Volunteer Profiles

Volunteer Activities:  I started going to the monthly trail maintenance events two years ago.  I enjoyed it so much that I became a Trail Adopter, which means that I maintain it on my own. Favorite activities with Friends of the Blue Hills:  I love doing the monthly...

How long have you been going to the Blue Hills? I've been going to the Blue Hills since high school, so roughly 10 years? That seems like such a long time! What is your favorite spot in the Blue Hills? Any spot with a view. We tend to frequent Buck Hill when in the...

Name: Therese Joyce Town: Milton FBH Volunteer activities: Program Committee Chair Favorite thing to do in the Blue Hills: Look at the beautiful views Favorite activities with Friends of the Blue Hills: New Year's Day Walk, Sunset Hike in the fall...

Name: Colleen Brombacher Town: Randolph. MA FBH volunteer activities: Trail clean up, anything else I can participate in. FBH member since: 2013 Favorite Hike: It’s a combination of trails but I like to park on 28 and run or hike across part of the Forest Path loop...

Name: Erica Quigley Town: Jamaica Plain Volunteer activities: I help out on the programming committee with event planning, particularly children's activities. We try to go beyond standard crafts so that kids are engaging with the natural world and using their...

Name: Owen Hartford Town: Milton, MA Volunteer Activities:  While occasionally I attend the trail maintenance events, I devote most of my volunteer efforts with FBH to graphic design. I've been doing the layout for the newsletter since 2008, and also have worked on...

Volunteer Spotlight: name: Daniel Byrnes Town: Braintree Volunteer activities: Writing for the Friends of the Blue Hills Newsletter and Twitter account FBH member since: 2013 Favorite Hike: Skyline trail Favorite thing to do in the Blue Hills: Hiking, wondering...

Name: Pete Tierney Town: West Roxbury Volunteer activities: Trail work FBH member since: 2011 (I should have joined way before) Favorite Hike: Skyline, although as I explore the many other areas of the Blue Hills I am adding a lot of "favorites." Favorite thing to do...

Name:    Susan Sharkey Town:   Randolph Volunteer activities:   Trail maintenance FBH member since:  2009 Favorite Hike: Walking around the great swamp area. Favorite thing to do in the Blue Hills:  Hiking, looking at wildflowers, birds, meeting other hikers on the...

Name: Christine Miller Town: Cambridge Volunteer activities: Organize events with the Friends of the Blue Hills Programming Committee FBH member since: 2011 Favorite Hike: Skyline Trail-you'd never know you were so close to Boston. It has views like New Hampshire!...

Name:  Robert C Walcott Town: Easton (45 years) Volunteer activities: After 20 years of hiking and enjoying the Blue Hills, I finally became a member of the Friends of Blue Hills 4 years ago.   In 2008, when the Friends of the Blue Hills launched the Adopt-A-Trail...

Town: Milton Volunteer activities: Staffing the Friends of the Blue Hills info table at community events, advocacy FBH member since: 2009 Favorite Hike: A 45-min.-loop that takes me over the top of Hemenway Hill. Favorite thing to do in the Blue Hills: Walk with my...

Name: Amir Degany Town: Stoughton, Ma Volunteer activities: Adopt-A-Trail program since 2008, adopted the Wildcat Notch Path. FBH member since: 2006 Favorite Hike: Skyline Favorite thing to do in the Blue Hills: Hiking with my son and son-in-law, blueberry picking,...

Town: Canton Volunteer activities with FBH: Judge for the FBH Photo Contest. Favorite Hike in the Blue Hills: Skyline trail from Trailside to the Shea Rink. Unbelievable views, quiet spots around very corner, and pristine trails.  A nice challenge for a Sunday...