Virginia Association For Parks
VAFP Partners
The Virginia Association for Parks operates via a partnership model, whereby we both rely on and serve our partners. Acting as the umbrella organization for Friends Groups, VAFP convenes this important network to strengthen collaboration and build capacity. VAFP also partners with like-minded organizations who champion parks and conservation efforts.
Friends Groups
Feel like lending a hand? There's plenty to do. Many parks have citizen support organizations, better known as Friends Groups, made up of volunteers who help shore up park projects, programs and management. Many of these groups have formed to advocate for specific state parks. Funds raised onsite by these friends groups - through gift shop sales, special events and other activities - are used for improvements and programs at particular parks. Though not all, many state parks have a Friends Group. Visit the pages below to learn more and consider joining your home state park's Friends Group.
- Bear Creek Lake
- Belle Isle
- Breaks Interstate Park
- Caledon
- Chippokes
- Claytor Lake
- Douthat
- Fairy Stone
- False Cape
- First Landing
- Grayson Highlands
- High Bridge Trail
- Holliday Lake
- Hungry Mother
- James River
- Kiptopeke
- Lake Anna
- Leesylvania
- Machicomoco
- Mason Neck
- Natural Bridge
- Natural Tunnel
- New River Trail
- Occoneechee
- Pocahontas
- Powhatan
- Sailor's Creek Battlefield
- Seven Bends
- Shenandoah River
- Sky Meadows
- Smith Mountain Lake
- Southwest Virginia Museum
- Staunton River Battlefield
- Sweet Run - Between the Hills Conservancy and U.S. Trail Ride
- Twin Lakes
- Virginia State Park Alumni Association (VSPAA)
- Westmoreland
- Widewater
- Wilderness Road
- York River
Organizations
- Appalachian Mtn Club Potomac
- Citizens for a Fort Monroe National Park
- Civilian Conservation Corps Legacy
- Friends of the Fredericksburg Area Battlefields
- Friends of Prince William Forest Park
- Trail Kids RVA
- Virginia Conservation Network
- Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
- VirginiaForever