Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation Newsletter

December 2013

Photo by Cotton Ketchie

The first fall of snow
is not only an event,
it is a magical event.
You go to bed in one kind of world
and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment
then where is it to be found?

J.B. Priestley

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Photo by Monty Combs

Then come the wild weather,
come sleet or come snow,
we will stand by each other,
however it blow.

Simon Dach

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THE 469 CHALLENGE NEEDS YOU!

Photo from NPS

The 469 Challenge continues! In this season of giving remember the Parkway with a gift that will help protect it all year. Help us reach our goal of 469 gifts by December 31 - one for each glorious mile of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Becoming a monthly donor helps us even more.

Donations of all sizes through Dec. 31 will help us reach this goal so the Parkway we enjoyed yesterday and today will be there for the future.

Thank you for your support of the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Follow our progress - and make a donation - at brpfoundation.org/469.

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HOLIDAY GIVING THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE

We're all familiar with Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and recently another annual tradition has been making headlines: Giving Tuesday. Falling after some of the largest spending days of the year, Giving Tuesday is a global campaign that encourages people to make a gift to help support their favorite nonprofits.

Join the movement by making a year-end gift to the Foundation to help protect the Parkway today!

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LIVE NEAR ASHEVILLE? GET LOCAL!

Do you live near the Asheville area? On Monday, December 16,The Local Taco is hosting a benefit for the Foundation. Dine with them for dinner and 10% of sales will come back to the Foundation to help protect the Parkway. See you there!

Kids in Parks News

View from the Rockfish Valley TRACK Trail

Last week, our Kids in Parks program opened 4 new TRACK Trails, bringing their total network of TRACK Trails to more than 70! The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation, in partnership with the North Carolina Recreation and Parks Association, funded the installation of 2 of those trails: Lake Benson Park in Garner, and Shallow Ford Natural Area in Burlington. The George Washington Memorial Parkway TRACK Trail, our 4^thTRACK Trail in Washington, DC, was installed in partnership with the National Park Service and was financed in part by the National Park Service's CONNECT TRAILS TO PARKS program, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the National Trails System in 2018. The final trail opened last week, located a few miles off the Parkway in Nelson County, VA, was installed in partnership with the Rockfish Valley Foundation, with grant funds provided by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation.

Parkway Place Challenge

Photo by Shelton Styers

Do you know the location of this photo taken on the Parkway? Submit your answer by midnight, December 31. Three winners will be drawn at random from those who submit the correct answer, and each winner will receive their choice from an array of prizes.

Last month's answer was Grandfather Mountain at Milepost 305. If

you submitted a correct answer, the randomly selected winners will be drawn this week, and you will be notified if you are one of the winners.

Do you have a photo that you think would be a great puzzler? Submit it here!

Thank You

The Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation would like to thank you for your support. As the primary fundraiser and trusted steward of the Blue Ridge Parkway, the Foundation is forever committed to preserving the past, enhancing the present, and safeguarding the future of America's Favorite Journey™. Learn more at BRPFoundation.org.

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Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation
717 S. Marshall Street Suite 105B
Winston-Salem, NC
866-308-2773