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New Home for MMR + Registration Now Open!


Back for its 13th year, The Maudie’s Moonlight Margarita Run and Party (MMR) will be bigger and better than ever this year. We are excited to announce that the event has a new home! MMR will now take place at Seaholm. The race will begin along Walter Seaholm Drive and follow the former race course, but in reverse. The Finisher Party will take place at Sand Beach Park and the Post-Race Party will take place on the Great Lawn in front of the former Seaholm Power Plant.

MMR began in 2005 to bring two of Austin’s favorite things together – running and margaritas! This event has served as The Trail Foundation’s largest annual fundraiser and this year will be no exception. Please mark your calendars for Thursday, June 8th! Unlike other major fundraisers in Austin, this event allows ladies to trade the little black dress and heels for shorts and running shoes while gentlemen can leave their ties at home. While the attire is casual, the event raises critically needed funds for Austin’s beloved Butler Hike-and-Bike Trail.

Starting at 8:00pm runners depart on a 5K course traveling along the streets bordering Lady Bird Lake. Those attending the post-race party (a separate event within an event) will enjoy margaritas and catered dinner with Maudie’s Tex-Mex under the stars and the lights of downtown Austin. To finish the night, post-race party attendees dance and mingle to live music.

Take advantage of early bird pricing while you can and register now!

Register for this year's Margarita Run!

Earth Day + OV + TTF 


We're partnering up with Outdoor Voices and JuiceLand for a community trash cleanup to celebrate Earth Day on Friday, April 21st. Meet us at 606 Blanco St. at 11:30am to receive your clean-up kit. We'll take a leisurely stroll down the Butler Hike and Bike trail while we pick up trash. We will end at Juiceland on Lake Austin Blvd. for some complimentary cool-down treats.

Grab a pal and sign up here!
Photo Credit: Matthew Bradford

We Love Volunteers!


It's My Park Day, hosted by Austin Parks Foundation, was a great success! On Saturday, March 4th, 27 volunteers from the Young Men's Service League spread 8 cubic yards of mulch, planted over 100 live root plants, and planted 45 willow and dogwood poles at Auditorium Shores. More shade and more habitat will be growing up soon!

Additionally, our first quarterly volunteer day took place on Saturday, March 18th at Festival Beach and the 7 volunteers spread 15 cy yards under the beautiful shade trees. Want to volunteer at our next volunteer event on May 20th?

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KAB Clean Sweep at Lady Bird Lake

Keep Austin Beautiful is seeking volunteers to lend a hand at more than 130 sites across the county for Clean Sweep 2017. With on the water cleanups around Lady Bird Lake, creek restorations, and beautification projects there are plenty of opportunities to get involved. Clean Sweep is on Saturday, April 8th. Projects run from 9am-11am with a volunteer appreciation party to follow from 11:30am-1:30pm.
 

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Volunteer on May 20th

Do you love the Trail and want to help out on our Ecological Restoration efforts? Our second quarterly family-friendly volunteer day will take place from 9am-noon on Saturday, March 20th.

Activities may include but are not limited to: painting benches, pipe fencing or railing; planting; seeding; removing invasive plants or weeds; mulching; and more! These volunteer days are limited to 30 volunteers.  

 
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You Amplified #TrailLove!

Thank you to everyone that choose to support TTF during Amplify Austin. Because of your donations both through Amplify and directly through our website, we again raised over $20,000 for the Trail!

These donations will support important projects this year including ecological restoration around the Trail and the construction of the new Trail Bridge at Congress Avenue. Making the Trail functional, beautiful, and healthy is important to us, and you help make that happen. 

Did you know The Trail Foundation has five full-time staff, one part-time staff and one intern? Over the next couple of months, we will introduce you to the people that make the behind-the-scenes improvements to our beloved Trail. 

Staff Highlight
Beth Carroll, Project and Creative Director


Beth is a detail-oriented, quick-learning landscape architect with a broad set of skills, including project management, communications, technology, graphic design, and volunteer coordination. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Texas A&M University with a BLA in Landscape Architecture in 2006. She has worked in a wide range of practice areas and project types and gained a broad range of design and construction experience, from intricate urban design to environmentally sensitive children’s gardens. She is passionate about the design and ecological work The Trail Foundation accomplishes in her beloved city of Austin and has been a key part of the organization’s substantial growth over the last seven years. Beth is an avid knitter, reader, food lover, and accumulator of hobbies. She enjoys spending time with her husband, Jason, and son, Jude (7).

Did you know that the Trail provides almost half a million dollars of annual ecological benefits to Austin? Learn more about the impact of the Trail on our community.

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