Street to Trail Association

Portage St. James

2009-10-18T07:28:00.000-07:00

That no addict seeking recovery need ever die

Michelle gave Paul and Diana her one year medallion from Narcotics Anonymous, to thank Paul for the help and hope he and Street to Trail had given her.

For more information about the program and how to become a supporting member, please visit http://www.street-to-trail.org/ and or e-mail paulmackle@yahoo.comConsider to make a donation to Street to Trail Association and pleasemail to:P.O. Box 74531 Adelaide Street EastToronto, Ontario. M5C-2J8
416-532-0983

June and July 2009

2009-07-28T15:54:00.000-07:00

The Mayor of Toronto has proclaimed July 13 to 19, 2009 MAD Pride Week in Toronto . The MAD PRIDE Organizing Committee is pleased to announce our 2009 MAD PRIDE event. This is a week long festival of arts, education and heritage activities which engages in community development, raises rights awareness and celebrates the lives of persons who have been impacted by the mental health system.

Snowshoe Island, Land Stewardship

We Keep Working To Thank You

Hilton Falls June Hike

Paddlefest 2009

2009-06-16T19:28:00.000-07:00

Hosted by Mountain Equipment Co-op Toronto's Paddlefest two full days of on-water courses, seminars, intriguing land sessions, speakers, demonstrations, kid-specific activities, contests and giveaways

June 13 – 14, 2009 at Sunnyside Beach, Toronto

Paul & Diana Mackle explains Street to Trail at Paddlefest

with our Voyagers

We Keep Working To Thank You

2009 Hike-a-thon

2009-06-02T08:05:00.000-07:00

Saturday
May 3o 2009
Fund Raising Committee and Street to Trail Board with a group of Volunteers presents the second annual Hike-a-thon for the Homeless

Brennan Heath producer and Jordan cameraman

See The Hike-a-thon on video and

Founder Paul Mackle explains Street to Trail on Centennial College page humanracebook

http://www.humanracebook.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CR7Ddg6bEc&feature=channel_page

416-532-0983

CBC News Sunday

2009-05-24T18:41:00.000-07:00

http://www.cbc.ca/sunday/2009/05/052409_6.html

CBC News Sunday

You will see a hike that a CBC cameraman filmed and a canoe trip of a four days with two cameramen and for two weeks of filming in the city (over a 100 hours of recording) to get the almost 15 minutes of film.

Comments
-"What a beautiful idea put into practice."
-"What a heart warming story."

Mark Bochster
Producer Videographer
Cameraman
On a hike and a 4 day canoe trip (two weeks of filming)

Ed Middleton
Cameraman
On a 4 day canoe tip

Pat Softly
Producer

Michael Dorn
Editor

Evan Solomon
Host

Carole MacNeil
Host

For more information about the program and how to become a supporting member, please visit http://www.street-to-trail.org/ and or e-mail paulmackle@yahoo.comConsider to make a donation to Street to Trail Association and pleasemail to:
P.O. Box 74531 Adelaide Street East
Toronto, Ontario. M5C-2J8
416-532-0983

2009-05-14T16:42:00.000-07:00

Kent College Dental Hygiene Academy

Fundraising Dinner at

Trattoria 328 restaurant

Working in hand with Street to Trail

to offer Dental care to

our Voyagers

Thursday, May 7, 2009

May 7, 2009 at the Hot House Cafe`

Toronto Dollar is pleased to recognize

Street to Trail

For its outstanding commitment to help people living on the streets to regain hope and confidence through getting away from the city and joining in wilderness trips.

