News From The Smokies

March 6, 2008 - Park Seeking High School Students for Paid Summer Internships

February 28, 2008 - Friends of the Smokies Plates Fund Student Internships

February 26, 2008 - Smokies Announces Summer Educator Programs

February 12, 2008 - Smokies Bear Plates Fund Student Internships

January 18, 2008 - Haiman Foundation Grants $21,000 to Friends of the Smokies

January 3, 2008 - Smokies Plates Make A Difference

January 3, 2008 - New Federal Budget Provides Increases for Great Smoky Mountains National Park


October 31, 2007 - Restaurants Dish Out Park Support

October 29, 2007 - Park Announces Winter Schedule

October 18, 2007 - Backcountry Fire Ban in Smokies

September 12 , 2007 - Tanger 8K Run for the Park Check Presentation

August 24, 2007 - NATIONAL PARK ANNOUNCES FIRST PHASE OF APPROVED CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE PROJECTS

August 10, 2007 - Lucky Thirteen for Smokies Telethon

August 5, 2007 - Inaugural Rock Paper Scissors Tournament Is a Win for the Smokies

July 9, 2007 - Park Officials Seek New Facility
Click here to read about plans for the Park’s new Oconaluftee Visitor Center and how Friends of the Smokies is helping!

June 22, 2007 - New Junior Ranger Materials Debut With Help From Friends of the Smokies


B & B Supports FriendsJune, 6 2007
Smoky Mountain Bed & Breakfast Association Is a Friend of the Smokies
Left-to-right- Kay Cooper, President, Smoky Mountain Bed & Breakfast Association, Shirley Price of The Foxtrot Bed & Breakfast, Jim Hart, President, Friends of the Smokies.



May 22, 2007Staff
Friends Welcomes Sarah Weeks to Staff
Group photo courtesy of Jack Williams.  Left-to-right NPS Management Assistant Bob Miller, Friends’ North Carolina Office Manager Elaine Stewart, Park Superintendent Dale Ditmanson, Friends’ Director of Development Sarah Weeks, Friends’ President Jim Hart, Assistant Superintendent Kevin FitzGerald.

April 23, 2007 - Join the Appalachian Trail Conservancy SWEAT Crew!
POWERHOUSE OF VOLUNTEERS NEEDED IN THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK!

March 7, 2007
Park Spring Openings Scheduled

March, 6 2007
PARK RECEIVES GIFT TO RECOGNIZE FRIENDS DONORS

Bob Parrot of the Rotary Club of Knoxville explains key design element of the Donor Wall as Friends President Jim Hart, Park Superintendent Dale Ditmanson, and Rotary Club of Knoxville President Frank Rothermel look on.



February 22, 2007
Clean Fuel Grant and Smokies Tags Bring Biodiesel to the Park




February 7, 2007

Black Bear Takes Over Smokies Plate




January 25, 2007 - National Park Visitation Marks Increase for 2007


December 10, 2006 - Smokies Supporters Celebrate End of Polyester Suit

December 01, 2006 - Friends Appreciates Chance to Light up the Night

August 28, 2006 -
Great Smokies is Top Money Generating National Park Service Unit According to a recently-released National Park Service (NPS) study


August 10, 2006 - Smokies Telethon Tops $200,000


June 24, 2006 - Smokies Fundraiser Launches New Rocky Top Trail Fund


 
 
Wherever you go in the Smokies, you can see the results of our collective efforts, but we still have a lot more work to do. Please help us help the Smokies. Become a Friend Today! Click for more info.
 
 
 
Friends of the Smokies
Tennessee - Main Office

Phone: 865.932.4794
Toll-free: 800.845.5665
Fax: 865.933.7607
E-mail: fotshb@bellsouth.net

Friends of the Smokies
North Carolina Office

Phone: 828.452.0720
Fax: 828.452.0767
E-mail: fotses@bellsouth.net

 
 
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