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| (i) Name of supported organization | (ii) EIN | (iii) Type of organization (described on lines 1- 9 above or IRC section (see instructions)) | (iv) Is the organization in col. (i) listed in your governing document? | (v) Did you notify the organization in col. (i) of your support? | (vi) Is the organization in col. (i) organized in the U.S.? | (vii) Amount of monetary support | |||
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Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2009 | (b) 2010 | (c) 2011 | (d) 2012 | (e) 2013 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") .... | 571,496 | 516,386 | 1,424,228 | 687,036 | 1,393,361 | 4,592,507 |
| 2 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf....... | ||||||
| 3 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | ||||||
| 4 | Total. Add lines 1 through 3 | 571,496 | 516,386 | 1,424,228 | 687,036 | 1,393,361 | 4,592,507 |
| 5 | The portion of total contributions by each person (other than a governmental unit or publicly supported organization) included on line 1 that exceeds 2% of the amount shown on line 11, column (f).. | 1,590,437 | |||||
| 6 | Public support. Subtract line 5 from line 4. | 3,002,070 | |||||
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(a) 2009 | (b) 2010 | (c) 2011 | (d) 2012 | (e) 2013 | (f) Total | |
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| 7 | Amounts from line 4.. | 571,496 | 516,386 | 1,424,228 | 687,036 | 1,393,361 | 4,592,507 |
| 8 | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources... | 3,078 | 6,767 | 5,644 | 9,119 | 8,406 | 33,014 |
| 9 | Net income from unrelated business activities, whether or not the business is regularly carried on.. | ||||||
| 10 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part IV.).. | ||||||
| 11 | Total support (Add lines 7 through 10). | 4,625,521 | |||||






Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2009 | (b) 2010 | (c) 2011 | (d) 2012 | (e) 2013 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") . | ||||||
| 2 | Gross receipts from admissions, merchandise sold or services performed, or facilities furnished in any activity that is related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose...... | ||||||
| 3 | Gross receipts from activities that are not an unrelated trade or business under section 513.. | ||||||
| 4 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf... | ||||||
| 5 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | ||||||
| 6 | Total. Add lines 1 through 5. | ||||||
| 7a | Amounts included on lines 1, 2, and 3 received from disqualified persons... | ||||||
| b | Amounts included on lines 2 and 3 received from other than disqualified persons that exceed the greater of $5,000 or 1% of the amount on line 13 for the year. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 7a and 7b.. | ||||||
| 8 | Public support (Subtract line 7c from line 6.) | ||||||
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(a) 2009 | (b) 2010 | (c) 2011 | (d) 2012 | (e) 2013 | (f) Total | |
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| 9 | Amounts from line 6... | ||||||
| 10a | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | ||||||
| b | Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 10a and 10b. | ||||||
| 11 | Net income from unrelated business activities not included in line 10b, whether or not the business is regularly carried on. | ||||||
| 12 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part IV.) .. | ||||||
| 13 | Total support. (Add lines 9, 10c, 11, and 12.).. | ||||||




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| 990 PART III, LINE 4A PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS | ENSURING PARK PRESERVATION TODAY; CREATING PARK STEWARDS FOR TOMORROW FOR 31 YEARS, NATIONAL PARK TRUST (NPT) HAS WORKED ON HUNDREDS OF PARK PRESERVATION PROJECTS FROM MAINE TO ALASKA AND HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN PRESERVING NEARLY 39,000 ACRES OF PARK LANDS FROM DEVELOPMENT. WE ARE UNIQUE IN THAT WE MOVE QUICKLY TO SELECT, ACQUIRE AND PRESERVE LAND AND WATER BY DEDICATING FUNDING TO COMMUNITIES AND PROJECTS THAT NEED IT MOST. OFTEN WE SERVE AS A PARTNER WITH LARGE NATIONAL LAND TRUSTS AND FRIENDS GROUPS TO PROVIDE CRITICAL BRIDGE FUNDING AND ACQUISITION RESOURCES TO COMPLETE PARK PRESERVATION. NOW THROUGH OUR NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION INITIATIVES WHERE'S BUDDY BISON BEEN?, KIDS TO PARKSTM NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AND KIDS TO PARKS DAY, NPT HAS FURTHER IMPACTED PARK PRESERVATION BY PROVIDING IN-DEPTH ENVIRONMENTAL AND OUTDOOR EDUCATION EXPERIENCES FOR KIDS, THEIR FAMILIES AND TEACHERS - WITH A STRONG