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Do we have a treat for you!

Longtime Mendon Foundation fan and volunteer Mark Skipworth has graciously agreed to work with some pre-eminent Lehigh Valley Railroad photographers, allowing us to share some of their remarkable photographs with us. Each of these photographs is from a location along what is, today, the Lehigh Valley Trail. Our hope is that these photographs will give you an appreciation for what key locations along our trail looked like, decades ago. These images can be seen on a new gallery Read more

By Mendon Foundation President, ago

Transparency & trust

We spent some time recently to update our nonprofit GuideStar profile, in order to give our donors greater visibility into our finances and operation. As part of the journey from “Bronze” to “Silver” and, ultimately, to our “Gold” seal of transparency, we had to address the following questions. I thought that these would be good to repeat here, as they provide significant insight into our organization’s goals for the next three years. With this, we Read more

By Mendon Foundation President, ago

We’re on Twitter!

Now that we’ve taken better control of our web site and the email addresses associated with our domain, we have a Twitter account, which will be a handy way for you to interact with us. In particular, this should be a great way for you to let us know things you notice along the Lehigh Valley Trail or on our properties so we can address those things in a timely fashion. Tweet us @mendonfdn, and Read more

By Mendon Foundation President, ago

Welcome to our new web site

It’s been years in the making! Happy 2021. At long last, our new web site is live. Our old web site was way (way!) out of date, and was not easy (well, maybe even impossible) to update. While our Facebook presence is still a very important way for the public to keep up with what we are doing (you can visit it even if you are not a Facebook member), this site is all ours, Read more

By Mendon Foundation President, ago

Final thoughts on 2020, and an appeal

Dear friends, neighbors, and outdoors lovers, Oh, the things we have lost this year! Loved ones. Our traditional sense of community. The varied textures of a life with unfettered travel and human experiences. Yet we have gained, too. An appreciation for what we have. Time with those who are closest to us. Connection with nature and the outdoors. A certain sense of quiet that is rare in our lifetimes. 2020, inasmuch as it has been Read more

By Mendon Foundation President, ago