Many other National Parks have gateway councils or non-profit partners that help the Park by raising money or coordinating volunteers to fill voids left by the constraints of Park staff. For instance, here in our neck of the woods, Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes maintains the popular Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail throughout the year, and the group also stepped up in a big way to service garbage cans and toilets at the Dune Climb during the federal government shutdown earlier this year. Meanwhile, the Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear non-profit is an integral part of the annual Port Oneida Fair each August.
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