FOCUS ON UNDER-SERVED COMMUNITIES. OUR GOAL IS TO CULTIVATE THE NEXT GENERATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDS AND CONSERVATION PROFESSIONALS WHO WILL MAKE IMPORTANT DECISIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR PARKS AND PUBLIC LANDS AND WATER, AND TO PROMOTE A HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE THROUGH OUTDOOR RECREATION. TO DATE, NPT'S PROGRAMS HAVE REACHED MORE THAN 500,000 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND THE PROGRAM HAS GARNERED RECOGNITION FROM LEADERS IN THE EDUCATION, MEDICAL, RECREATION, AND CONSERVATION COMMUNITIES INCLUDING THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR (DOI), NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (NPS), AMERICA'S STATE PARKS, AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS, PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL ON FITNESS, SPORTS AND NUTRITION, NFL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION, NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATION, AND NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION,. OUR PROGRAMS ALSO OFFICIALLY SUPPORT THE FIRST LADY'S LET'S MOVE! INITIATIVE AND HAVE BEEN FEATURED ON THE LET'S MOVE! WEBSITE. IN THE COMING YEARS, NPT WILL WORK TO EXPAND AND FURTHER INTEGRATE OUR LAND CONSERVATION AND YOUTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS SO THAT WE NOT ONLY CREATE MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCES IN NATURE WHERE CHILDREN GAIN IMPORTANT ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL SKILLS BUT ALSO LEARN IMPORTANT LESSONS IN CONSERVATION AND THEIR ROLE IN PROTECTING OUR NATION'S PARKLANDS. AND WITH A POTENTIAL FEDERAL WORKFORCE RETIREMENT RATE OF 40 PERCENT IN THE NEXT DECADE, NPT HAS A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE YOUNG PEOPLE WITH HANDS-ON EXPERIENCES IN NATURE AND EXPOSE THEM TO GREEN CAREER PATHWAYS AS TECHNICIANS, SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, LAND MANAGERS, AND EDUCATORS, AMONG OTHER PROFESSIONS. ABOUT NPT'S LAND PARK PRESERVATION PROGRAMS NPT CONTINUES TO MAKE GREAT PROGRESS WITH OUR PARK CONSERVATION EFFORTS. IN THE LATE 1990S, WE WERE THE LEAD ORGANIZATION TO CREATE A NEW UNIT OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM DEDICATED TO PRESERVE OUR COUNTRY'S PRAIRIE ECOSYSTEM - THE TALLGRASS PRAIRIE NATIONAL PRESERVE. MORE RECENTLY NPT HAS ALSO BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN ADDING CRITICAL PRIVATE LANDS TO MANY OTHER PARKS INCLUDING GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, MT; PINNACLES NATIONAL MONUMENT, CA; U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK; ZION NATIONAL PARK; AND THE MAROON BELLS - SNOWMASS WILDERNESS AREA, CO. WE HAVE ALSO PROTECTED ENDANGERED SPECIES THROUGH OUR MANAGEMENT OF THE IVANPAH DESERT TORTOISE RESEARCH FACILITY IN MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE. IN 2013, WE COMPLETED AN OUTDOOR CLASSROOM AT THE BRUCE VENTO NATURE SANCTUARY IN ST. PAUL, MN, AND IN COOPERATION WITH THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LANDS, SAVED AN HISTORIC PART OF KENNESAW MOUNTAIN NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD. THIS YEAR, 2014, WE ACQUIRED 30 ACRES OF NEEDED LAND FOR INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE. WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON SEVERAL NEW UNIQUE PRESERVATION PROJECTS INCLUDING: BRUCE VENTO NATURE SANCTUARY, MN JEAN LAFITTE NATIONAL HISTORIC PARK, LA INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE, IN KENNESAW MOUNTAIN NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD PARK, GA YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, CA FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL OF OUR COMPLETED PROJECTS, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.PARKTRUST.ORG. RECENT AND ONGOING PROJECTS INCLUDE: ARKANSAS: JOHNNYCAKE RANCH (ONGOING SINCE 2003) NPT HOLDS THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT ON THIS 2000 ACRE RANCH, WHICH ABUTS THE OUACHITA NATIONAL FOREST AND THE POTEAU MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS AREA. THE FOREST IS HOME TO 79 PROPOSED, ENDANGERED, THREATENED, AND SENSITIVE SPECIES. THE EASEMENT ALSO PROVIDES HABITAT PROTECTION FOR THE BALD EAGLE. THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT BENEFITS BOTH THE WILDERNESS AREA AND THE NATIONAL FOREST BY PROVIDING A BUFFER ZONE TO ENSURE THE CONTINUED ECOLOGICAL VIABILITY OF THESE FEDERAL ASSETS. MARCH 2012, MARCH 2013, AND MARCH 2014: NPT RENEWED CONTRACT WITH OKLAHOMA BASED LAND TRUST TO OVERSEE EASEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES ON ARKANSAS PROJECT. CALIFORNIA: MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE (ONGOING