Invest in the future with Peace Corps Park on Giving Tuesday
Dear Supporters,
Every year, the season of thanks encourages us to reflect on the things we are grateful for, but also to think about the future and the world we want to see. For Peace Corps Park, we are so grateful for the achievements of the past year–both in inspiring major donors like Jacqueline Mars and Ces Butner and in securing design approval from the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts–and profoundly excited about the future. With more than $5 million already raised, the only real hurdle in this journey toward groundbreaking is raising the remaining funds for this meaningful project.
On this Giving Tuesday, we invite everyone to make Peace Corps Park a central part of your giving plans with a tax deductible donation. There are many ways to give, and all of them will help bring Peace Corps Park to life in our nation’s capital. Most of all, your generosity will help us match Ces Butner's $500,000 gift before the end of the year and show how this community can rise to meet his challenge.
At its most impactful, your charitable giving is an investment in the future: A way of saying “the world would be a better place if more people lived these values.” And while Peace Corps Park will commemorate the bold vision that JFK laid out when creating the Peace Corps almost 65 years ago, our mission is decidedly forward-looking. We believe the world is a better place when people from different walks of life partner with each other in service of a shared future, and that creating a permanent beacon to these ideals in our nation’s capital is a critical part of telling America’s story to the more than 25 million people who visit the National Mall every year.
But supporting Peace Corps Park means more than just helping to build a physical space in Washington, D.C.: The Park’s digital companion app will reach millions more, serving as virtual guide, docent, and teacher to visitors from around the world. By sharing the Peace Corps experiences of volunteers and their local partners, the Park will advocate loudly for the benefits of service and inspire people to live these values every day.
So we ask you to give in gratitude for what you got from your Peace Corps experience. Give for those future generations who will shape the next 65 years of the American experiment, and to ensure that our story is told for years to come. Join us and all of those in this community who have already given, and whose names will be etched in history as supporters of a project that will live on long after we do.
Yours in service,
Glenn A. Blumhorst
Chief Advancement Officer
Peace Corps Foundation
President and CEO, National Peace Corps Association (2013-22)
RPCV Guatemala (1988-91)
