Community Partners
Be a Community Partner
The Forest Preserve District stewards nearly 26,000 acres for the residents of DuPage. Within those landscapes are 60 forest preserves, 166 miles of trails, 31 lakes, and seven centers to develop and maintain. And it can’t do it alone.
The Friends of the Forest Preserve District builds relationships with like-minded individuals who appreciate the beauty, benefits, and importance of the forest preserves — volunteers, outdoor enthusiasts, civic groups, foundations and corporations. And community partners like you.
Our Community, Your Brand
A community partnership with the Friends provides recognition for your company’s support of natural areas year-round and offers opportunities to engage your employees at the DuPage forest preserves.
Your contributions will benefit the Forest Preserve District’s mission and master plan, supplementing tax revenue for the benefit of the DuPage community.
Interested in becoming our community partner? Call us at 630-871-6400.
Partnership Levels & Benefits
- Recognition in the Friends’ annual report
- Recognition on the Friends’ web page
- Admission to the Fall Festival at Danada hospitality tent
- Recognition in the Conservationist
- Invitation to a special behind-the-scenes program
- Recognition in Friends’ marketing for special events, including Native Plant Presale, Night for Nature, and Fall Festival at Danada
- Opportunity to provide in-kind item for an auction, raffle prize, or swag bag for special event attendees
- Six tickets to A Night for Nature special event ($100 per ticket value)
- Recognition in the Friends’ annual report
- Recognition on the Friends’ web page
- Admission to the Fall Festival at Danada hospitality tent
- Recognition in the Conservationist
- Invitation to a special behind-the-scenes program
- Recognition in Friends’ marketing for special events, including Native Plant Presale, Night for Nature, and Fall Festival at Danada
- Opportunity to provide in-kind item for an auction, raffle prize, or swag bag for special event attendees
- Six tickets to A Night for Nature special event ($100 per ticket value)
- Recognition in the Friends’ annual report
- Recognition on the Friends’ web page
- Admission to the Fall Festival at Danada hospitality tent
- Recognition in the Conservationist
- Invitation to a special behind-the-scenes program
- Recognition in Friends’ marketing for special events, including Native Plant Presale, Night for Nature, and Fall Festival at Danada
- Opportunity to provide in-kind item for an auction, raffle prize, or swag bag for special event attendees
- Six tickets to A Night for Nature special event ($100 per ticket value)
- Forest preserve volunteer opportunity for your group (to include a photo opportunity or check presentation)
- Recognition in the Friends’ annual report
- Recognition on the Friends’ web page
- Admission to the Fall Festival at Danada hospitality tent
- Recognition in the Conservationist
- Invitation to a special behind-the-scenes program
- Recognition in Friends’ marketing for special events, including Native Plant Presale, Night for Nature, and Fall Festival at Danada
- Opportunity to provide in-kind item for an auction, raffle prize, or swag bag for special event attendees
- Six tickets to A Night for Nature special event ($100 per ticket value)
- Forest preserve volunteer opportunity for your group (to include a photo opportunity or check presentation)
- Customized recognition opportunity (in accordance with Forest Preserve District’s and Friends’ recognition policies)
Sponsor a Special Event
A Night for Nature
$1,000 Sponsorship
Sept. 14 • 5:30 – 8 p.m.
St. James Farm • Warrenville
Fall Festival at Danada
$1,000 Sponsorship
Oct. 7 & 8 • 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Danada Equestrian Center • Wheaton
Native Plant Presale & Sale
$500 Sponsorship
May • 2024
Mayslake Peabody Estate • Oak Brook
Interested in sponsoring a special event? Call us at 630-871-6400.
Sponsorship Levels & Benefits
- Recognition in the Friends’ annual report (name)
- Admission to the Fall Festival at Danada hospitality tent
- Recognition in the Conservationist
- Thanked in Friends’ marketing for special events
- Recognition in the Friends’ annual report (name)
- Admission to the Fall Festival at Danada hospitality tent
- Recognition in the Conservationist
- Thanked in Friends’ marketing for special events
- Opportunity to provide in-kind item for an auction, raffle prize, or swag bag
- Two tickets to A Night for Nature special event ($100 per ticket value)
"For me, philanthropy is a sense of social responsibility and a way to give back where I can. I am thankful to be in a position to help support causes or lend my time."
