Street to Trail Association

2012-01-07T08:46:00.000-08:00

2006 to October 9, 2011

2011-10-17T13:56:00.000-07:00

2006

A canoe trip in 2006 takes two on a trail to new life.

The tip started off calm and tranquil. The trail became frantic and troubled, but we all made it; the journey worked out because we all pulled together to make the trip perform and we all achieved.

Just like the five years some downpours and some storms.

Our program give life-tools and a promise and give a word;

like a rainbow give to us

Married October 9, 2011

in Oshawa Ontario

The start of a new life

For more information about the program and

how to become a supporting member, visit us at
http://www.street-to-trail.org/
or e-mail paulmackle@yahoo.com
Please consider making a donation to
Street to Trail Association
P.O. Box 745 - 31 Adelaide Street East
Toronto, Ontario. M5C 2J8

416-532-0983

Looking after what you give us

2011-08-05T21:12:00.001-07:00

Exposed fabric on the bow or stern of your Kevlar canoe indicates it’s time to install skid plates. The sleek skid plates are ideally suited for the fine entry lines of today’s high-tech lightweight canoes. Within an hour your canoe will be wearing durable marine epoxy / Kevlar skid plates that will ensure many more days on the water

Wilderness Therapy Program

For more information about the program and

how to become a supporting member, visit us at

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

or e-mail paulmackle@yahoo.com

Please consider making a donation to
Street to Trail Association
P.O. Box 745 - 31 Adelaide Street East
Toronto, Ontario. M5C 2J8

416-532-0983

Earth Day

2011-04-22T20:21:00.001-07:00

Together, we're making a difference

in your community.

TD Canada Trust
TD Centre Branch

55 King Street West
Toronto, Ontario.

Withh your help, the TD Friends of the Environment Foundation has provided support to over 19,000 grassroots environmental projects in communities across Canada. Since 1990, we have been working with orgabizations that are committed to protecting the environment in your community and across the country. Organizations like the Street to Trail Association, which workk to organize wilderness hikes and other outdoor excursions that help homeless people experience the beauty and therapeutic calmness of nature.

Wilderness Therapy Program

For more information about the program and

how to become a supporting member, visit us at

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

or e-mail paulmackle@yahoo.com

Please consider making a donation to
Street to Trail Association
P.O. Box 745 - 31 Adelaide Street East
Toronto, Ontario. M5C 2J8

416-532-0983

2011-03-19T18:26:00.000-07:00

Starting on our trip February 18, 2011

The Outdoor Adventure Show

http://www.outdooradventureshow.ca/toronto/visitor/index.html

handed out 2,500 card on info of our

Wilderness Therapy Program

For more information about the program and

416-532-0983

2010-12-12T20:51:00.000-08:00

Toronto Star

2010-09-29T19:19:00.000-07:00

Together, we're making a difference in your community.

TD Friends of the Environment

http://www.fef.td.com/

Click: Central Ontario GTA

For more information about the program and

416-532-0983

Memories of Marcel

2010-09-16T19:13:00.000-07:00

A Hike: Fall 2001

Marcel, second from the left

________________

Hike: Summer 2005

Early morning breakfast, May 22, 2010

Marcel passed away September 16, 2010

Wherever the ocean or lake meet the sky
there will be memories of you and when

I look up at the sky so blue

all I see are vision of you

You shall live in the hearts of those who loved you

and

will never be forgotten

July 2010

2010-07-31T10:59:00.000-07:00

For more information about the program and how to become a supporting member, visit us at

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

or e-mail paulmackle@yahoo.com

Please consider making a donation to

Street to Trail Association

P.O. Box 74531 Adelaide Street East

Toronto, Ontario. M5C 2J8
416-532-0983

2010-05-14T06:34:00.000-07:00

In the morning 23 people showed up, but we only had seats for 17. This makes the 24 passenger van a must. Of the six people who stepped out of the trip, most where Voyager hikers who have been on hikes before. They let the newcomers go instead, knowing that the experience will introduce these folks to what Street to Trail has to offer.

