... is a non-profit corporation and volunteer organization founded in 1973 to help maintain and improve University City's largest public green space. 

Friends of Clark Park

• Advises city officials on the park's needs
• Works with the Department of Recreation to improve maintenance and plan physical improvements
• Sponsors park events and programs to encourage use of the park and foster a sense of community
• Organizes volunteer work days
• Provides a conduit through which groups or individuals may donate trees or make other gifts
• Educates the public about the park's history
• Creates a forum for the park's constituents

Show your support for Clark Park. Please join today!

We are currently updating our Membership Brochure to reflect the new rates effective September 1st, 2007.

• Individual memberships (Seniors): $20
• Family: $25
• Student/Senior Citizen/Limited Income: $10
• Business/Patron: $50
• Sponsor: $100
• Benefactor/Business Benefactor: $175
• Lifetime Member: $500

Mail your check, along with name, address, telephone and e-mail address, to:

Friends of CLARK PARK
PO Box 31908
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Cool Stuff!

Give a piece of Clark Park to someone you love. Now available: T-shirts (with our vintage 1970s design), "Little Nell" coffee mugs, Civil War Satterlee Hospital prints & "Clark Park Summer Morning" prints by Max Mason. Contact us.

Officers & Responsibilities

Frank Chance
President
Lew Mellman
Vice-President
Bill Moriarty
Treasurer
Brian Siano
Secretary
Jonathan Snyder
Past President Ex Officio

Directors

Until 2008

Melanie Bartlett
Erin Engelstad
Chris Leswing
Darryl Stovall
Nate Turner
Brad Zinn

Standing Committee Chair Assignments

AUDIT
Fran Byers
DATABASE
Brian Siano
FUNDRAISING
Molly Roth
GARDENING
Erin Engelstad
LARGE EVENTS
Jonathan Snyder
MAINTENANCE
Lew Mellman
MEETINGS
Jonathan Snyder
MEMBERSHIP
Brad Zinn
NOMINATIONS & ELECTIONS
Erin Englestadt
OUTREACH
Sharrieff Ali
PLANNING
Matt Grubel
PUBLICITY
Nicole Gaddis, Pete Malandra
SAFETY
Darryl Stovall
SPECIAL PROGRAMS
Fran Byers
TREES
Chris Leswing
YOUTH SOCCER
Melanie Bartlett

Project Organizers

WEBSITE and NEWSLETTER
Brian Siano
MOVIES
*Ann Dixon
PARLIAMENTARIAN
Frank Chance
STORY TIME
*Cynthia Roberts
FESTIVAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE
Erin Engelstad, *Bob Behr,
*Allen Diggs, Tony West

* = Not an FOCP officer, but a member

Join us for...

Party in the Park
Tree Plantings
Bark in the Park
Dickens Birthday
Veterans' Day
Christmas Caroling

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