... is a non-profit corporation and volunteer organization founded in 1973 to help maintain and improve University City's largest public green space. 

Friends of Clark Park

• Advises city officials on the park's needs
• Works with the Department of Recreation to improve maintenance and plan physical improvements
• Sponsors park events and programs to encourage use of the park and foster a sense of community
• Organizes volunteer work days
• Provides a conduit through which groups or individuals may donate trees or make other gifts
• Educates the public about the park's history
• Creates a forum for the park's constituents

Show your support for Clark Park. Please join today!

We are currently updating our Membership Brochure to reflect the new rates effective September 1st, 2007.

• Individual memberships (Seniors): $20
• Family: $25
• Student/Senior Citizen/Limited Income: $10
• Business/Patron: $50
• Sponsor: $100
• Benefactor/Business Benefactor: $175
• Lifetime Member: $500

Mail your check, along with name, address, telephone and e-mail address, to:

Friends of CLARK PARK
PO Box 31908
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Cool Stuff!

Give a piece of Clark Park to someone you love. Now available: T-shirts (with our vintage 1970s design), "Little Nell" coffee mugs, Civil War Satterlee Hospital prints & "Clark Park Summer Morning" prints by Max Mason. Contact us.

Clark Park Memorial Bench Program

Commemorate a Loved One with a Friends of Clark Park Memorial Bench

Our attractive, durable benches ensure that person’s memory will endure and contribute to the public life of our community for generations to come. The Memorial Bench features a plaque engraved with the names of those in whose honor it was bestowed. It may honor a family, group, business, institution or any other subject.

Your donation will become an important catalyst to the renewal of Clark Park. In an era of looming budget shortfalls for public green spaces, yes, we can step in to help!

If you would care to explore the Friends of Clark Park Memorial Bench Program in detail, you are cordially invited to discuss it with Development Chair Pete Malandra at wpmalandra@hotmail.com or President Frank Chance at (215) 222-0223. Click here to view a sample bench and read more information in our flyer (PDF).

Officers

Directors

Standing Committee Chairs

All members of the Friends of Clark Park are welcome to be part of our many committees. Contact FoCP at friends@clarkpark.info or (215) 552-8186 if you're interested in increasing your involvement in Clark Park.

Project Leaders

All members of the Friends of Clark Park are also welcome to participate in our individual projects. Contact FoCP at friends@clarkpark.info or (215) 552-8186 if you're interested. Project leaders need not be FoCP officers or directors. Take this opportunity to make a difference!

Join us for...

Party in the Park
Tree Plantings
Bark in the Park
Dickens Birthday
Veterans' Day
Christmas Caroling

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