Dear Friend of the National Parks,

On August 25, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed legislation that established the National Park Service — ensuring the protection of the 35 parks and monuments then managed by the federal government.

Today, 105 years later, the park system protects more than 400 irreplaceable natural and cultural treasures from coast to coast that tell the history of America and its people.

And that’s why NPCA is bringing back our annual Giving Day on August 25 — the National Park Service's 105th birthday! We are asking our members and supporters across the country to come together to celebrate the parks’ glorious past and help safeguard these special places for future generations.

We have set a Giving Day goal of raising $50,000 by August 25. But you don’t have to wait to participate and make a difference for the parks you love!

Friend, please make your Giving Day new member contribution to NPCA today to give a timely boost to all of NPCA’s critical park protection efforts.

When you join npca today, your generous tax-deductible Giving Day gift today will help:

• Protect national parks against the ravages of climate change. Everything we value about national parks — clean air and water, amazing wildlife, historic structures, monuments, and more — is threatened by climate change. This is our last chance to prevent irreversible damage.

• Repair years of damage to national parks. You helped us win passage of the Great American Outdoors Act last year. It’s a good start to reducing the Park Service’s massive repair and maintenance backlog. But much work remains to be done on everything from hiking trails to campsites, historic buildings to restrooms.

• Establish new national parks that more fully reflect America’s diversity. More people should be able to see their own stories told, celebrated and preserved in national parks. It’s a matter of historical accuracy and, more important, equity.

Join today during our Giving Day campaign and you will receive great members-only benefits, including a subscription to National Parks, our award-winning quarterly magazine … the Park-Pak, our exclusive travel information kit available on request only to members … invitations to join NPCA’s expertly guided tours that showcase America’s natural and cultural heritage … plus our exclusive NPCA member satchel as your free welcome gift … and more.

You are a key partner in all of this work. Will you step up with one of the very first new member gifts we need to reach our Giving Day goal?

NPCA and our members and supporters have been protecting and enhancing the parks for almost as long as the National Park Service itself. Today, we have wonderful opportunities to ensure our national parks will remain places of beauty and inspiration for years to come. But what comes of those opportunities depends on your continued engagement in NPCA’s work.

That’s why NPCA’s Giving Day is so important. Please give us a head start toward our Giving Day campaign goal by stepping up with a greatly needed new member contribution for your parks.

Thank you for responding today … and for all you do to protect our parks!

With gratitude,


Theresa Pierno
President and CEO

P.S. You and I are able to enjoy national parks today because generations of conservationists before us worked together to protect the most beautiful and significant places in our country. Now it’s our turn to make sure that our children, grandchildren and generations to come can experience the national parks in their full glory.

Please be one of the first to make a difference for our parks by joining today with your strongest Giving Day donation — thank you!