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Press Release

For Immediate Release:                         Contact:

Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010                            Paul Ertelt, (518) 449-3870

                                                               

New ADK Chapter Forming in Gloversville Area

The Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK), one of the nation’s largest outdoor recreation organizations, may soon have a new chapter in the Gloversville area.

ADK will hold on informational meeting for a potential new chapter at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 29, at the Senior Citizens Service Center of Gloversville & Fulton County, 53 Church St., Gloversville.

The meeting will include a presentation by ADK Executive Director Neil Woodworth and Deb Zack, director of membership and development for ADK. A petition will be available to establish a new chapter. At least 25 signatures are needed to form a new chapter.

ADK members and nonmembers are welcome. RSVP Jody Rothmeyer at (518) 224-1576 or rojo12547@yahoo.com.

ADK has 28,000 members and 25 chapters throughout New York and northern New Jersey. ADK chapters organize a variety of hikes, paddling trips, bike rides and other outings in the Adirondacks and closer to home. ADK chapters also sponsor social gatherings, trail maintenance projects, and lectures and educational programs. The chapters provide a voice on local conservation and environmental issues of importance to their members.

The Adirondack Mountain Club, founded in 1922, is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to protecting the New York State Forest Preserve, state parks and other wild lands and waters through conservation and advocacy, environmental education and responsible recreation. For more information about ADK, visit our Web site at www.adk.org.