The canoe you see in the upper photo is located in Bentshoe lake in the Muskoka Region. In lower photo, Fraser Johnson, a staffer at Mountain Equipment Co-op points out a canoe to Diana Mackle and Ross Colquhoun. Ross took serious notice of of a plea in Paul Mackle’s Street to Trail address at the 2010 AGM meeting on April 26. Ross very generously purchased the canoe for our trips.

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

Consider to making a donation to

Street to Trail Association

P.O. Box 74531 Adelaide Street East

Toronto, Ontario. M5C-2J8
416-532-0983

Recent presentations we've done for Street to Trail

2010-05-01T17:24:00.000-07:00

Recently we've done a number of presentations about Street to Trail for local groups: The Royal Canadian Air Force, Toronto Southeast Presbytery of the United Church of Canada at Scarborough Bluffs United Church, University of Toronto Occupational Therapy Students, and CCNM -- Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine.

For each of these presentations we setup a display table and show the 15-minute DVD of the CBC's documentary on S2T. Then we show a 30-minute PowerPoint slide show. There's always great discussions around the display table. People have so many questions!

For more information about the program

and how to become a supporting member, visit

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

or e-mail

paulmackle@yahoo.com

Please consider to making a donation:

Street to Trail Association

P.O. Box 74531 Adelaide Street East

Toronto, Ontario M5C-2J8
416-532-0983

February 2010

2010-02-24T16:18:00.001-08:00

For more information about the program

and how to become a supporting member, visit

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

or e-mail

paulmackle@yahoo.com

Please consider making a donation:

Street to Trail Association

P.O. Box 74531 Adelaide Street East

Toronto, Ontario. M5C-2J8
416-532-0983

January 3, 2010 Toronto Star

2010-01-24T11:10:00.000-08:00

For more information about the program and

how to become a supporting member,

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

or e-mail paulmackle@yahoo.com

Please consider making a donation to

Street to Trail Association

P.O. Box 74531 Adelaide Street East

Toronto, Ontario. M5C-2J8
416-532-0983

November News Letter

2009-12-07T16:26:00.000-08:00

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 that he and Street to Trail had given her.

For more information about the program and

how to become a supporting member

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

or e-mail paulmackle@yahoo.com

Please consider to making a donation to

Street to Trail Association

P.O. Box 74531 Adelaide Street East

Toronto, 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 issues.

Snowshoe Island, Land Stewardship

We Keep Working To Thank You

Hilton Falls June Hike

For more information about the program and

how to become a supporting member

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

or e-mail paulmackle@yahoo.com

Please consider to making a donation to

Street to Trail Association

P.O. Box 74531 Adelaide Street East

Toronto, Ontario. M5C-2J8
416-532-0983

Paddlefest 2009

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

Hosted by Mountain Equipment Co-op, Toronto's Paddlefest was 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 explain 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

The Fund-Raising Committee and

Street to Trail Board with a group of volunteers at the

the second annual Hike-a-thon for the Homeless

Saturday, May 3o, 2009.

Watch the Hike-a-thon on video and hear

founder Paul Mackle explain

Street to Trail on

Centennial College's Humanracebook

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

For more information about the program and

how to become a supporting member

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

or e-mail paulmackle@yahoo.com

Please consider making a donation to

Street to Trail Association

P.O. Box 74531 Adelaide Street East

Toronto, Ontario. M5C 2J8

416-532-0983

CBC News Sunday

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

CBC News On Sunday

You will see the video of a Street-to-Trail hike that CBC personnel filmed on a four-day canoe trip, with two cameramen. The trip was followed by an additional two weeks of filming in the city. All this resulted in over 100 hours of footage edited into a 15-minute film.

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

Mark Bochster
Producer Videographer
Cameraman
On a hike, the four-day canoe trip and two weeks of filming

Ed Middleton
Cameraman, on the four-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,

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

or e-mail paulmackle@yahoo.com

Please consider to making donation to

Street to Trail Association

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

The clinic is working hand-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 helping people living on the street

regain hope and confidence

by getting away from the city

and experiencing wilderness trips.

