Volunteer Vacations

Post Date

August 2nd 2012

Application Due Date

August 10th 2012

This is a notice of intent to award to the American Hiking Society. NO PROPOSALS OR APPLICATIONS ARE BEING ACCEPTED.

Funding Opportunity Number

NPS-WASO-P12AC11116

CFDA Number(s)

15.945

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Community Development

NPS and AHS have cooperated on many initiatives and activities to promote trails in general and to foster the National Trails System specifically. For FY 2012, the scope of this mutual work relates to Volunteer Vacations. Deliverables will include continued coordination and fulfillment of requests for volunteer crews and leaders for NPS and affiliated host organization projects, including the goal of maintaining project levels at 12 to 20 Volunteer Vacations annually when possible, and increased outreach and promotion to NPS units and NPS-administered trails, and national and regional NPS partners (NPCA, NRPA, etc.) about the availability, effectiveness and efficiencies of coordinating Volunteer Vacation projects through AHS.

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Non-Profits With 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)

This is a notice of intent to award under existing cooperative agreement P12AC30726. NO PROPOSALS OR APPLICATIONS ARE BEING ACCEPTED.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $5000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $5000

Grant Description

NPS and AHS have cooperated on many initiatives and activities to promote trails in general and to foster the National Trails System specifically. For FY 2012, the scope of this mutual work relates to Volunteer Vacations. Deliverables will include continued coordination and fulfillment of requests for volunteer crews and leaders for NPS and affiliated host organization projects, including the goal of maintaining project levels at 12 to 20 Volunteer Vacations annually when possible, and increased outreach and promotion to NPS units and NPS-administered trails, and national and regional NPS partners (NPCA, NRPA, etc.) about the availability, effectiveness and efficiencies of coordinating Volunteer Vacation projects through AHS.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  National Park Service

• Agency Contact:

  David Gebhardt
  Contract Specialist
  Phone 3039692346

• Agency Mailing Address:

  david_gebhardt@nps.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  david_gebhardt@nps.gov