Antelope Park Rose Garden Renovation

Location: Antelope Park Rose Garden, SE of 27th Street and Capitol Parkway

 

The renovation campaign launched on Thursday, April 20, 2006 with a goal to raise $350,000 to renovate, restore and modernize Lincoln's only municipal rose garden. More Information....

Sunken Gardens Renovation

Location: Sunken Gardens, SW of 27th Street and Capitol Parkway

Construction is finished! The finishing touches are still being added, but the Gardens are ready for everyone to enjoy. More Information....

Liberty Plaza Donor Recognition Wall

Location: Antelope Park Triangle, South 27th and A Streets

Liberty Plaza, located between the Lincoln Children's Zoo and the Ager Play Center, is the home of Lincoln's replica of the Statue of Liberty. "Lady Liberty" was donated to the citizens of Lincoln by the Boy Scouts in 1950, and for many years graced the intersection of South 27th and A Streets.

In 1986, the statue was restored and placed into Liberty Plaza where it currently sits, surrounded by prominent granite walls displaying names of donors involved in that project. It is these same granite walls that the Lincoln Parks Foundation will use to honor its most generous donors.

This donor wall recognizes the generosity of individuals, corporations and organizations who have given to Lincoln's parks and recreation facilities and programs. A donor must meet at least one of the following criteria to have their name inscribed on the wall:

• Make a gift (cash, in-kind or combination) of $25,000 or more in one calendar year
• Make a gift of $25,000 or more to one specific campaign
• Contributions totaling over $25,000

The inaugural luncheon is tentatively scheduled for Fall 2006.

"Sticks for Kids" Program

Location: Jim Ager Junior Golf Course, 3761 Normal Boulevard

Started in 2000, the Nebraska "Sticks for Kids" Program introduces the game of golf to youth who otherwise wouldn't have the opportunity to learn and play the sport.

During the 3-day workshop, youth receive instruction from local golf course professionals on rules and etiquette, practice skills and participate in competition. Youth are encouraged to learn and play golf beyond the workshop; sets of clubs are available for participants, free of charge, to use throughout the year.

Upon completion, each participant takes home a golf club, golf balls, t-shirt, hat/visor and as many golf balls as they can stuff in their pockets. They also receive a certificate of completion and 3 free rounds of golf at the Jim Ager Junior Golf Course.

Why Donate? With more funding, the Lincoln program could:

• Increase the number of scholarships given each year.
• Give away memberships to golf courses.
• Give away more equipment to participants.
• Provide further instruction for those trying to make their high school's golf team.

The Nebraska chapter wants to go statewide, brining Sticks for Kids to other communities such as Grand Island, Scottsbluff and North Platte.

Lincoln's "Sticks for Kids" is sponsored by Golf Course Builders Association of America (www.gcbaa.org) and partners with the YMCA (www.ymcalincoln.org). For more information, contact Dale Hardy at 402-441-3860.