Fundraising Launch

Purchasing a snow grooming machine not manufactured in the United States does not qualify for federal grant funds. Since there are no US manufacturers building the type of machine required for ECSA grooming conditions, the financial burden to purchase a replacement machine to groom ECSA trails falls on the association.

 So, we are launching the Replacement Snow Grooming Machine Fundraising campaign to raise funds to purchase a new machine for trail grooming. Noteworthy progress points in this effort include:

• The ECSA Board has voted to allocate $5,000 of ECSA funds to the $18,000 snow grooming machine purchase expense and the matching funds for grooming equipment expense, anticipating RTP funding for the grooming equipment.

• ECSA Board members have all contributed or pledged to contribute to the fund.

• The family of Richard Fort, ECSA founder and developer of the trails, has generously donated select pieces of his artwork to advance the fundraising effort. These works will be posted soon on this website along with opportunities for procurement.

We Need Your Support!

Thank you to all of you who have  contributed thus far! With donations of $1,203.48 and the $5000 allocation, we are one-third of the way to our goal, but we need your support to raise the remainder of funds needed to purchase the replacement snow machine.

Please contribute to this effort and heat up our fundraising thermometer!