25-WORD DESCRIPTION:
GPTN helps build and promote multi-use trails for transportation and recreation, encouraging healthy lifestyles while preserving the environment.
HOW WE USE YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS:
- $1 a week pays for one of our color-coded trail signs. ($52)
- $2.50 per month pays for 12 of our free color trail maps. ($30)
- $33 per month helps pay for one new trail sign kiosk ($396)
- Any amount helps. Trails are very expensive to build and maintain!
A STORY FROM OUR AGENCY:
Lincoln’s extensive trails network makes it easy for people of all ages to stay active close to home. Lincoln’s trails wind through neighborhoods and connect to parks, schools, and downtown encouraging everyday walking, running, and biking, which supports heart health and lowers medical costs for the community. These same paths lead residents into green spaces, tallgrass prairie, and wooded corridors, offering quiet places to see wildlife and seasonal changes without leaving the city. Spending time in nature reduces stress and helps people feel restored and energized. Because the trails link major destinations like parks, arenas, and nature centers, they naturally become social spaces where neighbors meet, families ride together, and community events take place.
To illustrate this point, the Lincoln Journal Star recently described a Lincoln resident whose heart needed exercise, but his knees didn’t appreciate the hour-long walks on his lunch break. So instead, to help reduce his high blood pressure, he started bike riding on Lincoln’s bike trails over his lunch break. Examples like this are why the Great Plains Trails Network volunteers work to support and expand Lincoln’s trail system. Consider donating to GPTN and help build a strong healthy community,
ADDRESS/PHONE:
PO Box 82902
Lincoln, NE 68501-2902
402-429-5753
