday, August 27, 2008
The August FOMT monthly meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 27, at 6:30 pm at the Manitowoc Parks and Recreation Department. New and prospective members are encouraged to come.
The Manitowoc Parks and Recreation Department is located at 1105 Fleetwood Drive (at
Waldo Blvd.) in Manitowoc. The Recreation Department building is at the east end
of the parking lot.
2008 Trail-a-Thon Saturday, August 9, 2008
This is our big money-raising event of the year. Beside a Trail walk, it includes a Fun Run and Radio Auction. For more information about the event, including the list of sponsors so far and registration forms for participants, click here.
2009 Photo Contest Rules Announced
The rules and guidelines for the FOMT 2009 Calendar Photo Contest have been announced. Essentiallly, photographers have until October 1, 2008, to submit photographs taken along the Manitowoc-Two Rivers lakeshore shoreline.
Major changes in the contest include an extension in the area in which photos may be taken. No longer will the photographer be limited to the Trail area proper. Also, only digital photos will be accepted: those using film camera will be required to have their photos digitized before submission. The contest committee also stressed that photos showing activity along the Trail are especially being sought.
Complete contest instructions, along with the entry form, are available here.
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