CAMPAIGN CELEBRATION
‘Party at Pagoda’ welcomed the community for a free celebration to mark the successful close of Forever: The Campaign for Forest Park’s Future. This major fundraising effort is helping us tackle more annual Park maintenance projects and funding major capital projects across the Park.
RECORD WOMEN’S COMMITTEE YEAR
Our Women’s Committee raised a record $450,000+ for Forest Park restoration and maintenance in 2018, including through the ever-popular Hat Luncheon.
GOLF TOURNAMENT GROWS
With more teams and sponsors, our golf tourney grew 30% in funds raised. Save the date for the 2019 Forest Park Forever Golf Tournament coming up on May 3.
OUR LARGEST 5K
A record 1,000+ participants registered for our 5K Walk & Run, raising $34K.
BRAND AWARENESS CAMPAIGN
Park signage and digital campaign introduced Forest Park Forever to new audiences.
FRESH APPROACH TO YEAR-END GIVING
New “For the Love of the Park” brand tied together all our year-end fundraising efforts.
TELETHON GROWTH
Our second “Day 4 Forest Park” telethon on KMOV Channel 4 raised $24,500, with an increase in unique donors and dollars.
NATIONAL PRESENCE
Forest Park Forever’s leadership staff presented at and attended national conferences in their fields. In addition, Forest Park attracted increased their national presence in the press and national conferences. National press that covered Forest Park included Forbes, The New York Times and The Washington Post.