Give To The Max Day
Embrace the abundance of this season, and support Mississippi Park Connection's goal of raising $40,000 to serve the Mississippi River to the Max! Your generosity helps increase the capacity for youth education, environmental stewardship, and community connections on the river. Whether you’re coming to the Mississippi River for the first time or walk in the park daily, you can benefit from the visitor services and recreation, education, and park programs our donors support in the park.
SHARE YOUR LOVE FOR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER!
A River For All
The Mississippi River offers a variety of recreation opportunities, serves as an outdoor classroom for students, and is unlocking vital insights for climate sustainability in the floodplain forest.
We work in community and in partnership to promote generosity across the region. With support from people like you, we help visitors connect with the Mississippi River through adventures, volunteering, the arts, and co-created affinity programming. The impact of supporters in the past year includes some big wins that individual contributions have helped accomplish this year:
Mississippi Park Connection and the National Park Service celebrated 25 years of Big River Journey - the premier field trip that connects students with the river through science and real-world observations. More than 8,000 elementary school students experienced their national park in the 2022-2023 school year.
Mississippi Park Connection and National Park Service volunteers have collected three years of data in partnership with the University of Minnesota to reveal which trees will thrive in future climate conditions along the Mississippi River and planted 18,000+ trees since the launch of the Plant for the Future campaign.
In 2023, more than 2,000 people engaged with the river through BIPOC in the Outdoors.
Events at Crosby Farm Regional Park brought together 700+ attendees at Park After Dark, history cruises, and the Wander and Wonder Walks.
The River Learning Center received $8 million in state bonding for the next development phase and is the City of Saint Paul’s number one 2024 bonding priority thanks to advocacy from Mississippi Park Connection members.
We invite you to reflect on your own connection with the river consider how you might share in Mississippi Park Connection’s core values Community-Focused, Inspiration, Resilience, Partnership, and Joy on the river.
NEXT STEPS:
Make a donation to fund our programs!
Your donation will be matched dollar-for-dollar, up to $15,000 thanks to a generous donor!
The first 20 donors to make an annual $50 recurring gift will have their donation matched dollar-for-dollar!
Share our campaign on Facebook or use the "Fundraise" tab to help us reach our goal. Every post helps!
Get inspired! Take a walk by the river or visit an area of the national park you haven't seen before.
Thank you for considering a donation to Mississippi Park Connection! Your gift is making a tangible difference for one of the world’s greatest natural treasures. Between November 1-17, all donations will be matched dollar-for-dollar up to $15,000 thanks to a generous donor! The first 20 donors to make an annual $50 recurring gift will have their donation matched dollar-for-dollar.
We offer special supporter benefits to thank donors for the essential role they play in the Mississippi River. Reach out to us at zthaoseng@parkconnection.org to learn about membership benefits.