The Magic of Woods Trail Volunteers
October 5, 2021
For one day each year, the Thetford Academy's Woods Trail Run has doubled the size of Thetford, VT. In a matter of hours, a small city emerges on Thetford Hill: 2,000 runners from more than 50 schools and throughout New England, rows of buses in every paved parking lot, neatly parked cars in every nearby field. The Woods Trail Run is, of course, a cross country meet. But to Thetford Academy and its community, it is also a point of pride and a place of connection. Like the trail itself, the Woods Trail event was born from the entrepreneurial spirit, goodwill,...