May 7, 2009

Mayor David Miller

and Members of Toronto City Council

extend congratulations to

Street to Trail

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For more information about the program and

how to become a supporting member,

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

or e-mail paulmackle@yahoo.com

Please consider making a donation to

Street to Trail Association

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

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

or e-mail paulmackle@yahoo.com

Please consider making a donation to

Street to Trail Association
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! We're doing a trek on snowshoes, 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

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

or e-mail paulmackle@yahoo.com

Please consider making a donation to

Street to Trail Association

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 Global Earth this morning with a fast moving front draping westward. There are reports of widespread gusts of approving cheerful shouts as this front sweeps across the land. Happy New Year!

Over the year 2008, we enjoyed 55 days of wilderness adventures; we were joined by 207 people from the streets; we hiked 240 kilometers of trail; we canoed 150 kilometers of lakes and rivers. These experiences were life-changing steps for every voyager.

For more information about the program and

how to become a supporting member

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

or e-mail paulmackle@yahoo.com

Please consider making a donation to

Street to Trail Association

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 performed 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 enjoyed this very successful event.

For more information about the program and

how to become a supporting member

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

e-mail paulmackle@yahoo.com

Please consider making donation to

Street to Trail Association

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 affords the opportunity to independent individual to function as a team, become self-reliant and build community life skills. The healing power of nature contributes to restoring hope.

Every challenge is a chance to change!

July and August

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

Canoe tripping on Georgian Bay

The wilderness adventure encourages a journey of personal discovery.

The wide variety of Ontario attractions permits each trip to be personalized to accommodate some special interests such as wildlife viewing, hiking, paddling.

Summer Hike

For more information about the program and

how to become a supporting member

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

or e-mail paulmackle@yahoo.com
Please consider making a donation to

Street to Trail Association

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

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

or e-mail paulmackle@yahoo.com

Please consider to making donation to

Street to Trail Association

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

visit http://www.street-to-trail.org
or e-mail paulmackle@yahoo.com
Please consider making a donation to

Street to Trail Association

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 is a time to discover and to encounter.

Wintertime work requires one to work longer and harder to get the job done. A simple task takes much longer in the wilderness.

_____________________

Refreshments after a Hike

For more information about the program and

how to become a supporting member

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

or e-mail paulmackle@yahoo.com

Please consider making a donation to

Street to Trail Association

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

November 09, 2007

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

Island was donated through Treasure House Ministries. The organization had decided to wind down its 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 scouted out the island and and camped on it. The island will provide Street to Trail with a number of new camping opportunities. There is a small, safe and secure shed with power outlets. This will help enormously in winter wilderness camping.

On October 1 - 4, 2007, Paul Mackle, Robert Murphy, Paul O'Hara and Lou Wilkinson developped a new canoe route. This environmentally-interesting trip starts just south of Washago, off Highway 169, where one can put into the Black River. This is a rocky river and provides lots of liftovers and portages on the way to the island.

While I was paddling in these the quiet waters, I was thinking of all the people that this new island facility will help over the years to come.

The next day we set our course for Lake St. John. With maps in hand, we journeyed from Black River to St. John Creek. After portaging the dam, we saw trees fallen across the stream. While these are obstacles, their presence also makes the journey beautiful.

For more information about the program and

how to become a supporting member

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

The Anglican
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 and 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 challenges 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 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 any label 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

Twenty-two participants enjoyed our June hikes, down a well-known path along the Niagara Escarpment. In the above picture we are in a fissure that opens to the sky. For hikers, the Bruce Trail provides some of the best views and challenges in southern Ontario. Our work at Street To Trail is to help our clients change their own lives by confronting the heights and challenges they meet along their personal paths.

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

AGM 2007

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

This photo taken at the AGM of 2005. For the third year in a row, this year's AGM, May 29, 2007, was held at the Hot House Cafe. Attending were were 21 supporters.

How you can help:

Become a supporting member

Buy a membership -- cost $20.00

Become a board or committee member

Find out more about Street to Trail

Come on a trip -- a day hike is a good place to start

Make a cash donation

We issue tax receipts for donation over $20.00

It is important to note that

participation has risen from 128 in 2005 to 147 in 2006

The Street To Trail concept works!

http://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 nicest that we have ever seen for the first week in May. But the bugs had a premature awakening.