May 7, 2009

Mayor David Miller

and Members of Toronto City Council

extend congratulations to

Street to Trail

P.O. Box 74531 Adelaide Street East

Toronto, Ontario. M5C-2J8

416-532-0983

Post City Magazines

2009-04-03T14:25:00.000-07:00

Post City Magazines: April 2009 page 21

By Elisa Di Lorenzo

Photo by Cheol Joon Baek

(Click on article to read)

For more information about the program and how to become a supporting member, please visit http://www.street-to-trail.org/ and or e-mail paulmackle@yahoo.comConsider to make a donation to Street to Trail Association and please
mail to:P.O. Box 745
31 Adelaide Street East
Toronto, Ontario. M5C-2J8
416-532-0983

Camp February 2009

2009-02-28T14:26:00.000-08:00

Mid February in the Muskoka there is no place like this. A trek on snowshoes and pulling a load on a sled over an ice covered lake.

Don't breathe inside your sleeping bag at night. Moisture from your breath will wet your sleeping bag and reduce its insulating ability.

For more information about the program and how to become a supporting member, please visit http://www.street-to-trail.org/ and or e-mail paulmackle@yahoo.comConsider to make a donation to Street to Trail Association and please
mail to:P.O. Box 745
31 Adelaide Street East
Toronto, Ontario. M5C-2J8
416-532-0983

New Year Camp 08 - 09

2009-01-04T12:42:00.000-08:00

A strong system is moving across the Global Earth this morning with a fast moving front draping westward. There are reports of widespread gusts of numerous cheerful shout of approval as the front sweeps across the land. Happy New Year

Over the year 2008 in 55 days of wilderness adventures; 207 people from the streets, hiked 240 kilometers of trail, Canoed 150 kilometers of lakes and rivers. Stepping into life changes for every voyager.

mail to:P.O. Box 745

31 Adelaide Street East

Toronto, Ontario. M5C-2J8

416-532-0983

Fundraiser for Street to Trail

2008-11-17T19:03:00.000-08:00

Rock for a Cause is a charity concert formed by students. Rock for a Cause gathers supporting fans and artists together to put on performances where proceeds go to a charitable cause. Students from the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine put on the first Toronto event at Rancho Relaxo (300 College street) on Saturday, November 15, 2008. This show benefited Street to Trail Association. Around 150 people completed this successful event

For more information about the program and how to become a supporting member, please visit http://www.street-to-trail.org/ and or e-mail paulmackle@yahoo.com
Consider to make a donation to Street to Trail Association and please mail to:
P.O. Box 745
31 Adelaide Street East
Toronto, Ontario. M5C-2J8
416-532-0983

Fall Canoe trips

Narrator/Editor Dale Sood
Cameraman Deen Karim

Paul explains Street to Trail on the "Oasis HDTV"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfBI8k0Zfmw&feature=channel_page

Every Trip makes every individual function as a team, masters self-reliance and builds community life skills, and ultimately restores hope. The healing power of nature.

A challenge gives a chance to change Street to Trail

July and August

2008-08-29T14:33:00.000-07:00

Canoe Trip going into Georgian Bay

The journey combines the adventure and the wilderness with a journey of a personal discovery.

The wide variety of Ontario attractions permit each tour to be personalized to accommodate special interests such as wildlife viewing, hiking, paddling and participating in cultural groups and in an educational programs.

Summar Hike

For more information about the program and how to become a supporting member, please visit http://www.street-to-trail.org/ and or e-mail paulmackle@yahoo.com
Consider to make a donation to Street to Trail Association and please mail to:
P.O. Box 745
31 Adelaide Street East
Toronto, Ontario. M5C-2J8
416-532-0983

2008-06-01T18:50:00.000-07:00

Hike-aThon

for the Homeless

Saturday, May 31, 2008

For more information about the program and how to become a supporting member, please visit http://www.street-to-trail.org/ and or e-mail paulmackle@yahoo.com

Consider to make a donation to Street to Trail Association and please mail to:

P.O. Box 745

31 Adelaide Street East

Toronto, Ontario. M5C-2J8

416-532-0983

2008-05-29T06:36:00.000-07:00

April and May

Canada covers an area of 3,851,787 square miles. At its broadest, the country is more than 3,000 miles. Almost 10 percent of Canada's area is made up of lakes and rivers.

