The Friends of Pinnacle Peak Park was founded to ensure that the Park's
character, landscape and ambiance are preserved for its future users.
Since opening in April 2002, close to one million visitors have enjoyed
the beautiful trail that Pinnacle Peak Park offers.
The beauty of the
Sonoran Desert , perhaps unsurpassed compared to any other desert in
the world, is captured so exquisitely at the Park, but like all desert
areas, it is very fragile. "The Friends of Pinnacle Peak Park
. . . work cooperatively with the City of Scottsdale to support, preserve
and enhance the unique character of Pinnacle Peak Park." The
mission of the Friends as adopted by the Board states:
The Friends
of Pinnacle Peak Park are a group of local residents whose Mission
is to assist in maintaining the wonderful character of the Park
and to support improvements and educational activities through
fund raising activities.
Thus the objectives of the Friends organization
are:
- Provide support for Park environmental education programs and printed
materials that recognize the nature and fragility of the Sonoran Desert
. We fund on-sight lectures open to the public.
- Support the development of educational materials for distribution
to the public.
- Enhance the training opportunities and recognition of the park volunteers.
- Produce a quarterly newsletter that addresses environmental and educational
topics. Include Friends activities and identify upcoming Park activities.
- Maintain a website (www.pinnaclepeakpark.com )
which includes: highlights and a calendar of Park activities, pictures
of the park, safety tips for hikers, a PDF file of the newsletter,
volunteer opportunities for the Park and the Friends, and site to make
donations to the Friends organization.
The Friends seek to make visits to Pinnacle Peak Park an educational
and memorable experience. As a contributor to the Friends of Pinnacle
Peak Park you will be the recipient of the newsletter which will feature
articles about the flora, fauna, geology and area history. It will, along
with the website, identify special events, happenings and sightings on
the Park grounds. We offer opportunities to be involved in the Friends
organization. |
