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Oregon Parks and Recreation Department: Volunteering

Cooperating Associations
Park Friends Groups
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Cooperative Associations Background
Cooperating Associations, also known as "Friends Groups" are private 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations formed by citizens to provide and support the educational and interpretive services of the park. Oregon Parks and Recreation Department has entered into formal agreements with the associations under ORS 390.143. 
 
These organizations rely heavily on volunteer support in all areas of operation.  Friends support state parks by operating museums and interpretive stores and providing additional educational programs at the park. Friends help support these projects by raising funds for park projects and historical renovations and building new park facilities.  The groups' nonprofit status allow them to sell memberships, write grants, receive qualified donations and receive donated materials. 

There are 16 state park Cooperating Associations (friends groups) associated with an individual park location. For more information on the group's volunteer opportunities and current projects, you may contact the group directly, visit the website or contact Tammy Baumann, Volunteer Coordinator at 503-986-0751. 

Current OPRD Cooperative Association Partners

Friends of Bates State Park
 Jackie Rapp, President
 P.O. Box 115
Prairie City OR 97869
(541) 820-3642
Friends of Cape Blanco*
 Milt Nelson, Executive Director
 
 P.O. Box 1178
Port Orford, OR 97465
(541) 332-9002
Friends of Cape Meares*

 Alicia Knowlton, President
 P.O. Box 262
Netarts, OR 97143
(503) 842-5270
Friends of Collier Memorial Park Logging Museum*
 Craig Dittman, President
 P.O. Box 285
Chiloquin, OR 97624
(541) 783-2387
Friends of Golden
 Susan Bush, President
 P O Box 1562
Grants Pass, OR 97528
Friends of Historic Champoeg*
 Greg Leo, President

 8239 Champoeg Rd. NE
St. Paul, OR 97137
(503) 678-1649
Friends of Kam Wah Chung*
  Jeanne Day, President
 P.O. Box 663
John Day, OR 97845
(541) 575-2721
Friends of Old Fort Stevens*
 Diane Forst, President
Mike Forst, Store Manager
 33168 Patriott Way
Warrenton, OR 97146
(503) 861-2000
Friends of Shore Acres*
 Timm Slater, President
 P.O. Box 1172
Coos Bay, OR 97420
(541) 888-3778
Friends of Silver Falls*
 OB Bergin, President
Carol Vanderwall, Administrator
 c/o Friends of Silver Falls
20024 Silver Falls Hwy. SE
Sublimity, OR 97385
(503) 873-8735
Friends of Stub Stewart State Park and Banks Vernonia Rails to Trails
 Ron Johnson, President
 24600 NW Bacona Road
Banks, OR  97106
(503) 693-9096
Friends of the Sumpter Dredge*
 Marlene Bork, President
Nancy Myers, Store Manager
  P.O. Box 291
Sumpter, OR 97877
(541) 894-2472
Friends of Thompson´s Mills*
 Brooks Cavin, President
 6610 Grandview
Corvallis, OR 97330
(541) 752-1266
Friends of Tryon Creek State Park*
 Laura Dobyns, President
Stephanie Wagner, Exec. Director
 c/o Tryon Creek Park
11321 SW Terwilliger Blvd.
Portland, OR 97219
(503) 636-4398
Friends of Vista House*
 Louise Yarbrough, Exec. Director
 c/o Friends of Vista House
P.O. Box 204
Corbett, OR 97019
(503) 695-3471
Friends of Yaquina Lighthouses*
 Doug Wills, President
Denise Locke, Administrator
 P.O. Box 410
Newport, OR 97365
(541) 574-3129
Point Orford Heritage Society*
 Rick Francona, President
 P.O. Box 1132
Port Orford, OR 97465
(541) 332-2352
 
* Interpretive Store operation at park
 
Page updated: September 23, 2008

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