General Donations

Donations can be dropped off during open hours (Friday and Saturday) at The Gallery at New Bethlehem Town Center, mailed to RVTA c/o New Bethlehem Town Center, 419 Arch St. in New Bethlehem, PA 16242 or made via Pay Pal or your credit card on our website.  You don’t need a PayPal account to donate. Please consider adding 1.99% plus $.49 to your intended donation to cover the credit processing fee that we incur.  Please scroll down to make an online donation.  You can also set up the donation or membership fees for automatic payment on a recurring basis.   Your support is appreciated.

Annual Fundraisers – May Day of Giving and December Challenge. 

We will participate in our 8th annual Redbank Valley Day of Giving in May 9, 2024 and our annual December Challenge.  Matching funds are welcomed.  Membership renewals, memorial and general donations all help us maintain the trails.  Perhaps consider donating to RVTA in someone’s honor or memory, perhaps as a graduation, anniversary, Christmas or birthday gift.  For your convenience, donations can also be delivered on the May Day of Giving to other donation locations participating in the annual Redbank Valley Day of Giving:  Redbank Valley Public Library  in New Bethlehem by their closing hours or to First Commonwealth Bank at 223 Main Street in Brookville, PA 15825.

RVTA Funding Needs:  Donations help with trail maintenance, including helping us fund portojohns, the costs for which have risen substantially last year.  As we continue to improve and maintain the trail our needs remain great: we need to refresh crushed limestone on many miles of the main trail, remove fallen trees, mow and manage vegetation, knotweed and other invasive species, and maintain and repair drainage culverts and bridge decking that is beginning to show wear and deterioration.  We need fuel for equipment and materials. We would also like to improve drainage, signage and parking, and add historic markers, among other needs. We have established a fund for ongoing maintenance and emergency repairs as well as a long term maintenance fund.  Donations and bequests are welcomed as volunteers need funding to improve and maintain the trail. We do not receive any regular government support and rely on public donations to support our efforts.

Looking for a unique gift?  How about naming a shelter ($10,000), a small bridge ($5000), bench ($500), or picnic table ($750) in honor or memory of a special someone?  Would the hard-to-buy-for person who has everything appreciate an annual or lifetime trail membership?  Trail memberships which renew in January can qualify for a matching donation during the December Challenge.

Any contribution is greatly appreciated. Material, equipment donations and services are also gratefully accepted along with historical information of sites along the trail.

Your contribution is tax deductible to the fullest extent allowable by law. Redbank Valley Trails Association is qualified as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization with the Internal Revenue Service and is registered with the Pennsylvania Bureau of Charitable Organizations. Donations will be acknowledged by letter for your tax purposes.

We use 2 online professional companies – PayPal & Donorbox – for a small fee (which you have the option to help us by paying) to process your current and recurring donations. They process your donations without us ever coming in contact with your credit card information and generate records of payments and transfers to our bank account. You can use a PayPal account if you have one – choose to set one up – or bypass all of that and directly donate with a credit card as a guest of PayPal. PayPal process all donations for us for the above reasons, even those solely with your credit card. These systems also give you the choice of making a current donation, or setting up a recurring automatic monthly donation.

There are 4 main methods by which you can donate to RVTA.

  1. Make a donation now using the form below.
  2. Set up a recurring monthly donation from your credit card at an amount you choose using the form below.
  3. Mail or drop off a donation with your contact information by check to RVTA, c/o The Gallery at New Bethlehem Town Center, 419 Arch Street, New Bethlehem, PA 16242.
  4. Set up a donation through your company or a donor advised fund such as Benevity, Fidelity or Schwab or another organization.

Click here to donate

To make a donation, click the button above to begin. Select an amount that you wish to donate. You can also set up a recurring automatic monthly donation by clicking Monthly in an amount you want to give, be it $10, $20, $40 or some other custom monthly amount (which you can modify or end at any time). Recurring monthly gifts provide us with a much-appreciated base of recurring support. We will acknowledge your donation on an annual basis.

Next, check the appropriate boxes and provide your contact information, so we can acknowledge your donation.

Next is a PayPal link. Just below is a box to check if you want to pay the processing fees we incur along with your donation – ignore this if you choose.

Click the Pay with PayPal icon and consider whether or not you want to set up a personal PayPal account, to avoid having to input credit card info each time you make an online purchase or donation. You don’t need to set up an account to donate to us. If you don’t want to use PayPal and prefer to use your personal debit or credit card, click the gray tab “Pay with debit or credit card” or “Checkout as guest”, and that takes you to a screen to fill in your information to use your debit or credit card through PayPal as a guest. When done, click the Continue button, and the donation will be processed. A thank you screen will appear in several seconds once the donation has been accepted!

Donation Info

Day of Giving

The Day of Giving and December challenge have been our main source of annual funding in addition to grants.  We’re hoping to add a matching fund next year for all those charities participating in the Redbank Valley Day of Giving. We also appreciate anonymous donors who match the first $2500 to $5000 for a 100% match. We’re hoping for your support to help us make repairs,  improve and maintain the main trail and the 9-mile Sligo Spur.  Thank you to all who support us on the Day of Giving, during the December challenge and throughout the year. For more info see the attached brochure. RVTA December Challenge 2022