SINCE 2009) NPT IS MANAGING MITIGATION FUNDS FOR A DESERT TORTOISE FACILITY AT THE PRESERVE. JULY 2012: NPT TOOK LEGAL CUSTODY FOR FACILITY UNTIL IT IS READY TO BE TURNED OVER TO NPS. NPT RECEIVED DONATION/MITIGATION FUNDS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE FACILITY OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS. NPT VISITED FACILITY AND MET WITH SCIENTISTS AND NPS PARK OFFICIALS IN OCTOBER 2012. FINAL TRANSFER OF PROPERTY TO NPS IS EXPECTED IN FALL 2013. NPT WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR RESEARCH FOR FOUR MORE YEARS. LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK NPT IS WORKING WITH LASSEN VOLCANIC AND HAS FORMED A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LASSEN PARK FOUNDATION TO HELP REBUILD THE LASSEN PEAK TRAIL, THE SIGNATURE TRAIL TO THE PEAK OF THE PARK'S NAMESAKE. YEARS OF USE HAS LED TO THE TRAIL'S DETERIORATION AND DEGRADATION OF THE FRAGILE MOUNTAIN ECOSYSTEM. NPT HAS HELD A FALL BOARD MEETING AT LASSEN. SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS NATIONAL RECREATION AREA (ONGOING SINCE 2008) NPT FORMED A PARTNERSHIP WITH NPS AND THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND TO PROTECT HIGH PRIORITY INHOLDINGS IN THE SMMNRA. CALIFORNIA-BASED BOARD MEMBERS HAVE MET WITH CALIFORNIA CONGRESSMEN ON BEHALF OF THE PROJECT AND HAVE HELPED SECURE LWCF FUNDS FOR THEIR PURCHASE. CALIFORNIA-BASED MEMBER HAS MET WITH CALIFORNIA CONGRESSMEN ON BEHALF OF THE PROJECT. PINNACLES NATIONAL MONUMENT (FALL 2011 - SPRING 2012) PARTNERING WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND THE JEFFERSON SCHOOL DISTRICT TO COMPLETE AN ACQUISITION OF A 1.5 ACRE PARCEL CONTAINING THE 1880S STRUCTURE, THE BEAR VALLEY SCHOOL HOUSE, LOCATED WITHIN THE PARK. THE SCHOOL HOUSE WILL BE RENOVATED AND INTERPRETED BY THE PARK'S RANGERS. SPRING 2012: SCHOOLHOUSE IS TRANSFERRED TO THE PARK FOR PERMANENT PRESERVATION. YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK (SUMMER 2014 TO PRESENT) PARTNERING WITH THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LANDS TO ACQUIRE, PRESERVE, AND DONATE 400 ACRES OF CRITICAL HABITAT TO YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK. COLORADO: MAROON BELLS-SNOWMASS WILDERNESS AREA (2009 TO 2011) THE NATIONAL PARK TRUST AND THE WILDERNESS LAND TRUST HAVE FORMED A PARTNERSHIP TO PROTECT A 10-ACRE INHOLDING PERCHED ON A HIGH RIDGE WITHIN THE MAROON BELLS-SNOWMASS WILDERNESS AREA. THIS PRISTINE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE BEAUTIFUL MOUNTAIN RANGES BETWEEN ASPEN AND CRESTED BUTTE, COLORADO. GEORGIA: KENNESAW MOUNTAIN NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD PARK (WINTER 2010 TO PRESENT) TO COMMEMORATE THE SESQUICENTENNIAL OF THE CIVIL WAR, NPT IS WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND TO ACQUIRE AND PROTECT A CRITICAL INHOLDING OF 16 ACRES IN GEORGIA'S KENNESAW MOUNTAIN NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD PARK. THE BATTLEFIELD IS SIGNIFICANT BOTH HISTORICALLY AND ENVIRONMENTALLY. AMONG ITS NATURAL RESOURCES ARE THE NOSES CREEK WATERSHED, KENNESAW MOUNTAIN, THE APPALACHIAN FOOTHILLS, SCENIC VIEW-SHED PROTECTION AND RECREATIONAL PARKLAND. ITS HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE RESTS IN THE UNION'S TROOP MOVEMENTS IN 1864, WHEN CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS CELEBRATED A RARE VICTORY OVER UNION TROOPS DURING THE WANING YEARS OF THE WAR. NPT IS PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, ADVOCACY WORK AND FUNDS FOR DUE DILIGENCE TO HELP ACQUIRE THIS PARCEL WITH LWCF FUNDING. 2012: NPT IS WORKING TO PROTECT THE HAYES INHOLDING, PARTNERING WITH TPL AND THE CIVIL WAR TRUST. INDIANA: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE (FALL 2013 TO PRESENT) NPT IS WORKING WITH THE NPS AND TWO AREA ENERGY COMPANIES TO ACQUIRE NEEDED PROPERTY AT THE NATIONAL LAKESHORE USING FUNDS THE COMPANIES HAVE COMMITTED AS PART OF SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS. THE LANDS ARE THEN BEING DONATED TO THE NATIONAL LAKESHORE. LOUISIANA: JEAN LAFITTE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK - BARATARIA PRESERVE (2012 TO PRESENT) NPT IS WORKING WITH THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND TO ASSURE THE ACQUISITION OF THE FLEMING PLANTATION, A 3,000 ACRE WETLAND PROPERTY IN THE BARATARIA UNIT OF THE PARK JEAN LAFITTE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK - CHALMETTE BATTLEFIELD (2013) NPT IS WORKING WITH THE PARK ON A LANDSCAPE RESTORATION PROJECT AT THE CHALMETTE NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD AND NATIONAL CEMETERY THAT WILL INVOLVE YOUNG STUDENTS FROM LOCAL SCHOOLS IN COMMEMORATION OF THE UPCOMING BICENTENNIAL OF THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS DURING THE WAR OF 1812. |
