— Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore AAEF ProjectThis African American Experience Fund project provided transportation for multi-cultural group of families, 30 people in... read more
Community Engagement
How We Help
The national parks belong to every American – past, present and future. The National Park Foundation is dedicated to celebrating our diversity – supporting equal and abundant opportunities for all audiences to experience, enjoy and create life-long relationships with these special places. In return, we also dedicate ourselves to bringing America’s national parks to the people – empowering our parks and their programs as engines for sustainability, volunteerism and stability in communities big and small.
The National Park Foundation is:
- Creating the American Latino Heritage Fund to preserve and protect the rich legacy and history of American Latino culture.
- Restoring 250 miles of waterways and trails, connecting parks to communities and promoting healthy lives.
- Embracing diversity with the African American Experience Fund, which supports over 30 national park sites including the Ebenezer Baptist Church and Little Rock Central High School.
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Community Engagement Programs
Community Engagement Success Stories
— Great Smoky Mountains National Park Active TrailsThe “Hike the Smokies” Active Trails initiative is an incentive-based program that encourages park visitors and neighbors... read more
— Shenandoah National Park Impact GrantThis Impact Grant targeted the first phase of a multi-part project to upgrade the availability and reliability of near-... read more
— Olympic National Park Active TrailsThanks to NPF’s Active Trails program, Olympic National Park provided a Leave No Trace education program to hikers,... read more
— Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Impact GrantAn Impact Grant allowed the Lakeshore to engage a professional Anishinabe Native American birch bark canoe builder to... read more
