Friends’ State Park Trail 8 Boardwalk Fundraising Project

How lucky are we to enjoy the magnificence of our Indiana Dunes! With your financial help, Friends of Indiana Dunes can directly support our unique and treasured parks, Indiana Dunes National Park and Indiana Dunes State Park. Since 1982 Friends of Indiana Dunes have sponsored a myriad of family-friendly environmental and cultural programs for both parks. In addition, we help provide for resource management needs as well as make available five camperships, event sponsorship, and field supplies for Dunes Learning Center.

These wonderful programs and opportunities are made possible thanks to the generosity of supporters like yourself. Your donations enable Friends of Indiana Dunes to maintain our needed financial support of the parks and give all who visit our Indiana Dunes unforgettable experiences that will last a lifetime.

An important portion of our mission is to enhance enjoyment of the Indiana Dunes for all. To uphold this premise, we hope to assist Indiana Dunes State Park with the completion of the Trail 8 Boardwalk Project. As you may know, Trail 8 traverses and offers spectacular views of the Great Marsh.  With our help, an individual with mobility limitations will now be able to access this ecologically unique and beautiful area.

A substantial anonymous donation in support of this project was made to Friends of Indiana Dunes. However, more is needed to fully complete the project. Our goal is to raise a match of $8,000 for this significant accessibility project.

Upon completion of the boardwalk project, the Friends of Indiana Dunes look forward to a visitor enjoying the Great Marsh using one of the accessible all-terrain vehicles we purchased. The Great Marsh is an excellent place to see remnants of the Indiana Dunes prior to human habitation as well as a fantastic spot for bird watching.

Please help us meet this goal by donating TODAY! Thank you for your support.

The below photos show the Trail 8 Boardwalk before the start of this important project!

the below photos show the current status of the Trail 8 boardwalk as work is completed!

Donations can be made by clicking the Yellow Donate button below.