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The Friends of Van Buren State Park Inc. is a 501 ( c )
3 non profit organization and is community-based and all
volunteer. Our monthly meetings are held on the 3rd
Thursday of the month at 7:30 PM at the Allen Township
Hall on State Route 613, Van Buren Ohio. Meetings are
open to everyone to learn more about the group and who
share in our goals. We encourage you to attend a meeting
and find out how you can support the park.
The success of future projects and keeping Van Buren
State Park a state park hinges on the public-private
partnerships of people joining this organization. By
your volunteering and participation in events at the
park you can help shape the future of the park and safe
guard its continued existence. You can have a voice in
the planning and development of the park. An example is
the decision of the ODNR to move the family
campground. The Horsemen’s Council and the Friends of
the park took up petitions against moving the family
campground but the ODNR paid no attention to public
opinion and made the move over the publics objections.
We feel with a larger membership and more participation
by the public this move may have been avoided.
In 2006 the ODNR closed the family campground by the lake and
built a new family campground at the East end of the park near
the horsemen’s campground. The move of the campground
upset many people who regularly camped there. The new
campground is very nice and we encourage you to check it
out. We also encourage you to join the FVBSP. All monies
we receive will be spent only at Van Buren State Park;
there is power in numbers. The officers of Friends of
Van Buren State Park, will do their best to convey your
ideas, interest and grievances to park management and to
be involved in any future plans for the park. We invite
your participation and comments to improve Van Buren
State Park. Only by having the users of the park
involved in planning can mistakes like those in the past
be avoided and the recreational expectations of our park
users be exceeded. Thus reaching the goal of our mission
statement.
Click on the links below to print the Articles of
Incorporation or a Membership Form for FVBSP.
Articles of Incorporation
Membership Application |