First week in May

March 8, 2008

For more information about the program and how to become a
supporting member, please visit http://www.street-to-trail.org/
and or e-mail paulmackle@yahoo.com
Consider to make a donation to Street to Trail Association and mail to:
P.O. Box 745
31 Adelaide Street East
Toronto, Ontario. M5C-2J8
416-532-0983

January & February, 2008

2008-02-26T17:24:00.000-08:00

Camping on McDonald Lake

February 18,19,20

January & February hikes and camp

17 Participants

The winter season to discover and encounter

Wintertime work determinedly tirelessly longer to provide or whatever they needed to get the job done. A simple task takes longer in the wilderness. Participants are especially grateful for the challenge to uncover or confront oneself.

Determination to strength of character

_____________________

Refreshments After a Hike

For more information about the program and how to become a supporting member, please visit http://www.street-to-trail.org/ and or e-mail paulmackle@yahoo.com
Consider to make a donation to Street to Trail Association and mail to:
P.O. Box 745
31 Adelaide Street East
Toronto, Ontario. M5C-2J8
416-532-0983

New Year Camp 07-08

2008-01-04T19:36:00.000-08:00

A white washed New Year

December 31, 2007

January 1, 2008

7 Participants 3 female 4 male

We ended 2007 and started the first day of the year on the Bruce Trail and the photos speak more than a thousand words. We got a Shampoo wash down of snow in the first morning.

A Winter Wonderland

For more information about the program and how to become a supporting member, please visit http://www.street-to-trail.org/ and or e-mail paulmackle@yahoo.com

Consider to make a donation to Street to Trail Association and mail to:

P.O. Box 745

31 Adelaide Street East

Toronto, Ontario. M5C-2J8

416-532-0983

Island

2007-11-14T15:37:00.000-08:00

Owner of Land on an Island

On November 09, 2007

Street to Trail has ownership of a one-acre on an island in the midstream of the Black River. Canoes rest on the first owned rock of Street to Trail. The cliff banks are a mixture of layered clay and sand. The river flows round the island and drifts north to the Trent Canal.

Island was donated from Treasure House Ministries. They had decided to wind down their operations and, knowing Street to Trail's mission and methods, offered the property to us.

On June 29 - 30, 2007 Paul Mackle and Francis Hebert. Scouts out island and to camp on it. The island will give a number of camping opportunities and safe security with a small shed with power outlets. This will help in the winter wilderness camping.

On October 1 - 4, 2007 Paul Mackle, Robert Murphy, Paul O'Hara, Lou Wilkinson. The development of a canoe route. Our environmental trip starts just south of Washago off Highway 169. Put into the Black River the rocky river gives lots of liftovers excluding the portage the 4 kilometers to the island. While paddling the quiet waters I was thinking of all the people that this will help over the years to come.

The next day we set our paddles to Lake St. John. With maps in hand we journeyed from Black River to St. John Creek. After portaging the dam we seen trees fallen across the stream. This gives a lofty obstacle coerce that make this trip plentiful.

For more information about the program and how to become a supporting member, please visit http://www.street-to-trail.org/ or e-mail paulmackle@yahoo.com

2007-08-07T18:34:00.000-07:00

July canoe and hike

23 Participants

THE ANNEX
GLEANER
July 2007 page 2 by Elena Yunusov

Natural remedies

The wilderness is where people get better, according to Street to Trail, Founder and executive director Paul Mackle. The local program takes homeless people off the streets and sends them on organized hikes into the woods, and canoeing and cycling trips. The program helps participants overcome depression, drug and alcohol addictions, and gain confidence to help themselves, according to Mackle.

He said he wholeheartedly believes in the healing power of nature and hiking trips that take people away from the relative noise of the city. A longtime resident of the Annex, Mackle was a director with the Toronto Bruce Trail Club for years, and founded Street to Trail as a special way to share his love for the wilderness and to help others.

“I met a woman once who was on her way to get drugs, but she went on a hike instead. Upon her return from the hike, that woman, a heavy drug user, went home. People tell me these hikes help them drop their vices, one by one,” Mackle said.

