Paddle for a Purpose Tickets Are Live
Paddle for a Purpose is a ridiculously fun, family-friendly, river-lovin’, heel-stompin’, oyster-shuckin’ good time! Heading into our fifth year, we’re more grateful than ever for this incredible community. Your participation, however you choose, helps foster what young people need most right now—solid relationships, emotionally supportive spaces, and novel experiences in the great outdoors.
What’s next?
rally your friends and reserve your tickets
expect more details on logistics to come from us via email in april.
read over the waiver
when & where
Date: 6.13.26
location: Glidden Point Oyster farm
9:00 am ARRIVAL for paddlers: check in, coffee, breakfast from yeti boys, mingle, prep your watercraft
10:00 AM launch: get in your boats and cruise the 3 mile route on an incoming tide.
AFTERNOON: paddlers return to glidden Point oyster farm sometime around noon. After party begins. Live music with poi rogers, glidden oysters, yeti boys food truck, kid activity stations, hootin’ and hollerin’ until 4pm.
This event didn’t just happen—it started as a “what if?” between two river-loving friends. Ryan McPherson of Glidden Point Oyster Farm and Bill Joyce of Carson Douglas Landscape Design spent years dreaming up an adventure on the water that would celebrate the river winding through—and connecting—our twin villages. An idea. Some time to let it percolate. Then in 2022, Paddle for a Purpose was born.
Of course, no good river adventure happens alone. They rallied some equally enthusiastic friends—Mitch Mitchell of Midcoast Kayak and Allyson Blake of Ocean Blue Fitness—and together created something pretty magical: a joyful, on-the-water mini expedition filled with community spirit, salty breezes, and a whole lot of heart.
We’re beyond jazzed that Hearty Roots is the beneficiary of this incredible day. It’s a natural match since our programs embody the very same ingredients that make this event so special. Every paddle helps open the door for local young people to get ‘off the grid and into their hearts.’
So yeah—it’s fun. It’s meaningful. And it all started with a love of the river and a wild idea.
Sponsoring
Get your business involved
brainstorm how you’d like to get your business in the mix, and then let’s chat: haley@heartyroots.org
