Timucuan Parks Foundation, Inc.
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Healthy Living
The Healthy Living: Fresh Air, Fitness, Friendship, and Fun program introduces seniors to Jacksonville’s wilderness parks and preserves to learn about the physical and mental benefits of recreating outdoors. The program gets folks outdoors to explore new parks, meet new people, and enjoy low-impact exercise and raises awareness of these special outdoor spaces.
Volunteer Program
Timucuan Parks Foundation continues to increase awareness and stewardship of the wilderness parks through its robust volunteer program supporting park partners National Park Service, Florida State Parks, and City of Jacksonville. The program fills the gap for additional people power needed for trail building and maintenance, shoreline and park cleanups, invasive plant removal, pollinator and historic garden maintenance, painting, and light construction projects; assisting in nature studies; and raising awareness of the parks and engaging with the community. Hundreds of volunteers annually give thousands of service hours to TPF and the parks.
Student Self-Guided Park Cleanups
During the pandemic, Timucuan Parks Foundation created a program that allowed students to volunteer outdoors in order to complete community service requirements for graduation. The program continues: students contribute to park beautification, submit information about their cleanup(s), and receive certification of their community service. Students help ensure that trails, trailheads, and parking and other areas are litter-free.
The Great Outdoors
Timucuan Parks Foundation is committed to increasing access to, awareness, and stewardship of the wilderness parks through outdoor recreation and environmental education. TPF continues to partner with National Park Service, Florida State Parks, and City of Jacksonville and community organizations to create access and provide opportunities and programming to connect diverse and historically underrepresented communities to the wilderness parks and the benefits outdoor recreation provides.
Restoration & Resiliency
Timucuan Parks Foundation is working with three park partners (city, state and national) and numerous community partners to focus efforts on common preservation and conservation goals:
• Organizing volunteers who provide thousands of hours of in-park maintenance and restoration care.
• Planning early stages of an expansive program to restore pastures and silviculture tracts. Pilot project: 200 acres of pine plantation at Betz-Tiger Point Preserve (with the Public Trust Environmental Legal Institute of Florida).
• Establishing a Living Shoreline project.
Where we work
Awards
Community Organization Award for Student Self-Guided Park Cleanup program 2021
Keep Jacksonville Beautiful
Honorable Mention for Local Focus Lasting Impact™ Moments Recognition 2020
Nonprofit Center of Northeast Florida
Environmental Achievement Award 2018
City of Jacksonville Environmental Protection Board
Historic Preservation Award for Uncovering the Past: New Archeological Discoveries of NE Fla exhibit 2015
City of Jacksonville and The Jacksonville Historic Preservation Commission
Historic Preservation Award for Archeological Project at the Betz-Tiger Point Preserve 2009
City of Jacksonville and The Jacksonville Historic Preservation Commission
Florida Preservation Award for restoration/rehabilitation for the Ribault Clubhouse Jacksonville 2004
Florida Trust for Historic Preservation
Affiliations & memberships
Public Lands Alliance 2022
Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce 2022
Green Chamber of Commerce, Jacksonville Chapter 2022
Northeast Florida Conservation Organizations Network 2022
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Timucuan Parks Foundation, Inc.
Board of directorsas of 05/12/2022
Robert Hays
Retired-Argos
Term: 2016 - 2020
Dr. Richard Danford
Jacksonville Urban League
Alexa Graf
ETM, Inc.
Maria Mark
UNF Environmental Center
Katie Mitura
Visit Jacksonville
James Rienhardt
JR Government & Community Solutions
James Richardson
City of Jacksonville
Dr. Todd Sack
Retired-Borland Groover Clinic
Kathy Stark
Fine Artist
Susan Wiles
Ballard Partners