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Friends of Hickory Hill Park (FHHP) is an all-volunteer, 501 (c) 3 charitable organization. All donations, including memberships are tax deductible. As a practice we do not engage in on-going fundraising. Our sustaining fund is derived from our annual calendar and plant sales. From time to time we initiate active fundraising efforts in connection with specific projects, as described below. Donations to the general fund should be mailed to FHHP, P.O. Box 3439, Iowa City, IA 52244-3439. For information on donations for land stewarship, see below. All donations will be acknowledged.

THE DICKENS PRESERVE

In Spring of 2007 FHHP announced a major fundraising campaign to purchase 16 acres of environmentally sensitive land bordering the northwest section of the park (the Willa Dickens property). Our goal was to raise $160,000 for the land purchase and an additional $40,000 for to provide a fund for land management for this and other areas of the park. With the generous contributions of our many members and others in the community, we were able to raise the necessary money to purchase the land. The Dickens Preserve will be owned by Johnson County Heritage Trust, but will be open to the public. The land will formally transition to JCHT ownership in summer 2010.

STEWARDSHIP FUND

At the time that FHHP initiated the campaign to purchase the Dickens Preserve, we set a goal to raise an additonal $40,000 to provide longterm funding for stewardship efforts in the park and preserve. We continue to raise money for the land management fund. To date we have raised approximately $7,000 toward that goal.

FHHP is pleased to announce a Matching Grant to benefit our land stewardship efforts. An anonymous donor will provide a dollar-for-dollar match for all donations made to the FHHP-Land Enhancement and Acquisition Fund made between March 1 and July 30, 2010, up to $10,0000.

To make a donation to support stewardship efforts in the park, make checks payable to FHHP-LEAF and mail to FHHP-LEAF, P.O. Box 1681, Iowa City, IA 52244-1681.

DONATIONS

Donations made to Friends of Hickory Hill Park will go into our sustaining fund, which covers our general expenses (mailings, various filing and permit fees, etc., as well as supplies, tools, and materials used in the park), or to the Land Acquisition and Enhancement Fund (LEAF), which covers expenses directly related to conservation work in the park. Gifts may be made in memory of, or in honor of, loved ones or special events. We acknowledge all such gifts with a letter of thanks.