Friends of Ganondagan Receives Grant for Assistant Program Manager Position

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Rochester, NY – Friends of Ganondagan is pleased to announced a grant award of more than $22,000from the Environmental Protection Fund’s Park and Trail Partnership Program (PTPP) to hire anassistant program manager.

“Friends of Ganondagan is extremely grateful for Park & Trails New York’s continued, vital support,” notesFriends Executive Director Meg Joseph. “Having a program assistant is an important piece of our dedication to ensure ongoing, culturally significant, educational programming at Ganondagan.”

The grant is one of 22 awards totaling $450,000 for organizations dedicated to stewardship and promotion of New York’s State Parks and Historic Sites. Friends groups—nonprofit organizations often made up entirely of volunteers—are essential to the stewardship and promotion of our state park system.

Parks & Trails New York Executive Director Robin Dropkin said, “It’s inspiring to see the transformational effect of the PTPP grants and how they are enhancing the ability of Friends groups to make an even greater contribution to the stewardship of New York’s great outdoor spaces. These grant funds will enable groups to marshal more volunteer power, and augment the state’s historic investment in parks, trails and other public outdoor places.” 

The Park and Trail Partnership Program grants are designed to:

  • enhance the preservation, stewardship, interpretation, maintenance and promotion of New York State parks, trails, state historic sites and public lands;
  • increase the sustainability, effectiveness, productivity, volunteerism and fundraising capabilities of not-for-profit organizations that promote, maintain and support New York State parks, trails, state historic sites and public lands; and
  • promote the tourism and economic development benefits of outdoor recreation through the growth and expansion of a connected statewide network of parks, trails, greenways and public lands. 

The Park and Trail Partnership Program grants are administered by PTNY, in partnership with OPRHP. More information is available at http://ptny.org/our-work/support/park-trail-partnership-program. PTPP, in addition to other grassroots efforts, complements the exciting revitalization and transformation of the entire State park system through Governor Cuomo’s NY Parks 2020 plan. 

Parks & Trails New York is the leading statewide advocate for parks and trails, dedicated since 1985 to improving the health and quality of life of all New Yorkers by working with community organizations and municipalities to envision, create, promote, and protect a growing network of parks, trails, and greenways throughout the state for all to use and enjoy. 

Friends of Ganondagan is a not for profit, 501c(3) Corporation created in 1989 as a private educational partner to the Ganondagan State Historic Site. Located in Victor, New York, it is the only New York State Historic Site dedicated to Native Americans (1987), and the only Seneca town developed and interpreted in the United States.

Information on the Park and Trail Partnership Program can be found at www.ptny.org or by calling (518) 434-1583.