On this Giving Tuesday, please help us make Peace Corps Park a reality and create a permanent space in our nation’s capital devoted to telling the rest of America’s story. There are so many ways to support our project: Find details and make a donation on our website.
Giving Tuesday: Your chance to make Peace Corps Park a reality
November 28, 2023
Giving Tuesday: Your chance to make Peace Corps Park a reality
Dear Supporters,
There are many reasons people choose to give, but one thing we all have in common is that we want to use our resources to make a positive impact. We have chosen to support the Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation because we want to inspire generations of Americans to live our shared values of compassion, generosity and perseverance, and we hope you will join us.
Our project is unique: Peace Corps Park will tell a part of America’s story missing from Washington D.C.’s landscape of historic monuments and memorials, which honor political and military leaders, and those patriots who have given their lives for this country.
The countless Americans and visitors from all over the world who are inspired visiting these sacred spaces need to learn about the other side of the American ideal, a belief that all people are created equal and that, by working side-by-side in partnerships that cross the usual boundaries of society, we can make this world a better place.
As you surely know, the success of this project depends entirely on the support of people who believe in the values of service and selflessness embodied by the Peace Corps and the many other programs that mobilize and motivate people to give back to their communities. A gift to the Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation is an investment in the “better angels of our nature,” and a vision of our society that is needed now more than ever.
Yours in service,
Glenn A. Blumhorst
Chief Advancement Officer
Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation
President and CEO, National Peace Corps Association (2013-22)
RPCV Guatemala (1988-91)
In partnership with the National Park Service
PEACE CORPS COMMEMORATIVE FOUNDATION
Compassion Generosity Perseverance
Please note our new preferred mailing address:
5636 Connecticut Avenue, NW Ste 42143
Washington, DC 20015
The Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation is the trade name of the Peace Corps Foundation,
a District of Columbia 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
EIN: 01-0554700
Dear Supporters,
Dear Supporters,
Dear Supporters, One sweltering July morning in 1999, I found myself standing in a packed, under-conditioned subway car on my way to work in lower Manhattan. It was the Monday after the death of JFK Jr. and I distinctly remember looking out at the crowded platform and hearing a little voice in my head saying: “You know, accidents do happen—and if you died tomorrow, you would be so embarrassed at how you’ve been spending your life lately.”
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