Volunteer Spotlight: Membership Committee

This month's Committee Highlight focuses on the Membership Committee. Under the leadership of Membership Chair, Kathy Kindness, the Chapter has gained 68 new members this year. As of September 2025, our chapter has 2,869 members. The Membership Committee planned several events this year. Our AMC Day at Prospect Mountain, VT, was a "greet and ski" event. Our National Trails Day event, scheduled for June 6 in Cheshire, MA, was to include trail maintenance, a bike ride, a paddling trip, a hike, and a tabling event. Unfortunately, torrential rains put a damper on things for both events! We are planning the greet and ski as well as another National Trails Day events for 2026. Kathy also held multiple tabling events at various locations around western MA. This year, we celebrate twenty-three 25-year members and three 50-year members! We are so thankful for their long-term commitment to the Appalachian Mountain Club! Our 25-year members are: Byron Call, Elizabeth Dillman, Kim Gangwisch-Marsh, Larry Hunter, Kaye Lynn Johnson, Kenn Kaminski, Christine Keenan, Grant Kendrick, Naomi Klayman, Emma Kolchin-Miller, Linda Lopatka, Lorraine Mangione, Sheila Marks, Sheila Marks, Douglas Marshall, Sarah Marshall, Steven Miller, Cathy Schoen, James Schumacher, Patricia Stevenson, George Turkington, Roy Van Driesche, Alice Weis, and Jonathan Weis. Our 50-year members are: Harold Grinspoon, Thomas Rossi, and Marcia Rossi.