| 990 PART III, LINE 4A PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS | MINNESOTA: BRUCE VENTO NATURE SANCTUARY (ONGOING SINCE 2006) NPT IS WORKING TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION OF THIS UNIQUE 27-ACRE PARK ON THE MISSISSIPPI FLOODPLAIN EAST OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA. THE SANCTUARY INCLUDES SPRING-FED WETLANDS, FLOODPLAIN FOREST, PRAIRIE AND OAK WOODLAND HABITAT, AND UNUSUAL CONCENTRATION OF CULTURAL RESOURCES. FUNDING FOR INTERPRETATION AND PARK AMENITIES WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED. SPRING 2011: PROVIDED FUNDING TO THE LOWER PHALEN CREEK PROJECT FOR THE SANCTUARY'S SCHOOL CURRICULUM. FALL 2013: NPT IS MOVING FORWARD IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LOWER PHALEN CREEK PROJECT TO CREATE AN OUTDOOR CLASSROOM ON THE PROPERTY. SUMMER 2013: FUNDING ACQUIRED AND CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY. COMPLETION SCHEDULED FOR FALL 2014. MONTANA: GLACIER NATIONAL PARK (WINTER 2010 TO FALL 2012) NPT HAS TEAMED UP WITH THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND AND CONTRIBUTED $15,000 TO PROTECT THE SECOND LARGEST REMAINING PRIVATELY HELD PROPERTY IN GLACIER AND THE LAST REMAINING ONE ALONG THE FEDERALLY DESIGNATED WILD AND SCENIC MIDDLE FORK OF THE FLATHEAD RIVER, WHERE 30,000 RAFTERS FLOAT EACH YEAR. PARK SUPERINTENDENTS HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY TRYING TO PURCHASE THE 120-ACRE PARCEL FOR 40 YEARS, MAKING THE PROPERTY A TOP PRIORITY FOR THE PARK. THE PROJECT MADE IT INTO THE PRESIDENT'S FY12 BUDGET, WHICH IS A KEY STEP TO MAKING LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR ITS ACQUISITION. NPT PROVIDED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, ADVOCACY WORK AND FUNDS FOR DUE DILIGENCE TO ACQUIRE THIS PARCEL WITH LWCF FUNDING. PROJECT WAS COMPLETED IN JULY 2012. NPT BOARD VISITED THE SITE IN OCTOBER 2012. UTAH: ZION NATIONAL PARK (FALL 2012) OCTOBER 2012: NPT WORKED WITH THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND TO ACQUIRE INHOLDING AT THE TABERNACLE DOME IN ZION NATIONAL PARK. THE 30-ACRE PARCEL OF LAND WAS A HIGH RISK FOR DEVELOPMENT. SUMMER 2013: FUNDING PROVIDED TO TPL TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT. WASHINGTON, DC: LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND - CIVIL WAR SESQUICENTENNIAL (2012 TO PRESENT) NPT HELPED ORGANIZE A COALITION OF ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT A $5 MILLION ITEM IN THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR BUDGET FOR CRITICAL LAND ACQUISITION FOR "CIVIL WAR SESQUICENTENNIAL UNITS" TO PROTECT SIGNIFICANT CIVIL WAR BATTLEFIELD SITES. THE GROUP INCLUDED ; THE CIVIL WAR TRUST, THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND, THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION, AND THE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION, IN ADDITION TO THE NPT. THIS CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESSFUL FUNDING OF THIS INITIATIVE. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE: (WINTER 2013 TO PRESENT) NPT STAFF MET WITH NPS LAND ACQUISITION DIRECTOR TO IDENTIFY CRITICAL UNFUNDED ACQUISITION NEEDS IN 31 STATES. NPT WILL WORK TO OBTAIN DONATED FUNDS TO ACQUIRE THESE PROPERTIES. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE: (FALL 2012 TO PRESENT) NPT DEVELOPED MITIGATION AND RESTORATION STRATEGY TO BENEFIT NATIONAL PARK LANDS WITH FUNDS COMING FROM CORPORATIONS REQUIRED TO MITIGATE APPROVED DEVELOPMENT OR SUBJECT TO ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT SETTLEMENTS. NPT STAFF MET WITH NPS NATURAL RESOURCES AND SCIENCE DIRECTOR TO IDENTIFY NEEDED UNFUNDED PROJECTS NATIONWIDE. NPT HAS BEGUN TO MEET WITH POTENTIAL CORPORATE PARTNERS FOR THESE RESTORATION/MITIGATION PROJECTS. WEST VIRGINIA: WASHINGTON FAMILY LEGACY LANDS (2006 - 2012) NPT WORKED WITH A COALITION OF HISTORIC PRESERVATIONISTS AND LANDOWNERS TO PROTECT AND CELEBRATE THE LEGACY OF GEORGE WASHINGTON AND HIS FAMILY IN THE EASTERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. NPT ALSO WORKED TO RESTORE ONE OF THE EIGHT WASHINGTON FAMILY HOMES IN THE AREA, CLAYMONT (CA. 1820, BUILT BY GEORGE WASHINGTON'S GRANDNEPHEW, BUSHROD CORBIN WASHINGTON). WINTER-FALL 2010: SAVE AMERICA'S TREASURES GRANT FUNDED, RESTORATION PROJECT STARTED AND MANAGED BY NPT WV-BASED STAFF. SPRING 2010: GRANT APPLICATION SUBMITTED TO JEFFERSON COUNTY WV FARMLAND PROTECTION BOARD TO PLACE 340-ACRE CLAYMONT PROPERTY INTO CONSERVATION EASEMENT. GEORGE WASHINGTON NATIONAL FOREST (ONGOING SINCE 2003) NPT ACQUIRED AND CONTINUES TO HOLD THE MINERAL RIGHTS FOR 5,000 ACRES OF GEORGE WASHINGTON NATIONAL FOREST. ABOUT NATIONAL PARK TRUST'S