The Trail Volunteer Fund was established in 2007, and the first grant was made in early 2008. Since then, the Fund made about a dozen grants each year. To date, the Fund has supported 239 projects on 53 trails, including 21 on various sections of the Great Allegheny Passage, 21 of the projects have been carried out by youth groups, including several Eagle Scout and Girl Scout Star Award projects. See photos of some of the projects.
Grants have supported equipment and materials for maintenance equipment, bridge and trail surfacing, facilities such as picnic and camping areas, signage, fencing, and numerous other projects.
The trails included Allegheny Highlands PA, Allegheny River, Allegheny Trail Alliance, Alleghey Valley Trail Alliance, Armstrong, ARTinCC, Avonmore, Butler-Freeport, Clarion Little Toby, Coal And Coke, Corry, Deckers Creek, East Branch, Ernst, Five Bridges, Five Star, Fort Cherry Friends, Friends of the Riverfront, Girtys Wood Nature Preserve, Harrison, Hollow Oak, Indian Ck, James Meyer, Kinzua Valley, Knox Kane, Marrienville Four Seasons, McKeesport, Mj2Kb, Mon Riv/Decker Ck, Mon River, Mon Yough, Montour, North Bend, Norwn Trails, Panhandle, Path of the Flood, Rail 66 County, Redbank Valley, Roaring Run, RTC Trails, Sandy Creek, Sheepskin, Shenango, Stavich, Steel Valley, Three Rivers Heritage, Troyer Family Heritage, West Penn, westland Branch montour trail, Westmoreland Heritage, Westmoreland Yough, Whitsett, Yough River.
| 2026/Mar | Three Rivers Heritage | replace aging, storage containers with two new Corten steel shipping containers ... more ... | |||
| 2024/Dec | Three Rivers Heritage | Purchase electric power tools to switch out our current gas tools to electric ... more ... | |||
| 2023/Mar | Three Rivers Heritage | tools, safety equipment, and shovels to safely and effectively outfit volunteers ... more ... | |||
| 2021/Jun | Three Rivers Heritage | Repave about 1300 feet of trail ... more ... | |||
| 2018/Dec | Three Rivers Heritage | tools, container | |||
| 2017/Feb | Three Rivers Heritage | hand tools | |||
| 2016/Jun | Three Rivers Heritage | safety vests | |||
| 2015/Mar | Three Rivers Heritage | hand tools | |||
| 2013/Oct | Three Rivers Heritage | hand tools | |||
| 2012/Aug | Three Rivers Heritage | hedge trimmer | |||
| 2011/Dec | Three Rivers Heritage | Purchase graffiti remover for cleaning stickers, tags, etc. from walls, signs, | |||
| 2011/Dec | Three Rivers Heritage | Snow Shovels | |||
| 2009/Sep | Three Rivers Heritage | Repair safety fencing on South Side Trail ... more ... | |||
| 2008/Oct | Three Rivers Heritage | Purchase graffiti remover for cleaning stickers, tags, etc. from walls, signs, etc. ... more ... |
