Committees & Sub-Committees

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  • Membership –  Beth Maenner & Fred Adams
    • Membership Relations
    • Maintain Members database – Fred Adams
    • Calendar
  • Volunteers – Co-Chairs Fred Adams & Nanette Greening

    • Maintain Friends’ Volunteer Database
    • Work with Park Staff in Volunteer Training and Volunteer Retention
    • Maintain Relationship With Park & Rec Volunteer Coordinator(s)
  • Advocacy and Advancement - Co-Chairs – Mike Bristol & Michelle Wolf
    • Maintain a Partnership with the City of Colorado Springs and its Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department to Preserve and Enhance the Natural, Scenic and Historic Resources of North Cheyenne Cañon Park
    • External Publicity
    • Development of Overall Fundraising Opportunities
    • Formulate Board Positions on Behalf of The Friends and the Park
    • Historic Designation
    • Promote Public Awareness of NCCP & SOS
    • Strategic Planning
  • Special Events and Programs - Co-Chairs – Valerie Smith & Christine Lotto

    • Plan, develop and coordinate with Park Staff all Friends’ special events held in NCCP
    • Special Events:
      • Hummingbird Festival
      • Cañya Cañon
      • Canvases in the Cañon
      • Lager Fest
      • Volunteer Awards dinner
      • TFOCC Member picnic
    • Maintain vendor database
    • Develop budget for all special event
    • Grant writing for the Mary Starsmore Fund
  • Cañon Facilities and Trails - Chair: John Fuller
    • Trail maintenance
    • Cañon clean-up
    • Picnic area improvements
    • Hummingbird Garden
    • Plan mountain/canyon playground
    • Improve parking in NCCP
  • Helen Hunt Falls Visitors Center - Co-Chairs: Kathy Vincent Lepp & Mike Bristol
    • Maintain a Partnership with the City of Colorado Springs and its Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department to Replace the Cub with a New Visitors Center at Helen Hunt Falls
    • Develop and maintain funding for the project with the Pikes Peak Community Foundation
  • National Historic Place Destination - Misseye Bonds
  • Education - Co-Chairs:  Peter Baril & Chris Beyer
    • Budget preparation for educational programming
    • Work with Park Staff to develop and implement new educational and interpretive programs
  • Marketing/Publicity - Co-Chairs:  Lee Wolf & John Herzog
  • (Subcommittee:  John Fuller, Christine Lotto*, Valerie Smith, Michelle Wolf,  Tom and Judy Arnold)
    • Advocacy and advancement on behalf of TFOCC
    • Maintain a partnership with the City of Colorado Springs and its Parks,Recreation & Cultural Services Department to preserveand enhance the natural, scenic and historic resources of NorthCheyenne Cañon Park
    • External publicity
    • Development and implementation of fundraising strategies
    • Pursue historic designation and promote historic awareness
    • TFOCC Website oversight – Fred Adams
    • Public Relations – Valerie Smith, Christine Lotto (*newsletter only)
    • Signage