Financial Advisor Mike Dyer
Edward Jones
Corporate Workdays
Gather your corporate group for a workday at a DuPage forest preserve.
Two- to three-hour workdays include activities like picking up litter, gardening, removing invasive plants, and collecting native seeds. Round out your workday experience with a picnic shelter reservation.
Corporations can also make long-term commitments to specific forest preserve sites.
Call 630-933-7233.
Corporate Outings
We offer two- and four-hour packages year-round from 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Fullersburg Woods Forest Preserve in Oak Brook.
DuPage Resident
Starts at $250
Nonresident
Starts at $300
- Exclusive use of a picnic shelter or meeting room
- Choice of one activity (guided nature hike, natural restoration experience, geocaching or fishing) per reservation
- Use of fishing poles and tackle (bait not included, fishing licenses required for anglers 16 or older)
- Help from our friendly staff
- S’mores kit (additional $5 per kit, which feeds 4 people)
- Use of fireplace or firepit with area rental (firewood supplied)
To schedule your Find It at Fullersburg outing, call 630-850-8116.
Two-, four-, and eight-hour packages are available on weekdays after Memorial Day through Labor Day at Herrick Lake Forest Preserve in Wheaton. Call 630-8710-6419 for package details, pricing, and reservations.
DuPage Resident
First two hours at $250
Each additional hour at $100
Nonresident
First two hours at $300
Each additional hour at $125
- Use of east picnic shelter with grills and electricity
- Use of watercraft fleet (includes 12 kayaks, 12 canoes, six two-person kayaks, and six rowboats)
- Use of fishing poles and tackle (bait not included; fishing licenses required for anglers 16 and older) upon request
- Add a 90-minute ranger-led archery program to any four-hour package (extra fee); archery program is included with the eight-hour package
To schedule your Have It at Herrick outing, call 630-871-6419.
Event Spaces
Danada House at Danada Forest Preserve in Wheaton is a beautiful location for a corporate meeting. The house can accommodate 100 people, and the atrium can accommodate 200. For availability and fees, call 630-668-5392.
Danada House is owned by the Forest Preserve District and operated by the Friends of Danada nonprofit support group.
Frederick Graue House at Fullersburg Woods Forest Preserve is a perfect venue for a small meeting. It can accommodate up to 50 people indoors. For availability and fees, call 630-920-9720.
Frederick Graue House and Graue Mill & Museum are owned by the Forest Preserve District.
Maple Meadows Grill & Pub at Maples Meadows Golf Preserve in Wood Dale is available during the off-season (October – March) for corporate meetings. It can accommodate up to 120 people indoors, and catering packages for breakfast, lunch, or dinner are available. For availability and fees, call 630-616-8424.
Maple Meadows is owned and operated by the Forest Preserve District.
A meeting space at the indoor riding arena at St. James Farm Forest Preserve can be rented on a limited basis. It can accommodate 45 people and includes a small kitchenette with an idyllic view of a river birch allée. For rental availability and fees, call 630-933-7247.
With Special Thanks to Our Partners
G. Carl Ball Family Foundation
BNSF Railway Foundation
Chicago Fire
CNH Industrial
ComEd/Exelon
Mary J. Demmon Private Foundation
DocuSign
Domtar
DuPage Birding Club
DuPage Foundation
Ecolab Foundation
Edward Jones — Financial Advisor: Mike Dyer
Giving DuPage
Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation
Navistar, Inc.
Nicor
Rice Lake Square
V3 Companies, Ltd.
Wheaton Bank & Trust
General Info
Partnership & Philanthropy
Friends of the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
3S580 Naperville Road
Wheaton, IL 60189
630-871-6400
fundraising@dupageforest.org
