EVENTS
AFLMT at the Lebanese Diaspora Energy North America Conference 2019
The American Friends of the Lebanon Mountain Trail (AFLMT) participated in the Lebanese Diaspora Energy (LDE) North America convention held in Washington, DC during September 20-21, 2019, and AFLMT President Joseph Karam presented at a panel on tourism. After showing...
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President Aoun Inaugurates the Lebanon Mountain Trail at the Baabda Presidential Palace
“You have turned your dream into a reality for all of us to enjoy.” - H.E. Lebanese President Michel Aoun speaking about the LMT On March 28, 2019, in the course of a ceremonial reception at the Presidential palace in Baabda, H.E. General Michel Aoun, officially...
The Baskinta Literary Trail is as Young and Vibrant as Ever!
Drawing on a “seed grant” from the American Friends of the Lebanon Mountain Trail (AFLMT), made possible by a donation from ECODIT, the Lebanon Mountain Trail Association (LMTA) has just completed a total facelift and updating of the network of directional signs,...
The AFLMT-WAAUB Greater DC Chapter Joint Hiking Event
by Marielle Fares On Saturday, Oct 14th the American Friends of the Lebanon Mountain Trail (AFLMT) and the Worldwide Alumni Association of the American University of Beirut (WAAUB)-Greater DC Chapter held a one of a kind, first joint hiking event in Rock Creek...
The September 2017 AFLMT Fundraiser Dinner
“Protecting the Lebanon Mountain Trail (LMT), and indeed the mountains of Lebanon, has become a cause for the LMT fans and the Lebanese people.” Joseph Karam, President, AFLMT On June 13th, 2017, Patrick Vaughan, a U.S. ultra-trail runner from Virginia,...
Running the LMT to Protect the Mountains of Lebanon!
June 2017- By the AFLMT Board of directors Dear Friend of the Lebanon Mountain Trail: It is with great pleasure that we announce the successful completion of the LMT Run by U.S. athlete and trail runner Patrick Vaughan, who just ran the entire length of the LMT (294...
AFLMT Approves Signpost Grant
At its end-of-year meeting, December 3, the board of directors of the American Friends of the Lebanon Mountain Trail (AFLMT) approved a $10,000 grant to the Lebanon Mountain Trail Association (LMTA) to support its signposting program. The grant followed on an earlier...
Thank you Rathmann Family Foundation!
For the fifth consecutive year, AFLMT has been awarded a $5,000 grant from the Rathmann Family Foundation. The board was notified of the most recent grant in June 2016. The mission of the Rathmann Family Foundation is “to promote and support innovation, development...
AFLMT Sponsors LMTA’s First Annual Gala Fundraiser
Many of us Lebanese in the U.S. feel a sense of deep yearning for the beautiful Lebanon depicted in our grandparents’ stories, celebrated in Fairuz’s songs, or experienced in our early childhood and teenage years. We want to experience Lebanon’s charm, re-live its...
AFLMT Comedy Shows with Lebanon’s King of Comedy, Nemr Abou Nassar
In an effort to further spread awareness of the LMT in the U.S. and raise funds to support the Trail, the AFLMT organized and hosted two stand-up comedy shows in March 2013 for Lebanese and Arab communities in Northern Virginia and Michigan, with the amazingly...
Community Service with the US Embassy
On the occasion of the US Independence Day, the US Embassy in Lebanon and the LMTA organized a Community Service Event on Section 10 of the LMT, near the village of Chatine in the caza of Batroun. The event was attended by the U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Maura...