KIDS TO PARKS PROGRAMS FROM CANOEING ALONG THE ANACOSTIA RIVER IN WASHINGTON, D.C. TO HIKING THROUGH THE MOJAVE DESERT IN CALIFORNIA, NATIONAL PARK TRUST IS MAKING CONSERVATION RELEVANT TO THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS FROM INNER CITY AND RURAL COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. OUR PROGRAMS CENTER AROUND OUR LOVABLE PINT-SIZED WOOLLY MASCOT, BUDDY BISON WHO REMINDS KIDS TO "EXPLORE OUTDOORS, THE PARKS ARE YOURS!" BUDDY BISON IS NOT ONLY A TANGIBLE REMINDER THAT KIDS NEED TO GET OUT AND GO, BUT HE ALSO CONNECTS KIDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH EACH OTHER. FAMILIES AND TEACHERS ALIKE WANT TO KNOW "WHERE'S BUDDY BISON BEEN?" IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING MORE THAN $70,000 IN DIRECT FUNDING IN THE 2013-2104 SCHOOL YEAR TO CREATE ROBUST PARK EXPERIENCES FOR UNDER-SERVED YOUTH, NPT HAS WORKED WITH MORE THAN 50 "BUDDY BISON" SCHOOLS IN 20 STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TO PROVIDE EDUCATORS WITH CLASSROOM RESOURCES (BOOKS, MAPS, DVDS, LESSON PLANS, WORKSHEETS, STEM ACTIVITIES, ETC) AND A DEDICATED EDUCATION TEAM TO INTRODUCE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCEPTS AND ENHANCE SCHOOL CURRICULUM IN THE AREAS OF HISTORY, STEM, GEOGRAPHY, READING, LANGUAGE ARTS, MUSIC AND ART. AS AN EXTENSION OF OUR RAPIDLY GROWING BUDDY BISON SCHOOL PROGRAM, NPT ALSO INITIATED NATIONAL KIDS TO PARKS DAY IN 2011. THIS GRASSROOTS DAY OF PLAY ENGAGES CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WITH PARKS NATIONWIDE, TEACHING THEM NOT ONLY ABOUT PARK STEWARDSHIP, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HISTORY, BUT ALSO ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE THROUGH OUTDOOR RECREATION AND HEALTHY NUTRITION. KIDS TO PARKS DAY HAS CAPTURED THE INTEREST OF MANY COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH 306 MAYORS FROM ALL 50 STATES AND 10 GOVERNORS COAST TO COAST SIGNING OFFICIAL PROCLAMATIONS -- MANY CITIES AND TOWNS HOSTED EVENTS IN THEIR COMMUNITY PARKS TO CELEBRATE THE DAY. IN 2014, 367 PARK EVENTS WERE BRANDED AS KIDS TO PARKS DAY PROGRAMS AND MORE THAN 139,000 PEOPLE VISITED A PARK ON KIDS TO PARKS DAY. IN ADDITION THERE WERE MORE THAN 418,000 ONLINE MEDIA HITS! OUR GOAL FOR OUR BUDDY BISON SCHOOL PROGRAM AND KIDS TO PARKS DAY IS TO INSPIRE A GENERATION OF FUTURE CONSERVATION LEADERS AND PARK ENTHUSIASTS. THROUGH FALL 2014, THE BUDDY BISON PROGRAM HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED IN THE FOLLOWING STATES: ARIZONA - 1 SCHOOL, 70 STUDENTS CALIFORNIA - 5 SCHOOLS, 1250 STUDENTS GEORGIA - 2 SCHOOL, 350 STUDENTS ILLINOIS - 1 SCHOOL, 150 STUDENTS INDIANA - 2 SCHOOLS, 400 STUDENTS IOWA - 1 SCHOOL, 200 STUDENTS INDIANA: 1 SCHOOL, 70 STUDENTS LOUISIANA - 2 SCHOOL, 400 STUDENTS MARYLAND - 5 SCHOOLS, 1200 STUDENTS MISSISSIPPI - 2 SCHOOLS, 350 STUDENTS MISSOURI - 1 SCHOOL, 200 STUDENTS NEVADA - 2 SCHOOLS, 500 STUDENTS NEW YORK - 3 SCHOOLS, 700 STUDENTS NEW JERSEY - 1 SCHOOL, 200 STUDENTS NEW ORLEANS - 1 SCHOOL, 250 STUDENTS NORTH CAROLINA - 1 SCHOOL, 200 STUDENTS OREGON - 2 SCHOOL, 200 STUDENTS PENNSYLVANIA - 1 SCHOOL, 300 STUDENTS TEXAS - 1 SCHOOL, 200 STUDENTS VIRGINIA - 2 SCHOOL, 400 STUDENTS WASHINGTON, DC - 13 SCHOOLS, 2800 STUDENTS BELOW ARE SAMPLES OF BUDDY BISON SCHOOL EVENTS IMPLEMENTED BY NPT: CALIFORNIA : APRIL 2012: NPT BROUGHT OVER 50 UNDERSERVED YOUTH FROM WILLIAM BENNETT ELEMENTARY TO THE MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE IN KELSO, CA WHERE THE CHILDREN HIKED THROUGH THE PRESERVE'S SAND DUNES, LEARNED ABOUT THE ENDANGERED DESERT TORTOISE AND PARTICIPATED IN A SCAVENGER HUNT. MAY 2011 AND MARCH 2013: NPT BROUGHT OVER 50 UNDER-SERVED YOUTH (TOTAL 100) FROM STEPHEN C. FOSTER ELEMENTARY TO THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS NATIONAL RECREATION AREA IN THOUSAND OAKS, CA WHERE THE CHILDREN WENT ON NATURE HIKES AND CONDUCTED OTHER ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO ENGAGE THE CHILDREN IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND OUTDOOR RECREATION. OCTOBER 2012: NPT BROUGHT 150 STUDENTS FROM NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES TO MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE AND JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK. THEY WILL HIKE AND LEARN ABOUT THE UNIQUE ECOSYSTEM INCLUDING THE LIFE OF THE ENDANGERED DESERT TORTOISE. APRIL 2013: 70 STUDENTS FROM DEL SUR ELEMENTARY VISIT THE CALIFORNIA STATE POPPY RESERVE TO LEARN ABOUT THE WILDLIFE, PLANTS AND HISTORY OF THEIR COMMUNITY/PARK. MAY 2013: 150 2ND GRADERS FROM WALTER V. LONG ELEMENTARY VISITED LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA. THEY TOOK A RIDE ON A RIVER BOAT AND LEARNED ABOUT THE LAKE AND ITS SURROUNDING WILDLIFE. MAY 2013: 70 STUDENTS FROM COYOTE CANYON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TRAVELED TO MOJAVE DESERT NATIONAL PRESERVE TO LEARN ABOUT THE DESERT ECOSYSTEM AND HOW THE ANIMALS ARE ADAPTED TO THE UNIQUE TERRAIN. GEORGIA: FALL 2012: BUDDY BISON SCHOOL HOLLYDALE ELEMENTARY, MARIETTA VISITED KENNESAW MOUNTAIN NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD PARK WHERE THE 140 FIFTH GRADERS LEARNED ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS CIVIL WAR BATTLEFIELD AND THE LIFE OF A CIVIL WAR SOLDIER. THEN THEY HIKED UP THE STEEP MOUNTAIN AND SAW BREATHTAKING VIEWS OF MARIETTA AND ATLANTA AND |
