Help Raise $100,000 for the National Park Foundation

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Your donation helps keep our treasured parks healthy and beautiful

Imagine a world without Yellowstone, the Great Smoky Mountains or Acadia and you begin to sense what the National Park System — and the U.S. landscape — might look like without the generosity of individuals. The National Park Service (NPS) is funded by Congress, and all 391 NPS sites — from parks and monuments to seashores and recreation areas — receive federal support. But for more than 100 years, the parks have also benefited greatly from the gifts of individuals, foundations and corporations. Donations of land, buildings, money and artifacts have been staggeringly generous, in some cases not only supporting existing parks but also creating new ones. Yet for every Rockefeller there are thousands of others who contribute whatever they can.

Please join us in safeguarding this legacy for future generations by making a contribution to the National Park Foundation. For more than 40 years, and without federal appropriations, the National Park Foundation, chartered by Congress as the only national charitable partner of America’s National Parks, has sustained the legacy of private philanthropy that helps the parks thrive.

The National Parks have been called America’s best idea. When the U.S. set aside land for Yellowstone in 1872, creating the first national park in the world, it launched a conservation effort that has spread to more than 100 countries. Our National Parks are where geologists study volcanic activity, paleontologists unearth fossils, ecologists work to preserve fragile ecosystems and endangered species live in protected habitats. They are places where families can bear witness to America’s history, or hike the trails to make memories of their own.

This summer, with your help, Unilever hopes to raise $100,000 or more through our matching-gift program. Each donation, no matter its size, helps the National Park Foundation preserve America’s National Parks for future generations.