August Volunteer of the Month: Melinda Heard

Melinda has been working with the Stewardship since day one and is one of the pillars of our volunteer community, having worked on almost every trail we've built. She can be found at any major event playing a key  role such as buying all the food(Costco anyone?), running the booth, or being a trail crew leader. Melinda has a long history of trail building dating back to the days when she helped build the popular Tamarancho trail in Marin.

Melinda lives in Clio, the town just down the road from Graeagle where a lot of our new trails are being built. This last summer(as well summers before...) she has spent loads of her free time volunteering with her husband and board member, Ron Heard, constructing the new Mills Peak trail. While working on this trail is incentivized by the fact that she gets a new trail in her back yard, her efforts have not gone unnoticed by SBTS. We would like to thank her for all of her hours of dedication which have helped make Mills Peak into a world class trail. With a little help from the community, this trail could be finished this year. Ron has been the champion of this trail from start to finish, and the results are amazing. The addition of this trail into the Graeagle community will expand the trail system in a way that the area has not seen in years.

Folks regularly leave donations at the tractor after hiking this trail simply because they are so grateful, excited, and psyched that it is being built.

So thanks. Thank you Melinda for all you've done this summer on the Mills Peak trail and for all you've done in previous years. We would not be where we are today without the help of both you and Ron. Go Heards!