Vote Online and Text Your Support for
the Arizona Trail April 1 to May 31, 2009
Help the Trail Earn a $50,000 Grant!
Winner takes all - five finalists from across the U.S.,
including the Arizona Trail, are vying for top honors in
the Redwood Creek Greater Outdoors Project. The one
organization that receives the greatest number of votes
from among the proposals wins the $50,000 award.
THE PROJECT: Saguaro National Park Connector Trail
This grant would build five difficult miles of the Arizona
Trail into Saguaro National Park east of Tucson. Due
to the remote location in a rugged wilderness area,
these miles must be constructed by hand. Not only
will this project help complete the trail, it allows
access into backcountry and protects a sensitive
riparian area as well.
HOW TO VOTE: Between 12 AM ET April 1, 2009 and
midnight ET on May 31, 2009, you can vote for the Arizona Trail
project once ONLINE DAILY and once via TEXT MESSAGE
DAILY during this period!
Online:The first time only, you will be required to register on "Blaze the Trail",
Redwood Creek's community site, in order to make your vote count. After you fill in
all of the required fields, make sure you click on the AZT choice before you submit
your registration (the box will turn green and the "vote" button will change).
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email from
Redwood Creek confirming your registration and vote. For future voting you can simply login on the voting
screen (the link above) using the username and password you selected. You will
see a line that says: Already have an account? Click here. This will
bring up the login fields. After entering your name and password, select the
ATA box and then click on the "vote" button.
Both the first time and all subsequent times you vote, you should see a confirmation
screen appear that lets you know your vote was counted.
Texting: For information about how to text, click on this button:
Or you can watch an instructional video on
YouTube.
Arizona Trail supporters - we know it will take a bit of effort to initially
vote, but what a boost this grant will be to the Arizona Trail.
Please vote twice a day (once online, once via text message)
from April 1 to May 31, 2009.
