1. What is an annual fund? An annual fund consists of donations that help ParkLands 

carry out our mission. This includes expenses such as our staff salaries (we strive to

pay living wages to our dedicated employees), program expenses, equipment maintenance,

or materials for our volunteers. 

2. What do you mean by program expenses? Our main "program" at ParkLands is to

maintain and restore our properties. This includes seasonal prescribed burns, invasive

plant removal, and native plantings. Land restoration is expensive! Just imagine what

you would pay a landscaper and apply that amount to cover 3600+ acres. That is what

we are tasked with each and every year. We also have secondary programs that concentrate

on public outreach. These include guided hikes (which are fairly inexpensive to provide) all

the way to our larger public programs such as our Mudpuppy event in 2019. We are fortuntate

that we have so many volunteers to keep our costs down on these events but they still occur at

a cost to the organization.  

3. I'm already a member of ParkLands. Isn't that enough? We certainly appreciate all of our

members and intend to keep growing our member base. Our membership dues do not sustain

our organization and we would ask if you are able to donate more please do so to keep us growing

and going strong for another 50+ years. 

Thanks for reading! If you would like to donate click here 

If you have any questions please email Erin Herbez: erin@parklandsfoundation.org