The Friends of Carl Sandburg at Connemara assist the National Park Service in its mission to preserve and protect Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site by raising funds and public awareness.
Your gift to Friends of Carl Sandburg at Connemara can help:
- Enhance educational and interpretive activities
- Increase public awareness and support of the park
- Preserve, restore and enhance the park's cultural and natural resources
- Preserve historic structures
- Provide improved services and facilities for its visitors
Wherever you go in the national park, you can see the results of the Friend's efforts. The Friends have provided funds for many vital projects, including:
- The parks three annual festivals: Folk Music, Poetry and Lincoln.
- Development of a Writer-in-Residence Program
- Carl Sandburg Junior Ranger Program
- Education Internship
- Sandburg Satchel Traveling Trunk Education Program
- Teacher workshop for virtual web exhibit lesson plan creation.
- Carl Sandburg Home NHS 40th Anniversary
- 2009 Lincoln Bicentennial Special Event
But there is still much more work to do! Please help the Friends by Becoming a Friend Today!
Friends of Carl Sandburg at Connemara is an independent, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. All donations are tax-deductible as allowable by law.
