Your Smokies: Friends of the Smokies
One of the reasons why The Great Smoky Mountain National Park is so attractive besides the wonderful natural beauty and geographic location of the park is the fact that there are no fees to enter the park. The Great Smoky Mountain National park is the only park in the entire national park system that does not charge an entrance fee even though this park is the most visited park in the entire national park systems, so as a result it is seriously under funded and it desperately needs your help.
The Friends of Smokies is an independent 501(c)(3)non profit organization who assists the National Park Service in its mission to protect and preserve the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. The Friends of the Smokies accomplishes this by raising public awareness and funds and providing volunteers for much needed projects.
Some of the great functions the Friends of the Smokies perform are:
- Protect natural Resources.
- Support public educational programs.
- Improve public trails, campsites, and even backcountry shelters.
- Preserve historic structures.
- Provide visitor facilities and orientation programs.
The Friends of Smokies of the Smokies can use your help. Annual memberships to Friends of Smokies can be purchased for as little as $25 a year. Please give generously to this wonderful Smoky Mountain organization.
Friends of the Smokies: Tennessee - Main Office
Phone: (865) 932-4794
Fax: (865)933-7607
Friends of the Smokies: North Carolina Office
Phone: (828) 452-0720
Fax: (828) 452-0767
