Portland Trails Holiday Dash 5K

Help me raise money for Portland Trails!

I'm running the Holiday Dash 5K on December 10th to support Portland Trails. Will you help me meet my fundraising goal? All funds raised will go toward maintaining over 70 miles of trails and green spaces in Greater Portland. I use Portland Trails in many ways. Here are all of them I can think of:  biking to do errands, get groceries, go to an event. To have a partial car-free commuting route. Meet a friend at a destination. Biking or running for my physical and mental health and to meet training goals. A walk or run with friends. To watch what birds are hanging out on Back Cove and catch the sunset. Link up trails around Portland on a mountain bike solo or with friends.

I appreciate how many options there are for trails and I would LOVE to see the most heavily used Trails (Back Cove Trail) repaired in the mud hole/widened spots. Since the pandemic this trail has noticeably also gotten wider.  I love seeing all kinds of trail users out there on the trails for whatever their reason, and think having well-maintained trails allows people to use them more for active transportation AND recreation AND for personal health & wellbeing.

Thank you for considering making a donation to my fundraiser in support of Portland Trails!