The Win, Win, Win Approach to Fundraising

By purchasing the Katahdin Art Project at $250 or $400, you the contributor are supporting nature at its best and receiving an unbelievable value. Similar photographic prints alone normally sell in the general price range of $400 to $500. Your museum quality and ready to hang artwork will include Earl’s engraved poem and Bart Smith’s breathtaking shot of the mountain. It is beautifully framed, double matted, and uses high grade transparent acrylic to filter out harmful UV light. The art piece itself meets the highest archival standards based on the research of Henry Wihlem and his wife Carol Bower.
Together with getting an incredible deal on the price with the Katahdin Art Project you are donating money to worthy causes.  With your $400 purchase of the Signed Edition you qualify for a federal income tax credit of $250. With the Memorial Edition priced at $250 your tax credit is $100.  As outlined in the funds generated page, both the Earl Shaffer Foundation and the AT Museum Society will each receive a minimum of $100 of the purchase price. You may also direct the other $50 in remaining funds to be donated to the hiking club of your choosing.

            We at Image Pathways, realize there are not many opportunities available which allows the buyer to make time payments and a charitable donation while investing in a beautiful memento from two of America’s hiking legends.  Please consider sharing some of your earnings with the Trail in exchange of a little piece of Earl's spirit. The outcome of your investment is that you will own a limited edition collector's piece of art which proclaims to all your commitment and support of Nature and The Appalachian Trail.  Please consider sharing some of your earnings with the Trail in exchange for a little piece of Earl's spirit.
         

   Most people who learn about him and especially the individuals who make up the core memberships of the various hiking clubs along the Appalachian Trail discover a sense of kinship with Earl Shaffer. The Smithsonian wasted no time in procuring for its collection many of Earl’s personal papers and personal effects. This great American was a free thinking man who never let the prevailing conventional wisdom determine his actions, but instead followed his own deeply held convictions.  His entire life was a testimonial to one of the virtues his family valued, that accomplishments are first achieved in the mind's eye. Earl’s vision is what the Katahdin Art Project is all about. This is your opportunity to join in. While signing cards for this, his final project, Earl started joking with Bart saying that "we are going to get money for an A.T. Museum just by writing our names real small, a lot times." Each individual art piece sale is the seed bringing into fruition the grand vision of Earl Shaffer. The Appalachian Trail has become a National Treasure, enriching lives for everyone today, and with your support, generations to come.

Thank you.