Without its Friends, without its Partners, without its Volunteers, the John Heinz Refuge would be a mere shadow of its conservation-focused, educational and just-plain-fun self. We invite you to join hundreds of your neighbors whose contributions each year help make the Refuge all it can be.

Donated goods or services will enable the Friends and staff at the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum to continue to thrive as environmental leaders through ongoing programs and projects that:

• Focus on improving water quality throughout the Darby Creek watershed.

• Partner our Photo Group with area schools to teach children about the environment, "through the eye of the lens".

• Partner our Trail Tamers Group with Refuge staff to implement a unique "Earth Stewards" Program in Philadelphia area schools.

• Restore native species plants to Refuge habitats, and develop interpretive landscaping using these native species plants.

• Plan and construct a universally accessible boardwalk loop trail extending from the environmental education building, through the woods by the waters edge, and back to the building.

• Expand the Environmental Resource Library.

• Establish a fund that can be used to sponsor field trips to the Refuge for disadvantaged urban school children.
  

Your generous support can be designated for use in any several ways:

• To the General Fund. Donations to the General Fund will help with ongoing organizational expenses, educational projects, and community outreach programs.
  

• To the Endowment Fund.Interest accrued on the endowment fund will be utilized for special projects on the refuge.

• Memorials. Memorial gifts can be made to the General Fund, to the Endowment Fund, or for a specific project.
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• Gifts of Expertise. There is a current critical need for the services of amateur, or professional individuals, who are experienced in landscape design, architects, or civil engineers, to help with design specifications for the universally accessible boardwalk trail, native species landscaping projects, and/stream-bank stabilization projects along tidal Darby Creek.

• Sponsorship. of field trips to the Refuge for urban school children, either in general, or a school of your choice.

• Bequests. Should you remember the Friends in your will, or in a trust, we should be named as follows:
  

"The Friends of the Heinz Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum, a nonprofit institution, incorporated in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and with business
address of 8601 Lindbergh Boulevard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19153".

• Gifts in Kind. Business or personal contributions of computer hardware and software, rowboats, canoes, a canoe trailer, wood chipping equipment, or heavy-duty landscaping equipment would all be welcome. Click here to see our Wish List.
  

Giving is a wonderful way to say "Thank you" to the Refuge for good times you have spent there!

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There has been a tremendous positive response to the addition of refuge canoe tours to the walk schedule. However, it is very difficult, and time consuming, to bring the canoes from storage to the launch two at a time in the bed of a truck. It is even more difficult to do this, when we bring the canoes downstream to a private dock that has been offered to us to use as a launch site from time to time.

We would really appreciate the donation of a canoe trailer which carries 6 canoes to ease this difficult situation. The less time we spend on transport, the more time we can spend on the water. It doesn't have to be new, just functional.

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