Thank you for a successful fundraiser! With a sold-out audience at Zionsville Town Hall, we were able to celebrate the early successes of the Foundation, including securing gifts and pledges of $650,000 for Carpenter Nature Preserve; sponsoring environmental education programs for youth; and funding trees, benches, and a mural in Zionsville parks. Plus, we honored a local leader with our first-ever Acorn Award to Elizabeth Mueller.
Curious about the Carpenter Nature Preserve? Read here to learn more about recent Phase 1 developments.
The Zionsville Parks Foundation has been busy behind the scenes working to get private philanthropy for the Carpenter Nature Preserve. We are proud to announce four major gifts so far. Thank you to these donors!
It will be a busy fall for the Zionsville Parks Foundation, and we would love to have you join us!
The Zionsville Parks Foundation has been a proud sponsor and partner of the Zionsville Department of Parks and Recreation this spring. Learn about what we have been up to.
The Zionsville Parks Foundation is thrilled to partner with Monarch Watch again this spring to help preserve monarch butterflies.
The Town of Zionsville announced that an anonymous donor has agreed to fund a future amphitheater at the Carpenter Nature Preserve. The Foundation celebrates the first major gift at the Preserve since its sale by the Carpenters to the Town of Zionsville. We hope this important milestone is the first of many! Learn about other naming opportunities.
At the dedication of the Carpenter Nature Preserve on October 5th, the office of Indiana Governor Eric J. Holcomb presented Jim and Nancy Carpenter with the prestigious Sagamore of the Wabash Award!
The Zionsville Parks Foundation supported our green spaces in a variety of ways last year. We were very proud to support the Town of Zionsville Parks & Recreation Department. Thank you for supporting us throughout the year. Take a look below at what you helped us do in 2022.
The Zionsville Parks & Recreation Department has received far-reaching support in the State of Indiana over the last year for the Carpenter Nature Preserve project—$9 million in private and public funds.
The Town of Zionsville, the Zionsville Parks Foundation and community supporters gathered at the site of Carpenter Nature Preserve on October 5, 2023, to celebrate an historic milestone in the creation of Zionsville’s newest park!
We’ve been busy in our first full year as the Zionsville Parks Foundation. Hear from our Board of Directors President on the ways we’ve been supporting our community and its green spaces.
It has been a year since the acquisition of the the 216-acre former Wolf Run Golf Course, now the Carpenter Nature Preserve. Master planing for Zionsville’s future largest nature park is underway!
We’re excited to share the Foundation was awarded a Community Enrichment Grant by the Town of Zionsville to support our marketing efforts.
Our founder & president, Nancy Carpenter, welcomes all to the new Zionsville Parks Foundation and talks about what’s ahead.
We believe that every child deserves the wonder of the great outdoors, and we’re excited to support the Town of Zionsville’s Parks & Recreation Department camps by offering a brand new camp scholarship program.
Giving season is upon us. Consider supporting the Zionsville Parks Foundation for the first time on Tuedsay, November 30th.