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Friends of Rock Island State Park DDC Challenge Fund
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Friends of Potawatomi State Park DDC Challenge Fund
The Friends of Potawatomi State Park Group is excited to work with the Door County Community Foundation and Destination Door County to use their State Park Initiative to help fund the addition of an open-air park shelter and updated parking near the eastern terminus of the Ice Age Trail, at the top of the Old Ski Hill. This new open-air shelter will have an occupancy of 50 people and serve as a new amenity in a part of the park that currently does not have a shelter. The Friends Group Board has discussed this potential project since 2018. In the last year, the Ice Age Trail Alliance has completed trail clearing and rerouted/replaced stairs on the trail, greatly improving the quality of the final few miles near the terminus. Additionally, the Ice Age Trail was designated as an official unit of the National Park System in December 2023, meaning that it now holds the same status as trails such as the Appalachian and Pacific Crest Trails. The Friends Group Board believes that building an open-air park shelter will be a valuable addition to celebrate this part of Door County and provide a great space for people to gather and enjoy the park.
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Friends of Peninsula State Park DDC Challenge Fund
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Donate today to double your impact and help raise $150,000 for your favorite Door County State Park!
Take action now by simply clicking on the State Park poster of the property you care about most and make your gift online:
Destination Door County, working in partnership with the Door County Community Foundation, has launched the State Parks Grant Initiative to improve and enhance Newport, Peninsula, Potawatomi, Rock Island, and Whitefish Dunes State Parks. This $150,000 per park is divided into three parts.
Using room tax dollars generated by the visitors to our community, Destination Door County has already committed the first $50,000 to each non-profit “friends group” at our five State Parks. This initial funding will be utilized for modest upgrades and improvements to their facilities.
The second $50,000 will come from generous folks like you. The individual friends groups have been asked to identify a larger project that will truly enhance their respective State Park – and have been challenged to raise a second $50,000 from people like you.
Once each friends group achieves this challenge goal, Destination Door County will match the community’s contributions and add the third $50,000, completing the cycle.
By working together, we’ll generate $150,000 each for Newport, Peninsula, Potawatomi, Rock Island, and Whitefish Dunes State Parks – which is a total community contribution of $750,000 to Door County’s State Parks!
Take action now by simply clicking on the State Park care about most and make your gift online:
If you’d like to mail a check, make it payable to the Door County Community Foundation, Inc. and indicate which State Park you’d like your contribution to benefit:
Door County Community Foundation, Inc.
222 N. 3rd Ave.
Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
If you’d like to contribute publicly traded stock, or some other kind of asset, please call the Community Foundation at (920) 746-1786 or email info@givedoorcounty.org.
Neither your gift nor the grant from Destination Door County will be used to replace existing funding that would have otherwise been budgeted for the State Parks. Instead, your contribution will enable each non-profit Friends Group to imagine new initiatives that will expand or enhance their respective park.
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