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Happy 75th Anniversary Big Bend
from Friends of Big Bend National Park!
Funding Milestone: $1 Million Donated to the Park!
On February 19 the FBBNP board held a meeting at Lajitas. In addition to hearing from Park Supt. Bill Wellman about this year’s federal budget process, learning about the paleontological history of the park from Ranger Don Corrick and conducting its usual business, the board had the opportunity to make several gifts to the park.
The first two gifts, from license plate funds, will pay for visitor amenities at the current paleontology exhibit as well as site plans for the future expansion of the exhibit. The third gift was raised through the October 2009 Ride for Trails, and is for trail improvements.
For more details on the gifts given to the park this month, click here.
The Big Bend Ultra Run is BACK!!
Interested in running an ultramarathon through beautiful Big Bend? Did the Ultra Run a few years ago and want to do it again? Perhaps a nice 10K jaunt through the park is more your style. Either way, the Big Bend 50 is for you. Join us in the park for the comeback of this race on January 16, 2011. Race entries are LIMITED, so keep your eye on the race website for registration details. Check out www.bigbend50.com for all race information. Proceeds from the race go to Friends of Big Bend National Park. Official event announcement is here.
Texas’ Big Bend is here!
The new photography book by Mike Marvins, Texas’ Big Bend is here. Friends of Big Bend National Park is a beneficiary of the book’s sales, and we are delighted to share in this great photographic tribute to the Big Bend region. Mike will be traveling the state all winter to sign books and talk to people about his experiences photographing Big Bend. Click here for a listing of Mike’s events.
You can always order your copy by clicking on the link in the top left column of this page. And we thank both you and Mike for your support!
$20,000 from Brown Foundation for Orientation Film Campaign
Our thanks to the Brown Foundation for their recent gift of $20,000 for our Orientation Film Campaign. This brings us to $95,000 raised for this campaign, over halfway to our goal of $150,000!!
$30,000 in Grants for Big Bend National Park
At the September 2009 Board of Directors meeting, the Board granted Big Bend National Park $30,000 for two projects, bringing the Friends total giving to the park to over $940,000 to date. The first grant of $15,000 went to improve night sky lighting in the Chisos Basin. The second grant, also of $15,000, will pay for a design charette for the future improvements to the palentology exhibit on 385. Click here for more details on these two great projects.
GoodSearch
Are you on the internet every day? If so, you can help Friends of Big Bend National Park while you are doing internet searches or internet shopping.
Friends of Big Bend National Park earns a penny every time you searched the Internet from the GoodSearch website. GoodSearch.com is a Yahoo-powered search engine that donates half its advertising revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities its users designate. Use it just as you would any search engine, get quality search results from Yahoo and help Big Bend National Park while you do it! Just go to www.goodsearch.com and enter Friends of Big Bend as the charity you want to support!