Organization: Friends of the Island Parks Inc
Mission: Friends of the Island Parks Inc is a CSO Citizens Support Organization. CSOs are volunteer organizations that sponsor events, raise funds, and support the goals of the various parks.
Activities: The Friends of the Island Parks Inc continued to support the Florida Park Service mission to ...provide resource based recreation while preserving, interrpreting and restoring natual and cultural resources by developing and promoting educational tours, ecological displays and learning activities at the Honeymoon Island Rotary Centennial Nature Center RCNC on Honeymoon Island for all visitros to enjoy. The RCNC is open 365 days a year and in 2019 servied 46,488 visitors. The Friends contributed a cash grant of 31,568 to fund a Ranger position at the RCNC, 340 for park and trail guides, 1,070 for RCNC WiFi access, and 105 for maintenance.
The Friends of the Island Parks continued to assist the parks in their mission by purchasing a new 7,079 Gator ATV, paying 5,250 for temporary law enforcement for wildlife nesting season protection on Three Rooker Island, purchasing several canopy tents for 440, and 3,286 fin other miscellaneouos general support of park activities.
The Friends of the Island Parks Inc furthered progress on the Caladesi Discovery Center Capital Campaign through payments totaling 18,850 for various architectural and engineering fees associated with the ongoing final premitting phase of the project.
NTEE category: Recreation & Sports
Secondary category: Community Improvement & Capacity Building