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About the General Fund

The Florida Paddling Trails Association is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization formed in 2007 under the guidance of the Department of Environmental Protection's Office of Greenways & Trails to be the steward for the 1,515-mile Florida Circumnavigational Saltwater Paddling Trail that surrounds the state. In 2009, that stewardship was expanded to all of Florida's water trails. Your donations help support our mission and the costs associated with this website.

About the Taylor Howard Youth Paddling Fund 

In 2016, FPTA's vision was founded to be a resource for partner-based youth education and established the FPTA Legacy Fund. Since then, every year FPTA awards grants that support sending children to paddling camps across Florida. Not only are we building future paddlers, we are teaching these kids how to be good stewards of Florida waters. 

In 2023, the FPTA Board of Directors renamed the Legacy Fund to the Taylor Howard Youth Paddling Fund. Taylor Howard, a Florida Circumnavigational Saltwater Paddling Trail (FL CT) paddler began the FL CT in 2017 when she was 10 years old, with her father, younger brother, and sister. Taylor completed more than half the CT before she lost her life in a car accident. The Taylor Howard Youth Paddling Fund reflects the spirit and passion of youth paddling that FPTA originally envisioned and that Taylor Howard fully embraced.