To donate by check, please make payable to FCDA and mail to: PO Box 111595, Pgh. PA 15238
Aspinwall Riverfront Park -We have raised over $700,000.00 toward the purchase price of 2.3 million dollars. We closed on the sale at the end of September and the Marina is now in the hands of a special committee under the umbrella of Friends of the Riverfront. We will continue to fundraise for the development of the Marina into a park, marina and bird sanctuary that will be part of the Trails system.
Creating community trails In the past three years, we’ve raised over $70,000 to support this project, and we completed the trail that loops around Squaw Valley Park. We’re deeply involved in the next phase of trail development, and have taken a major role in choosing the consultant who will develop the final plan. At the request of the County, we took the lead in bringing the 17 communities together that will enable us to connect the trail from Erie all the way to Washington, D.C.
Bringing the community together Recently we added Sharpsburg and Blawnox to the communities we support so that we now represent the entire Fox Chapel Area School District
Our Thanks to the Community We host Winterfest each winter. The party, which is free and open to the public, features ice carving, carriage rides, a fireside sing-along and great food. Hundreds of people come each year. For a few hours, Squaw Valley Park looks like a Norman Rockwell Painting, with kids skating on the pond and people roasting marshmallows by the fire. In the Spring we have the Trail Mix Party, once again in the same location with fun, food, games and music for the whole family.
Nature’s classroom at Beechwood Farms We completed the Eps Worley pavilion in front of the pond. It’s a sheltered place to have a picnic or listen to a lecture outdoors. We’re also making Beechwood’s native plant center more accessible by funding a garden shed. Here visitors will be able to learn about and purchase native plants. In collaboration with Beechwood, we are developing outdoor classrooms in the elementary schools.
Community Libraries We were able to donate nearly $30,000 to the Sharpsburg library and to the new Cooper Siegel library.
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PAST PROJECTS:
In Rural Ridge School - Trees and Landscape
Middle Road Soccer Fields - Plantings and Landscape Camp Guyasuta - Site Renovations
Boyd Community Center - Display Case
Fox Chapel & Guys Run Road - sign
Fox Chapel & Powers Run - sign
Fox Chapel & Rt. 28 sign
Fox Chapel Borough Office Bench
5-Redspire Pear Trees & Evergreens at PennDot
Native Tree Plantings District Wide
Earth Day
Indiana Youth Festival
Beechwood Farms Maple Madness
Fox Chapel Area Holiday Decorating Contest
Boyd Soccer Field $5,000
Boyd Computer Network $5,000
Beechwood Farms Maple Madness $4,500
Aspinwall Beautification $3,000
Aspinwall Playground $5,000
Snack Bar at Fox Chapel High
14 Local Fire Departments and EMS $7,000
Follies profit 2010 - $75,000 to be divided among Libraries, Boyd Community Center and Trails
Cooper Siegel Library - $25,000
AND: Squaw Park Playground, Widening walkway between Boyd Community Center and Fox Chapel Presbyterian Church, Maintain area walking trails, Freeport Road beautification projects, Earth Day, Middle Road Soccer Field, bus shelters on Freeport Road, and other beautification projects. $50,000
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Nature’s classroom at Beechwood Farms
Camp Guyasuta - Site Renovations 
