Ten Ways That You Can Help

Ten Ways That You Can Help
the Greater Washington National Parks
A proposal for a brochure/ website on the Greater Washington National Parks Fund (6-19-03 Glenn Eugster)

Brief Introduction and evocative overview: The Greater Washington National Parks are a remarkable array of more than 100 cultural, natural, recreation, and education sites, which enrich the lives of every metropolitan area resident—all 4.5 million of us. The parks are places to enjoy, and conserve, and we need your help.

Ways to support GWNPF:

1.Join a park partners organization (attach list of park NCR partner, friends groups, Cooperating Associations, etc.) organizations. This list would be attached.).

2. Donate a tree to the Tree & Shrub Replacement Fund or the
Cherry Tree Fund. http://www.nps.gov/cherry/mpffund.htm

3. Volunteer some of your time to help a Greater Washington
National Park
http://www.nps.gov/volunteer/

4.Support the Greater Washington National Parks Fund (see
http://www.gwnpf.org/

5.Participate in National Park
Week
http://www.nps.gov/npweek/

6.Participate in the Potomac River Cleanup Day
http://www.potomaccleanup.org/cleanupmainframe.html

7.Contribute to the parks through the Ranger Registry
http://www.nationalparks.org/Donate/RangerRegistry.asp?ref=GWNPF

8.Participate in the Annual March for the Parks
http://www.npca.org/take_action/be_a_friend/march_for_parks.asp

9.Visit a park, or parks, learn about our natural and cultural
heritage, enjoy the experience, and let us know what you think.
(see Summer in the Parks & Calendar website info)

10.Learn more about Greater Washington National Parks,
their assets, facilities, program, activities, and the issues that NPS managers face. (see NCR, GWNPF, LL Bean Map, Parks & History, NPCA, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Cooperative Associations, etc. information via websites)

Contacts for Further Information
NPS………….