| 990 PART III, LINE 4A PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS | STOWE MOUNTAIN. AN EDUCATION MODULE THAT MERGES OUR PARK PRESERVATION WORK WITH THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM WAS CREATED IN SUMMER OF 2012 AND IS CURRENTLY BEING USED FEATURING STEM ACTIVITIES. FALL 2013: NPT WILL WORK ONCE AGAIN WITH HOLLYDALE ELEMENTARY (140 5TH GRADERS) AND WILL BE ADDING A NEW SCHOOL: FAIR OAKS ELEMENTARY (130 5TH GRADERS) ILLINOIS: APRIL 2013 AND MAY 2014: 25 STUDENTS FROM JOSE DE DIEGO COMMUNITY ACADEMY IN CHICAGO TRAVELED TO INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKE SHORE. THEY VISITED NUMEROUS UNIQUE ECOSYSTEMS AT THE PARK AND HELP TO DEDICATE A NEW NATURAL PLAY AREA. OCTOBER 2013 - 25 STUDENTS FROM JOSE DE DIEGO COMMUNITY ACADEMY IN CHICAGO WERE VISITED BY RANGERS FROM THE TRAILSIDE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM IN THEIR CLASSROOM. THEY STUDENTS LEARNED ABOUT THE FOOD WEB AND PARTICIPATED IN LEARNING GAMES BASED AROUND THE NATURAL WORLD. APRIL 2014 TWENTY-FIVE STUDENTS FROM JOSE DE DIEGO COMMUNITY ACADEMY VISITED THE TRAILSIDE MUSEUM TO LEARN ABOUT THE LOCAL WILDLIFE AND HIKE THE TRAILS. THEY LEARNED ABOUT AN IMPORTANT RESOURCE IN THEIR COMMUNITY. INDIANA: APRIL 2013: TRIP PLANNED FOR 70 3RD GRADE STUDENTS FROM SOUTH CENTRAL ELEMENTARY, INDIANA TO ATTEND LOUISVILLE NATURE CENTER (KENTUCKY). THEY EXPLORED THE NATURE CENTER LEARNING ABOUT THE LOCAL WILDLIFE AND ECOSYSTEM. IOWA: APRIL 2012: 5TH GRADE STUDENTS FROM LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN COUNCIL BLUFFS VISITED MAHONEY STATE PARK AND LEARNED ABOUT THE ANIMALS, PLANTS AND HISTORY OF THE PARK. LOUISIANA: OCTOBER 2012: 40 2ND GRADE STUDENTS FROM JOSEPH CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VISITED JEAN LAFITTE'S BARATARIA PRESERVE. THEY HIKED THE BOARDWALK ABOVE THE SWAMP TO LOOK FOR ANIMALS AND PLANTS IN THE AREA. MAY 2013: IN COLLABORATION WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC AND JEAN LAFITTE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, 120 STUDENTS FROM ABRAMSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TOOK PART IN THE 2013 BIO BLITZ. FEBRUARY 2014: THIRTY 5TH-GRADE STUDENTS FROM CHALMETTE ELEMENTARY PLANNED AND TOOK PART IN A RESTORATION PROJECT AT CHALMETTE BATTLEFIELD IN NEW ORLEANS. THEY PLANNED ROUGHLY 100 TREES AND RECORDED DATA ON THEIR APPEARANCE, PLACEMENT, AND FOLIAGE. MARYLAND: FALL AND SPRING 2011/2012: STUDENTS FROM ST IGNATIUS LOYOLA ACADEMY (BALTIMORE, MD) WENT CANOEING ON THE ANACOSTIA RIVER, PARTICIPATED IN THE WHITE HOUSE EASTER EGG ROLL, AND SPENT SPRING BREAK AT HARPER'S FERRY, WV (THREE DAY OVERNIGHT TRIP). SPRING 2012 - SECOND-GRADE STUDENTS FROM HARMONY HILLS ELEMENTARY (MD) AND 5TH GRADERS FROM DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY WENT TO THE PATUXENT WILDLIFE REFUGE AND HIKED AND LEARNED ABOUT ENDANGERED SPECIES. SPRING 2012 - BULLIS STUDENTS (MD) WENT TO LOCUST GROVE TO DO A SERVICE PROJECT AND ALSO PARTICIPATED IN AN EVENT AT THE U.S. BOTANIC GARDENS. APRIL 2012 - 85 STUDENTS FROM WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR GIRLS (D.C.) AND HARMONY HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (MD) VISITED THE PATUXENT RESEARCH REFUGE IN LAUREL MD TO LEARN ABOUT THE WILDLIFE AND NATURAL RESOURCES THAT U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE WORK TO PROTECT. SEPTEMBER 2013: BUDDY BISON (MASCOT) VISITED TIMONIUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO "SPEAK" WITH THE STUDENTS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF OUTDOOR EDUCATION AND WHAT THEY CAN DO IN THEIR COMMUNITY. MAY 2013 - ST. ANDREWS FROM POTOMAC MD VISITED THE PATUXENT RESEARCH REFUGE TO LEARN ABOUT WILDLIFE, NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENDANGERED SPECIES. SEPTEMBER 2013-TO PRESENT - BEACON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 5TH-GRADE STUDENTS COMPLETED SERVICE PROJECTS AT GLENRIDGE RECREATION CENTER THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR. DURING THE 2012-2013 SCHOOL YEAR THEY VISITED THE PARK 3 TIMES COLLECTING TRASH, COLLECTING