Macke sifted through numerous photographs of his hikers: a homeless man reflecting on a beauty of Georgian Bay, a group of smiling people on top of the mountain enjoying a beautiful view of the autumn forest, and hefty steaks browning on a campfire grill.

“I was a builder, I used to build houses, and now I build lives. I love a good challenge,” Mackle said. “When people feel good they are going to do good.”

The ultimate dream is to make Street to Trail a national program, Mackle said wilderness trips make homeless people function as a team, master self-reliance and community living skills, and ultimately restore hope.

For more information about the program and how to become a supporting member, please visit http://www.street-to-trail.org/ or e-mail paulmackle@yahoo.com

2007-07-13T20:12:00.000-07:00

TheAnglican
The newspaper of the Diocese of Toronto
June, 2007. Page 13 by Henrietta Paukov

Hiker helps people get off the street

PAUL Mackle said hello to a man at a street drop-in centre. The man responded angrily: “Oh, why don’t you psychoanalyze me?”

“He was really mad,” recalls Mr. Mackle. “I said: ‘Oh, I don’t do that, I just hike. Want to go on a hike?’ He started laughing. Then he sat down and we got talking. He showed me his pictures. He had been on a hike a while back, and I said: “Come on another hike.”

Mr. Mackle’s approach is low-key, but the impact of his work can be profound. Through a nonprofit organization called Street-to-Trail, he takes street people on hiking, camping and canoeing trips on the Bruce Trail and in the Kawarthas and Muskoka. St. James Cathedral and The Anglican Foundation sponsor the program, as does Mountain Equipment Co-op.

When he began leading the trips six years ago, Mr. Mackle was seeking to spark motivation in the homeless people he was meeting. “I was volunteering at Sanctuary, cooking and other things, but also always going on my trips, canoeing and hiking,” he explains. “I’m a hike leader for the Bruce Trail Club. And all the people there who go on trips tell me how good they feel for days afterwards. And I thought there’s something here. People in the drop-ins were telling me how lousy they feel. So I thought I’d put the two together and see what happens. Take them on the trail, make them feel good, and once they feel good, then they are motivated to do other things. A hiking trip is a goal. Once you’ve done something like that, you’ve challenged yourself. And challenge gives you a chance to change.”

He lets people know about the program through various drop-ins in the city. “I sit there and I just talk to people,” he says. “I have my pictures up on the table so everyone can see them.” He does two hikes a month and can take up to about 12 people on each trip. Last year, he took out 148 people and says the numbers increase each year. He refers people for professional help when appropriate, “depending on what they need, from medical care all the way to a social worker to talk.”

Mr. Mackle has seen a number of his hikers get motivated to get jobs and places to live. “I used to be a builder,” he says. “I built houses, and now I build lives. I’d rather not have ‘social worker’ or anything labeled on me, because a lot of street people reject that. I’m just a hiker.”

http://www.street-to-trail.org/

June hikes

2007-07-02T13:24:00.000-07:00

June Hikes

22 Participants

A well-known Trail along the Niagara Escarpment.

There are fissures that open to the sky.

The Bruce Trail provides some of the best views and challenges.

Street to Trail bestows and confronts heights to changes.

www.street-to-trail.org

AGM 2007

2007-05-30T19:26:00.000-07:00

This photo taken at the AGM of 2005

This year's AGM May 29, 2007

Location 3rd year at the Hot House Cafe

Attended were 21 supporters

Goals to achieve

Become a supporting member

Membership cost $20.00

Become a board or committee member

find out more about Street to Trail

Come on a trip

Day hike is a good place to start

Make a cash donation

We issue tax receipts for donation over $20.00

Highlights

We have made progress in each year

participation has risen from 128 in 2005 and 147 in 2006

www.street-to-trail.org

May Canoe Trip 2007

2007-05-28T15:39:00.000-07:00

May 7 to 10

Canoe Trip Muskoka

5 Participants

Portage from Georgian Bay

The weather was the nices that have ever seen for the first week in May and the bugs had an early premature awakening.