Appalachian Trail thru-hiker Matt "Green Bean" Kusper of North Carolina garnishes a hamburger barbecued by Rumford Hospital employees Jen Holmes of Dixfield and Becky Hall of Peru, right, Thursday afternoon in the parking lot beside Route 26 in Grafton Notch State Park in Grafton Township. It is the second year hospital employees have participated in Trail Magic, a service to feed hungry hikers.
Becky Hall of Peru hands Appalachian Trail thru-hiker Marla "Fancy Feast" Davidson of Warren, Vermont, two veggie burgers Thursday afternoon in the parking lot beside Route 26 in Grafton Notch State Park in Grafton Township. Hall, the director of nursing at Rumford Hospital, was one eight hospital employees who volunteered to feed hungry hikers. Hall's grandson, Gabe Hall, and hospital employee Jen Holmes of Dixfield help.
Becky Hall of Peru welcomes Appalachian Trail thru-hikers Matt "Green Bean" Kusper of North Carolina and Marla "Fancy Feast" Davidson of Warren, Vermont, at Grafton Notch State Park in Grafton Township on Thursday. Hall, the director of nursing at Rumford Hospital, was one of the hospital employees who provided a meal for hikers.
Rumford Hospital employee Priscilla Bickford of Rumford, left, talks with Appalachian Trail thru-hiker Marla "Fancy Feast" Davidson of Warren, Vermont, on Thursday about Davidson's experience. Bickford and other hospital employees spent the day welcoming and feeding hikers as they passed through Grafton Notch State Park in Grafton Township.
Rumford Hospital employees Beth Bordeau of Peru, left, Jen Holmes of Dixfield and Becky Hall of Peru welcome Appalachian Trail thru-hikers Matt "Green Bean" Kusper of North Carolina, left, and Marla "Fancy Feast" Davidson of Warren, Vermont, right at Grafton Notch State Park in Grafton Township on Thursday. Hospital staff cooked food for hiker at the AT crossing on Route 26. Holmes' son, Sam Holmes, is in the background.
Marla "Fancy Feast" Davidson of Warren, Vermont, has an Appalachian Trail tag attached to her backpack. She began her thru-hike April 22 on Springer Mountain in Georgia.
Rumford Hospital employees set up a camp kitchen in the parking lot beside Route 26 in Grafton Notch State Park in Grafton Township on Thursday to feed Appalachian Trail thru-hikers. The hospitality effort is called Trail Magic.
Appalachian Trail thru-hikers Matt "Green Bean" Kusper of North Carolina, left, and Marla "Fancy Feast" Davidson of Warren, Vermont, approach Rumford Hospital employees barbecuing burgers for hikers Thursday afternoon in the parking lot beside Route 26 in Grafton Notch State Park.
Rumford Hospital employees Beth Bordeau of Peru, left, Jen Holmes of Dixfield, center, and Becky Hall of Peru chat with Appalachian Trail thru-hikers in Grafton Notch State Park in Grafton Township on Thursday.
News 
