Select A Project You Would Like To Donate To:
- Make A General Donation
- Visitor Center Projects
- Belle Isle Spray Ground Initiative
- Sailors Creek Interpretive Concept
- Playground Equipment For Toddlers
- The New River Trail Conservancy
Make A General Donation
Did you know that Virginia has regularly ranked dead last (50th) among the states in terms of state per capita spending on the state park system? And, did you know that, despite being severely underfunded and understaffed, the overall state and local economic impact generated by the state park system in Calendar Year 2009 was more than $175 million? And, did you know that, in 2009, a total of 5,000 volunteers contributed more than 235,500 hours of support to the state park system? Join us to help support Virginia's parks.
To make a donation online using PayPal, click the button below:
To make a donation via postal mail, download the following form:
Donation Form
Visitor Center Projects
VAFP is undertaking the effort to help raise much needed funds to support development of appropriate exhibits for these new or newly remodeled visitor centers. While the citizens of the Commonwealth have provided through General Obligation Bonds funding to construct the visitor centers, the projects do not have adequate funds to provide the natural and cultural exhibits to meet visitor expectations.
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Raymond R. "Andy" Guest/Shenandoah River State Park Visitor Center
If you would like to make a donation directly to the Raymond R. "Andy" Guest/Shenandoah River State Park Visitor Center using PayPal, please click the donate button below:
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Belle Isle State Park Visitor Center
If you would like to make a donation directly to the Belle Isle State Park Visitor Center using PayPal, please click the donate button below:
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False Cape State Park Visitor Center
If you would like to make a donation directly to the False Cape State Park Visitor Center using PayPal, please click the donate button below:
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First Landing Trail Center
If you would like to make a donation directly to the First Landing Trail Center using PayPal, please click the donate button below:
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James River State Park Visitor Center
If you would like to make a donation directly to the James River State Park Visitor Center using PayPal, please click the donate button below:
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Sailor's Creek Battlefield State Park Visitor Center
If you would like to make a donation directly to the Sailor's Creek Battlefield State Park Visitor Center using PayPal, please click the donate button below:
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Smith Mountain Lake State Park Visitor Center
If you would like to make a donation directly to the Smith Mountain Lake State Park Visitor Center using PayPal, please click the donate button below:
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Staunton River State Park Visitor Center (Photo of 1941 Visitor Center)
If you would like to make a donation directly to the Staunton River State Park Visitor Center using PayPal, please click the donate button below:
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Westmoreland State Park Visitor Center
If you would like to make a donation directly to the Westmoreland State Park Visitor Center using PayPal, please click the donate button below:
Belle Isle Spray Ground Initiative
VAFP is working with the Friends Of Belle Isle State Park to raise tax deductible funds to build a "spray ground" or children's water park at Belle Isle. This project is a prototype for Virginia State Parks and following successful construction of this project in partnership with the Friends of Belle Isle State Park we expect to pursue similar projects in other parks that lack suitable water features.
If you would like to make a donation directly to the Belle Isle Spray Ground Initiative using PayPal, please click the donate button below:
Sailors Creek Interpretive Concept
VAFP is seeking tax deductible funding to create and implement technology based exhibits in 9 State Park Visitor Centers. Sailors Creek is the prototype and will be the first park to make technology based exhibits available to visitors.
If you would like to make a tax deductible gift, contribution, grant, etc. to the Sailors Creek Interpretive Exhibit using PayPal, click the button below:
Playground equipment for toddlers is needed in Virginia State Parks.
The Park System has more than 7 million visitors each year and many families have children in the toddler age range. The Commonwealth has no funds for providing such equipment. Thus, the Virginia Association for Parks (VAFP), a 501(c)(3) organization, is seeking help in funding this equipment need.
- Caledon Natural Area - Donate to a playground train at this park using PayPal by clicking the button below:
- High Bridge Trail State Park - Donate to a playground train at this park using PayPal by clicking the button below:
- Lake Anna State Park - Donate to a playground train at this park using PayPal by clicking the button below:
- Leesylvania State Park - Donate to a playground train at this park using PayPal by clicking the button below:
- Natural Tunnel State Park - Donate to a playground train at this park using PayPal by clicking the button below:
- New River Trail State Park - Donate to a playground train at this park using PayPal by clicking the button below:
- Pocahontas State Park - Donate to a playground train at this park using PayPal by clicking the button below:
- Staunton River Battlefield Historic State Park - Donate to a playground train at this park using PayPal by clicking the button below:
- Wilderness Road State Park - Donate to a playground train at this park using PayPal by clicking the button below:
The New River Trail Conservancy
Please consider helping to protect this quiet, scenic legacy by donating to the New River Trail Conservancy Project. This nonprofit project exists solely to protect the scenic landscape surrounding the Trail, through the establishment of conservation easements. Every donated dollar protects another bit of habitat and beauty for generations to come - a vital step on the path between a living history and a sustainable future.
To help VAFP conserve and protect the pristine beauty of the New River Trail, click on the donate button below:
