Support the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail by joining or renewing today!
Members will receive newsletters, notices of upcoming trail-related events, and opportunities to actively promote the rail trail through a variety of volunteer activities.
Individual Membership $10
Family Membership $25
Sponsor $50
Conductor $100
Engineer $250
RR Tycoon $500+
Sponsor and above receive a complimentary BFRT cap or t-shirt. Please let us know if you prefer not to receive the complimentary gift.
or you may choose to mail your donation to:
Friends of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail
PO Box 1192
Concord, MA 01742
The Friends of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail is incorporated as a 501(c) (3) organization—membership fees and donations are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
Information about Donation Funds is available here.
How are funds used?
So what does / will the FBFRT do with the funds I provide through Membership dues or donations? Here are some examples of costs we have incurred or, if noted, may incur.
Tens of dollars – Food and beverages for meetings, gifts to guest speakers, office supplies, renting meeting space.
Hundreds of dollars – Food and tools for trail clearings (love those weed wrenches), copying of flyers and presentations for outreach and education, display banners. t-shirts for volunteers at special events, web site hosting, tent for outdoor outreach events.
Thousand of dollars – Copying and mailing bi-annual newsletter. Campaign pamphlets, signs, mailings and postage to rally support for critical Town Meeting votes. Donations to Towns to cover some of the additional staff resources associated with managing the design and construction of the BFRT.
Tens of Thousands of dollars – Provide funds for initial feasibility studies. Potentially provide seed or (partial) matching funds for trail design.
Hundreds of Thousands of dollars – Potentially provide seed or (partial) matching funds for right-of-way purchase, trail construction.
Note: the FBFRT has no paid staff or consultants. None of the funds pay for the thousand of hours of effort volunteers volunteer.
