membership levels

  • Individual Member: $20

    For $20 a year, you can become a VAFP member! In addition to receiving our newsletter and updates, as a member, you are invited to attend our events and serve on committees.

  • Friends Group: $50

    Park Friends Groups and organizations that want to partner with VAFP can join our network for only $50 a year. Partners are invited to attend our events and serve on committees.

  • Supporter: $100, $500, $1,000, $2,500+

    We invite those inclined to donate to support our cause further. Your financial contributions enable us to advance our efforts to support Virginia’s parks.

3% Cover the Fee

HONOR OR memorial gift

Give a gift in honor or memory of someone in any amount. 

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3% Cover the Fee

Give a gift in honor or memory of someone in any amount.

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Honor or Memorial Park Bench

Honor or commemorate an individual or organization through the VAFP & Virginia State Parks Park Bench Program. 

Park staff will install a 6-foot bench made of recycled materials. A personalized plaque (up to 3 lines, 42 characters per line) will be mounted on the bench. Benches have black legs and supports with a choice of color for the seat and backing to be determined by the Park Manager to maintain uniformity within the park.

The price for each bench is $1,500.  To order:

  1. Contact the Virginia State Parks Reservation Center at 800-933-7275 and select option 6. 

  2. Share that you are interested in the Park Bench Program, and you will be transferred to the respective coordinator, who will walk you through the process.

  3. The coordinator will get basic information and arrange a meeting or call with the appropriate Park Manager to start the process.  They will coordinate the steps to complete the gift.

Please note: every effort will be made to accommodate donor requests for a particular location or placement within a park. However, the Park Manager will have the final say on the location based on sound grounds management. The Park may have previously designated locations appropriate for benches. Virginia State Parks will not be responsible for replacing the bench if damaged or vandalized and reserves the right to remove it in those circumstances. 

If you want to purchase a bench for First Landing State Park, please get in touch with the park directly as they have a different process.

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