DATA ON ECOSYSTEM AND LEARNED ABOUT THE CHANGING SEASONS. JUNE 2014 - 200 STUDENTS FROM WASHINGTON JESUIT ACADEMY (DC) CANOED ON THE ANACOSTIA RIVER AT BLADENSBURG WATERFRONT PARK (MD). THIS WAS TO CELEBRATE THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT AND TO EDUCATE THE STUDENTS ABOUT THE ANACOSTIA WATERSHED. MISSISSIPPI: OCTOBER 2013: FOREST ELEMENTARY (150 3RD GRADERS) VISITED A LOCAL LA FLEUR'S BLUFF STATE PARK AND MISSISSIPPI MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. THEY LEARNED ABOUT THE LOCAL REPTILES AND HIKED THE TRAILS IN THE STATE PARK. THEY ALSO LEARNED ABOUT THE IMPACT OF HUMANS ON THE ECOSYSTEM WHILE EXAMINING A WASTE SPILL SITE AT THE PARK. OCTOBER 2013: MOSS POINT ELEMENTARY (180 5TH GRADERS) VISITED THE PASCAGOULA RIVER AUDUBON CENTER AND EXPLORED THE MARSH BY BOAT. THEY LEARNED ABOUT THE LOCAL WILDLIFE AND HUMAN IMPACT ON THE ECOSYSTEM. MISSOURI: SEPTEMBER 2012: 50, 5TH GRADE BUDDY BISON STUDENTS FROM WINNWOOD ELEMENTARY, NORTH KANSAS CITY, WENT TO THE SMITHVILLE LAKE AND LEARNED ABOUT LOCAL MAMMALS, AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES. THEY ALSO HIKED AND DISCOVERED SEVERAL DIFFERENT BIOMES. THE HIGHLIGHT WAS TOUCHING SNAKES, FROGS AND TURTLES! NEBRASKA: SPRING 2012: 100, 4TH GRADE STUDENTS FROM LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN COUNCIL BLUFFS VISITED LEWIS AND CLARK NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK AND LEARNED ABOUT THE RICH HISTORY OF THE AREA FROM LAND AND FROM THE RIVER. NEW JERSEY: MAY 2013 - SEVENTY 5TH-GRADE STUDENTS VISITED ESTELL MANOR (MAYS LANDING, NJ). THEY LEARNED FROM THE NATURALIST ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PINE BARRENS AND ITS IMPORTANCE ON THE ECOSYSTEM. STUDENTS FROM THIS AREA (ATLANTIC CITY) STILL REMEMBER THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE SANDY AND THEY SAW THE EFFECTS OF THE STORM ON THE PARK AND ECOSYSTEM. NEW YORK: 2011: BUDDY BISON PROGRAM LAUNCHED IN TWO NYC SCHOOLS. STUDENTS FROM BROOKLYN JESUIT PREP AND ST IGNATIUS ACADEMY, BRONX VISITED FDR STATE PARK AND SPENT THE DAY HIKING, BIKING AND LEARNING ABOUT THE WILDLIFE IN THIS URBAN PARK. APRIL 2012: THIRTY 5TH-GRADE STUDENTS FROM BROOKLYN JESUIT PREP VISITED FT. WADSWORTH TO LEARN ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE NY HARBOR AND ITS PARKS. MARCH 2012: THIRTY 5TH-GRADE STUDENTS FROM BROOKLYN JESUIT PREP VISITED BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK IN NYC TO LEARN ABOUT THE EAST RIVER AND MARINE ECOSYSTEM. THEY USED NETS TO COLLECT CRUSTACEANS AND MARINE WILDLIFE. PENNSYLVANIA: OCTOBER 2011: NPT BROUGHT 300 5TH GRADE STUDENTS FROM CHESTER ELEMENTARY TO VALLEY FORGE NATIONAL HISTORIC PARK WHERE THEY LEARNED ABOUT GEORGE WASHINGTON AND THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND HIKE THROUGH THREE DIFFERENT BIOMES. OCTOBER 2013: 100 5TH-GRADE STUDENTS FROM CHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO BARRY BRIDGE PARK TO CANOE IN 24FT VOYAGEUR CANOES. THEY EXPLORED THE LOCAL WATERWAYS AND LEARNED ABOUT THE WATERSHED. TEXAS: APRIL 2014: NPT STAFF EDUCATED THE PUBLIC ABOUT IMPORTANCE OF OUTDOOR PLAY AND KIDS TO PARKS DAY AT EARTH DAY TEXAS (DALLAS). OVER 400 PEOPLE VISITED OUR BOOTH TO LEARN ABOUT OUR INITIATIVE. VIRGINIA: MARCH 2013 AND MARCH 2014 - NPT BROUGHT 70 4TH GRADE STUDENTS TO THE JAMESTOWN HISTORIC SETTLEMENT. THE STUDENTS LEARNED ABOUT THE COLONIST VOYAGE OVER TO THE NEW WORLD AND THEIR FIRST YEARS AT JAMESTOWN. JUNE 2014- 5TH AND 6TH-GRADE STUDENTS (120 STUDENTS) VISITED POTOMAC OVERLOOK PARK TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR RAPTOR REHAB PROGRAM, HIKE THE TRAILS A WASHINGTON, D.C.: OCTOBER 2012: A BEHIND THE SCENES TOUR OF PALEONTOLOGISTS' LABORATORIES IS CONDUCTED FOR THE 5TH GRADERS AT WASHINGTON JESUIT ACADEMY IN WASHINGTON DC IN CELEBRATION OF FOSSIL DAY. 250 STUDENTS FROM LOCAL D.C. BUDDY BISON SCHOOLS CANOE ON THE ANACOSTIA RIVER WITH NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND WILDERNESS INQUIRY. (STOKES PCS, BRENT ELEMENTARY, NEVAL THOMAS ELEMENTARY, EL HAYNES) 120 STUDENTS FROM 2 WASHINGTON AREA SCHOOLS VISITED THE US NATIONAL ARBORETUM AND WASHINGTON YOUTH GARDEN. (WASHINGTON LATIN PCS AND BULLIS ELEMENTARY) APRIL 2012: STUDENTS FROM 4 AREA SCHOOLS PARTICIPATED IN AN EVENT AT THE U.S. BOTANIC GARDENS - THEY ROTATED THROUGH SEVERAL STATIONS LEARNING ABOUT WILDLIFE AND ECOSYSTEMS. (BULLIS, STOKES, BRENT AND JEFFERSON HOUSTON, WASHINGTON JESUIT ACADEMY, WATKINS ELEMENTARY) MARCH 2013 - STUDENTS FROM ST. IGNATIUS LOYOLA ACADEMY IN BALTIMORE, MD TRAVELED TO THE NATIONAL MALL AND MONUMENTS. THEY LEARNED ABOUT US HISTORY BY DISCUSSING THE IMPORTANT PEOPLE THAT HELPED SHAPE OUR NATION AT THE MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS DEVOTED TO THEIR MEMORY. APRIL 2013 - NPT BROUGHT 30 FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS FROM WASHINGTON JESUIT ACADEMY TO ROCK CREEK PARK WHERE THEY LEARNED ABOUT THEIR LOCAL WILDLIFE AND STUDIED PLANETS AT THE ONLY PLANETARIUM IN A NATIONAL PARK. MAY 2013 - WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, NEVAL THOMAS ELEMENTARY, POTOMAC LIGHTHOUSE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL AND KIPP: WILL ACADEMY (250 STUDENTS TOTAL) VISITED THE US NATIONAL ARBORETUM AND WASHINGTON YOUTH GARDEN. THEY LEARNED ABOUT THE LOCAL PLANT LIFE AND WHAT IT TAKES FOR A GARDEN TO SUSTAIN ITSELF. MAY 2013 - IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NFL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION, 120 STUDENTS FROM ST. IGNATIUS LOYOLA ACADEMY VISIT FT. MCHENRY NATIONAL MONUMENT AND HISTORIC SHRINE TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL KIDS TO PARKS DAY WITH NFL PLAYER FROM THE BALTIMORE RAVENS AND NFLPA MEMBERS. |
| 990 PART III, LINE 4A PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS | MAY 2013 - WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, NEVAL THOMAS ELEMENTARY, POTOMAC LIGHTHOUSE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL AND KIPP: WILL ACADEMY (250 STUDENTS TOTAL) VISITED THE US NATIONAL ARBORETUM AND WASHINGTON YOUTH GARDEN. THEY LEARNED ABOUT THE LOCAL PLANT LIFE AND WHAT IT TAKES FOR A GARDEN TO SUSTAIN ITSELF. MAY 2013 - IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NFL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION, 120 STUDENTS FROM ST. IGNATIUS LOYOLA ACADEMY VISIT FT. MCHENRY NATIONAL MONUMENT AND HISTORIC SHRINE TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL KIDS TO PARKS DAY WITH NFL PLAYER FROM THE BALTIMORE RAVENS AND NFLPA MEMBERS. WEST VIRGINIA: MARCH AND JUNE 2011, 2012 AND 2013: NPT FUNDS KIDS TO PARKS SCHOLARSHIPS TO HARPERS FERRY NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK AND TO FOR LOVE OF CHILDREN'S OUTDOOR EDUCATION CENTER IN WV. MAY 2013: 40 STUDENTS FROM STOKES PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL TRAVELED TO HARPERS FERRY AND FLOC'S OUTDOOR EDUCATION CENTER TO TAKE PART IN TEAM BUILDING EXERCISES AND HIKES THROUGH THE FOREST. NATIONAL KIDS TO PARKS DAY: THIS NATIONAL DAY OF PLAY WAS LAUNCHED IN 2011 BY NATIONAL PARK TRUST. MAY 19, 2012: 260 MAYORS FROM 45 STATES AND 8 GOVERNORS PARTICIPATED AND PROMOTED THE EVENT. A SENATE RESOLUTION WAS PASSED AND 250 PARK EVENTS WERE REGISTERED AT KIDSTOPARKS.ORG. MORE THAN 108,000 PARTICIPATED COAST TO COAST AND 32 SCHOOL CONTEST WINNERS IN 15 STATES (ARKANSAS, CALIFORNIA, DELAWARE, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, INDIANA, KANSAS, MARYLAND, MICHIGAN, MISSISSIPPI, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, NORTH CAROLINA, OREGON, SOUTH DAKOTA AND VIRGINIA) CELEBRATED THE DAY AT A PARK USING FUNDS PROVIDED BY NPT. MAY 18, 2013: 306 MAYORS REPRESENTING 50 STATES AND WASHINGTON D.C. AND 10 GOVERNORS PARTICIPATED AND PROMOTED THE EVENT. A SENATE RESOLUTION WAS PASSED AND THERE WERE 367 PARK EVENTS REGISTERED AT KIDSTOPARKS.ORG. MORE THAN 139,000 PARTICIPATED COAST TO COAST AND 42 SCHOOLS CONTEST WINNERS WERE SELECTED REPRESENTING 21 STATES AND WASHINGTON DC. AS A RESULT OF THE SCHOOL CONTEST, NPT PROVIDED PARK EXPERIENCES FOR OVER 1,600 STUDENTS. MAY 17, 2014: 405 MAYORS REPRESENTING 50 STATES AND WASHINGTON D.C. AND 28 GOVERNORS PARTICIPATED AND PROMOTED THE EVENT. A SENATE RESOLUTION WAS PASSED AND THERE WERE 1,050 PARK EVENTS REGISTERED AT KIDSTOPARKS.ORG. PARK ATTENDANCE LIST IS ATTACHED. MORE THAN 440,000 PARTICIPATED COAST TO COAST AND 45 SCHOOLS CONTEST WINNERS WERE SELECTED REPRESENTING 28 STATES AND WASHINGTON DC. AS A RESULT OF THE SCHOOL CONTEST, NPT PROVIDED PARK EXPERIENCES FOR OVER 3,000 STUDENTS. SCHOOL LIST IS ATTACHED. EACH FIELD EXPERIENCE WAS BASED AROUND HEALTHY OUTDOOR LIVING, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND PARK STEWARDSHIP. EACH ONE OF THE LISTED SCHOOLS COMPLETED SERVICE PROJECTS AND LEARNED ABOUT THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6 | NPT OFFERS MEMBERSHIPS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. MEMBERS RECEIVE NO BENEFITS, BUT ARE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE "NPT NEWS" AND "BUDDY BISON BUZZ" ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTERS AND A PLUSH TOY. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11 | THE DRAFT 990 IS FIRST REVIEWED BY THE CONTROLLER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR ACCURACY AND CONTENT. PRIOR TO FILING, THE FULL BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS PROVIDED A COPY OF THE FINAL FORM 990. |
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